Volcanic Sunlight is the fourth solo studio album by Saul Williams. It was released by Columbia Records in 2011. 　　The album features a different approach than his previous albums, embracing a dance-pop direction, with various influences from funk, disco, '60s garage rock, new wave, and dubstep. 　　At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 73% based on 6 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews". 　　Alexander Heigl of PopMatters gave the album 6 stars out of 10, calling it "a solid, finely-tuned album that reveals new turns and tricks with every listen."Dylan Grier of Okayplayer gave the album an 85 out of 100, writing: "this album is, in many ways, much simpler than many of his previous offerings, but may leave listeners more confounded than ever."