Tilt (The Lightning Seeds album) successful. "Tilt" only managed to reach number 46 in the UK Albums Chart, a commercial failure after their previous release, "Like You Do...Best of Lightning Seeds" (1997) had reached number 5. According to Justin Lewis in "The Rough Guide to Rock", "Tilt" was "lost in the rush of big sellers" prior to Christmas 1999 and noted that "even Broudie's collaborations with [Pickering and Hall] failed to reel in the punters." The two singles did not fare successfully either, with "Life's Too Short" only reaching 27 on the UK Singles Chart, and "Sweetest Soul Sensations" only reaching number 67, becoming their
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