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
The Choir (alternative rock band) Their next album, "Free Flying Soul", released in 1996, would bring the band their most notable industry accolades to that point, as they were awarded a GMA Dove Award for Best Modern/Alternative Rock Album. Five years later, they received a nomination for Best Rock Gospel Album at the 44th Annual Grammy Awards for their album, "Flap Your Wings", released in 2000. Celebrating this, The Choir released a boxed set of their entire musical output called "", which included a bonus CD of unreleased B-sides and remixes. Upon their arrival in Nashville, Dan Michaels went into artist management, including managing The