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) real reach for them," referring to it as "a less-dated version" of the band's debut album "Cloudcuckooland" (1990). "Tilt" was also said to show occasionally show the band sounding like "a warmer version of the Pet Shop Boys." Music journalist Colin Larkin said the closest point on the reference on "Tilt" is "arguably" New Order. "Pop Rescue" said that the dance sounds that "emerged in full" on "Tilt" had first emerged to a lesser extent on the band's third album "Jollification" (1994). Broudie's lyrics on the album were noted for being less optimistic than they had been before, and according