Tilt (The Lightning Seeds album) successful. "Tilt" only managed to reach number 46 in the UK Albums Chart, a commercial failure after their previous release, "Like You Do...Best of Lightning Seeds" (1997) had reached number 5. According to Justin Lewis in "The Rough Guide to Rock", "Tilt" was "lost in the rush of big sellers" prior to Christmas 1999 and noted that "even Broudie's collaborations with [Pickering and Hall] failed to reel in the punters." The two singles did not fare successfully either, with "Life's Too Short" only reaching 27 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Sweetest Soul Sensations" only reaching number 67, becoming their
The Hot Rock (album) to enter the charts. After its release, the band supported the album with a tour across the United States, sharing stages with various bands including Sonic Youth, Guided by Voices, Bratmobile, and Superchunk. As of July 1999, the album has sold 42,000 copies in the U.S. according to Nielsen SoundScan. As of February 2015, "The Hot Rock" has sold 97,000 copies. Two songs from the album, "Get Up" and "A Quarter to Three", were released as singles on January 22, 1999, and April 6, 1999, by Kill Rock Stars and Matador Records respectively. The first single features an outtake, "By