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
1999 (Prince album) of the 1980s". The album was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2008. The album was also included in the book "1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die". Alternate formats While not performance credited for the studio recordings, band members Doctor Fink (keyboards), Bobby Z. (drums) and Brown Mark (bass) do appear in the music videos. Sources: 1999 (Prince album) 1999 is a 1982 album by American recording artist Prince; his fifth, and the first to feature his band the Revolution. It was released on October 27, 1982, by Warner Bros. Records. "1999" was Prince's breakthrough album,