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The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds a pair of b-side covers ("Be My Baby", "Lucifer Sam"), two songs from 1998's commercial failure "Tilt", "Song for No One" - a remix of a song from Broudie's solo-album - and the new recording "Tables Have Turned". The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds The Very Best of The Lightning Seeds is the second official greatest hits album by British alternative rock band The Lightning Seeds. It was released on 12 June 2006 peaking at number thirty-three on the UK Album Chart. The compilation is essentially an update of the group's first greatest hits album 1997's "Like You Do...