Brood (album)

Brood is the second studio album by Melbourne band My Friend the Chocolate Cake. The album was released in July 1994 and peaked at number 32 on the ARIA Chart.

Brood
Studio album by My Friend the Chocolate Cake
Released	July 1994
Recorded	July 1993 at Metropolis Audio, Melbourne, July 1993 and Periscope, Melbourne, August–September 1993
Genre	Australian rock
Length	65:31
Label	Liberation Music
Producer	Helen Mountfort, David Bridie, Jim Rondinelli
My Friend the Chocolate Cake chronology
My Friend the Chocolate Cake (1991) Brood (1994) Good Luck (1996)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album.^[2][3]

Track listing

(All lyrics by David Bridie except where noted; all arrangements by My Friend the Chocolate Cake)

1. "Dance (You Stupid Monster to my Soft Song)" – 2:36
2. "I've Got a Plan" – 3:12
3. "Throwing It Away" – 3:59
4. "Greenkeeping" – 3:27
5. "The Old Years" – 3:46
6. "Song From Under the Floorboards" (music, lyrics by Howard Devoto) – 3:57
7. "Jimmy Stynes" – 3:21
8. "Slow Way to Go Down" – 5:18
9. "Bottom and the Rustics" – 4:23
10. "Rosetta" – 3:49
11. "The Gossip" – 4:18
12. "Brood" – 3:47
13. "Yandoit" – 4:17
14. "The Pramsitters" – 3:12
15. "Aberystwyth" – 4:10
16. "The Red Wallpaper" – 1:40
17. "John Cain Avenue" – 3:43
18. "Low" – 2:28

Personnel

• David Bridie - vocals, piano, harmonium
• Helen Mountfort - cello, backing vocals
• Hope Csutoros - violin, occasional viola and hats
• Andrew Carswell - mandolin, tin whistle, mandola
• Andrew Richardson - acoustic guitar
• Michael Barker - drums, percussion
• Bill McDonald - bass guitar ("Plan", "Old Years", "Song From Under the Floorboards")
• Jim Rondinelli - backing vocals ("The Old Years")

Chart

Chart (1994)	Peak position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[4]	22

References

1. Allmusic review
2. "Winners by Year 1995". Australian Recording Industry Association (ARIA). Archived from the original on 26 September 2007. Retrieved 12 July 2016. Note: Archived copy of ARIA website erroneously lists the album as "I've Got a Plan", which is a single from Brood.
3. Australian Music Online website Archived September 6, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
4. "Australiancharts.com – My Friend the Chocolate Cake – Brood". Hung Medien. Retrieved 14 May 2016.