Tilt (The Lightning Seeds album) saw "Tilt" as Broudie's attempt to modernize the band's sound. According to Jason Damas, also of AllMusic, although "Ian Broudie is probably one of the least likely people to embrace electronica," "Tilt" brings some of the band's "dancier undertones" to the forefront. He also noted that the band were "no strangers to stiff, computerized beats" because Broudie had used a drum machine to round out the Lightning Seeds' sound when it was still a solo project prior to 1996, and said that, as such, "Tilt" "is neither electronica or rock, but merely danceable pop" and said it was "harldy a
Tilt (The Lightning Seeds album) version of "Three Lions" with alternative lyrics, "3 Lions 98", reached number 1 in the UK Singles Chart. Guitarist Paul Hemmings left the band in 1998, with Broudie taking over his guitar duites. Beginning worth on a new album at the end of 1998, Broudie co-wrote songs with several of his old friends, namely Terry Hall of the Specials and Steven Jones from Babybird, whilst several songs were co-written by Broudie with Mark Cullen of Fixed Stars. The album, named "Tilt", was produced by Simon Rogers with the exception of the seventh track "Get it Right", which was produced and