Tilt (The Lightning Seeds album) focusing on subjects such as the Liverpool dockers' strike, self-loathing pop stars and general disillusionment. Preceded in release a week by the single "Life's Too Short", "Tilt" was released by Epic Records in November 1999. A unique billboard campaign was developed to promote the album. The album was a commercial failure, only reaching number 46 on the UK Albums Chart. Its two singles also fared badly in the UK Singles Chart. Broudie was later unsatisfied with the album, and took the band on hiatus in 2000. After the Lightning Seeds had been a solo project for Ian Broudie, the project
Embrace (English band) 1's Live Lounge, Embrace recorded a version of the D12 rap song "How Come". Embrace also covered Bob Dorough's "Three Is a Magic Number" on the b-side of "I Wouldn't Wanna Happen to You". The band released two other 'Christmas' cover versions of the traditional song "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire" and "I Believe in Father Christmas". Embrace (English band) Embrace are an English alternative rock band from Bailiff Bridge, West Yorkshire. To date they have released seven studio albums, one singles album and one B-sides compilation. The band consists of brothers singer Danny McNamara and guitarist Richard McNamara,