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
Manfred Mann's Earth Band (album) "Jump Sturdy", and Bob Dylan's "Please, Mrs. Henry". The single "Living Without You" spent seven weeks on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, reaching No. 69 on 8 April 1972. Credits are adapted from the album's 1999 reissue booklet. Manfred Mann's Earth Band (album) Manfred Mann's Earth Band is the eponymous debut studio album by English rock band Manfred Mann's Earth Band, released in January 1972 by Polydor Records. The album spent six weeks on the US Billboard 200 charts, peaking number 138 on 18 March 1972. "Manfred Mann's Earth Band" was first released in January 1972 by Polydor Records