Discography of Tilt

Title: The Lightning Seeds - Tilt
Running Time: 44.03
Release date: 22nd November 1999
Label: Epic
Catalogue number. 496263
Formats: CD, Cassette, MinDisc,
Highest UK chart position: 46

Track listing:

1. Life's Too Short (Writers: Ian Broudie)
2. Sweetest Soul Sensation (Writers: Ian Broudie / Mark Cullen / Al Green)
3. If Only (Writers: Ian Broudie / Mike Pickering)
4. City Bright Stars (Writers: Ian Broudie / Stephen Jones)
5. I Wish I Was In Love (Writers: Ian Broudie / Terry Hall / Peter Green)
6. Happy Satellite (Writers: Ian Broudie / Mark Cullen)
7. Get It Right (Writers: Ian Broudie / Terry Hall)
8. Cigarettes and Lies (Writers: Ian Broudie)
9. Crowdpleaser (Writers: Ian Broudie / Mark Cullen)
10. Tales of The Riverbank (Writers: Ian Broudie)
11. Pussyfoot: Reprise (Writers: Ian Broudie)
12. All The Things (Writers: Ian Broudie)

ALBUM CREDITS / THE BAND:

Ian Broudie: Vocals / guitars
Martyn Campbell: Bass guitar / backing vocals
Angie Pollack: Piano / keyboards / backing vocals
Zak Starkey: drums

Album Produced by Ian Broudie
Co-Produced by Simon Rogers, except track 07 produced by Ian Broudie and Tim Simenon.

Tracks 1-6 and 8-12 mixed by Dave Bascombe
Track 07 mixed by Tim Simenon.

Track 2 additional production and remix by Cutfather & Joe for XL Talent.

Album Engineered by Cenzo Townsend, Jon Gray and Kenny Patterson

EXTRA NOTES

So, three years down the line from Dizzy Heights, but has Ian Broudie delivered the goods to make a quintessential Lightning Seeds album. Well kind of, and yes and no.

I'll deal with the "no" bit first. Some of the album, like tracks like "Life's Too Short" are more dance orientated. "Sweetest Soul Sensations" and "I Wish I Was In Love" see Ian playing about with the sampler machine. He sampled Al Green ("Simply Beautiful") and Peter Green - era Fleetwood Mac ("Man of the World") respectively.

Which moves us on to the "yes" bit. Some tracks are still very Lightning Seeds. The stand out track, "Tales of the Riverbank", and features live drums and is written about the Liverpool dockers. "All The Things" is another virtually live track. "Cigarettes and Lies" sounds very John Lennon-esque, and "If Only" sounds a little like Sense, and is a welcome addition to the album.