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
Full Tilt Boogie Band album "I Got Dem Ol' Kozmic Blues Again Mama!" led her to scrap everyone in the group except Till. Till shortly convinced Joplin to hire his Full Tillt Boogie band in its entirety, and he agreed to drop one of the "L's" from its name, thus creating Joplin's Full Tilt Boogie backing band. Joplin took a more active role in putting together the Full Tilt Boogie Band than she did with the Kozmic Blues Band, and she believed that hiring the remainder of Till's band would provide her with the powerhouse boogie outfit she needed to back her. Joplin was