there were rumours at the time that "heliocentric" would be weller's final studio effort, but these proved unfounded when he released the no. 1 hit album "illumination" in september 2002. co-produced by noonday underground's simon dine, it was preceded by yet another top 10 hit single "it's written in the stars". weller also appears on the 2002 noonday underground album called "surface noise", singing on the track "i'll walk right on".