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.
At the ARIA Music Awards of 1995, the album won the ARIA Award for Best Adult Contemporary Album. Note: Archived copy of ARIA website erroneously lists the album as "I've Got a Plan", which is a single from Brood.Australian Music Online website
Track listing (All lyrics by David Bridie except where noted; all arrangements by My Friend the Chocolate Cake) "Dance (You Stupid Monster to my Soft Song)" – 2:36 "I've Got a Plan" – 3:12 "Throwing It Away" – 3:59 "Greenkeeping" – 3:27 "The Old Years" – 3:46 "Song From Under the Floorboards" (music, lyrics by Howard Devoto) – 3:57 "Jimmy Stynes" – 3:21 "Slow Way to Go Down" – 5:18 "Bottom and the Rustics" – 4:23 "Rosetta" – 3:49 "The Gossip" – 4:18 "Brood" – 3:47 "Yandoit" – 4:17 "The Pramsitters" – 3:12 "Aberystwyth" – 4:10 "The Red Wallpaper" – 1:40 "John Cain Avenue" – 3:43 "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
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