''Brood'' is the second studio album by

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band

My Friend the Chocolate Cake My or MY may refer to: Arts and entertainment * My (radio station), a Malaysian radio station * Little My, a fictional character in the Moomins universe * ''My'' (album), by Edyta Górniak * ''My'' (EP), by Cho Mi-yeon Business * Market ...

. The album was released in July 1994 and peaked at number 32 on the

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. At the

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, the album won the

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. 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

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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 Howard Devoto (born Howard Andrew Trafford, 15 March 1952) is a retired English singer and songwriter, who began his career as the frontman for punk rock band Buzzcocks, but then left to form Magazine, one of the first post-punk bands. After M ...

) – 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

- 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

References

{{Authority control My Friend the Chocolate Cake albums 1994 albums ARIA Award-winning albums