Awake (Illenium album)

Awake is the second studio album by American DJ Illenium, released via Seeking Blue/Kasaya Records on September 21, 2017.^[1]

Awake
Studio album by Illenium
Released	September 21, 2017 (2017-09-21)
Genre	Future bass melodic dubstep
Length	47:07
Label	Seeking Blue Kasaya
Producer	Nicholas Miller Trevor Christensen Dan Griffith David Pramik
Illenium chronology
Ashes (2016) Awake (2017) Ascend (2019)
Singles from Awake
"Fractures" Released: February 6, 2017 "Feel Good" Released: March 3, 2017 "Sound of Walking Away" Released: April 24, 2017 "Crawl Outta Love" Released: August 7, 2017 "Leaving" Released: September 15, 2017

Background

Consisting of 13 songs, the album includes five previously released singles titled "Fractures", "Feel Good", "Sound of Walking Away", "Crawl Outta Love" and "Leaving".^[2] Illenium played the 12th track "Beautiful Creatures" at the Hakkasan Nightclub.^[3] He also announced the Awake tour, in which he would perform in November and December.^[4] He announced the release date of the album on August 8, 2017, in one of his internet online fan communities one day after releasing the final single from the album.^[5] He posted with the caption "Album release getting ANNOUNCED with crawl Monday. Pre order avail next week."^[6][7] Illenium spoke about the album's comparison to his previous one, he said "A lot of strong vocals and melodies but more recorded elements than Ashes. The new album is a split between vocal stuff and chill instrumental tracks."^[8] Illenium released the fifth single "Leaving" on September 15, 2017.^[9]

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Needed You" (featuring Dia Frampton)	Dia Frampton Melanie Fontana	Illenium	5:05
2.	"Crawl Outta Love" (featuring Annika Wells)	Nicholas Miller Annika Wells Kate Morgan Michael Biancaniello	Illenium	4:02
3.	"No Time Like Now"	Miller	Illenium	2:03
4.	"Free Fall" (featuring RUNN)	Miller Avena Savage	Illenium	3:25
5.	"Where'd U Go" (with Said the Sky)	Miller Trevor Christensen	Illenium Said the Sky	3:04
6.	"Fractures" (featuring Nevve)	Miller Keeley Bumford Henri Lanz William Rappaport	Illenium	4:05
7.	"Leaving"	Miller Jonathon Ng"	Illenium	3:54
8.	"Lost" (featuring Emilie Brandt)	Miller Emilie Brandt Joshua Napert Matthew Wirnsberger	Illenium	3:20
9.	"Sound of Walking Away" (with Kerli)	Miller Kerli Kõiv Brennan Strawn	Illenium	4:13
10.	"Taking Me Higher"	Miller	Illenium	2:44
11.	"Feel Good" (with Gryffin featuring Daya)	Dan Griffith Miller Grace Tandon Tobias Gad Nisha Asnani	Gryffin Illenium	4:08
12.	"Beautiful Creatures" (featuring MAX)	Robert Gillies Jacob Hawkes David Pramik Charlie Snyder	Illenium	4:00
13.	"Let You Go" (featuring Ember Island)	Miller Alexandra Andersson Didrik Franzén Joakim Bergkvist	Illenium	3:04
Total length:				47:07

• Leaving features uncredited vocals from Eden

Charts

Weekly charts Chart (2017) Peak position Canadian Albums (Billboard)[10] 92 New Zealand Heatseekers Albums (RMNZ)[11] 8 US Billboard 200[12] 106 US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[13] 3

Year-end charts Year Chart Position 2018 US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[14] 15 2019 US Top Dance/Electronic Albums (Billboard)[15] 20