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
Tilt (The Lightning Seeds album) Rob Bolton of "Exclaim" as possessing a "club anthem" sound. "Crowdpleaser" is a "techno-rocker". "If Only" and "Happy Satellite" were described by one critics as especially sounding like "a warmer version of the Pet Shop boys". "Sweetest Soul Sensations" samples Al Green. Describing "I Wish I was in Love," "Britpop News", although calling "Tilt" an "electronic spree album," noted that "they didn’t forget to put an element of flowing song full of melodic synth combined with Ian Broudie’s made layered voice." "Tilt" was released by Epic Records on 22 November 1999 in the UK, Europe, Malaysia and Japan. The album