{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}} {{Infobox album | name = Home Improvements | type = Album | artist = My Friend the Chocolate Cake | cover = Homeimprove.jpg | alt = | released = 2007 | recorded = Enormodome and Newmarket Studios, 2006 | venue = | studio = | genre = Australian rock | length = 64:57 | label = Liberation Music | producer = Tim Cole, David Bridie | prev_title = Curious | prev_year = 2002 | next_title = | next_year = }} {{Album ratings | rev1 = ''Sunday Herald Sun'' | rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} |rev2=''Sydney Morning Herald''|rev2Score= (favorable) |rev3=''The Australian''|rev3Score= {{Rating|3.5|5}}|}} '''''Home Improvements''''' is the sixth studio album by Melbourne band My Friend the Chocolate Cake. The album was released in 2007.
==Track listing== (All lyrics by David Bridie, song arrangements by My Friend the Chocolate Cake) #"Hymn for the Carnies" – 5:14 #"Home Improvements" – 3:42 #"She Dreams All Different Colours" – 4:07 #"Five Sisters" – 5:42 #"The Weather Coast" (music by Dean Addison, Bridie, Greg Patten) – 5:59 #"Pentecostal Girl" – 4:15 #"Opus Lagavulin" (music by Hope Csutoros, Helen Mountfort) – 4:20 #"Let's Go Walk This Town" – 4:11 #"Seek" – 4:40 #"The Forgotten Athletes of Persia" (music by Csutoros, Mountfort) – 3:53 #"John Patap" (music by Junior Devils Stringband, Bridie) – 2:46 #"Movement" (music by Mountfort, Addison) – 4:48 #"This Life Tonight" – 6:29 #"Malaise" – 4:44
==Personnel== *David Bridie – piano, singing, harmonium *Helen Mountfort – cello, backing vocals *Hope Csutoros – violin *Andrew Carswell – mandolin, tin whistle *Greg Patten – drums, ukulele, bvs *Dean Addison – double bass *Andrew Richardson – acoustic guitar
==Charts== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |+ Chart performance for ''Home Improvements'' ! scope="col"| Chart (2007) ! scope="col"| Peak<br />position |- ! scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA)<ref>{{cite Ryan|page=198}}</ref> | 89 |}
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==External links== *[http://www.smh.com.au/news/gig-reviews/my-friend-the-chocolate-cake/2007/05/09/1178390352640.html My Friend the Chocolate Cake], ''Sydney Morning Herald'' *{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r860800}}
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Category:My Friend the Chocolate Cake albums Category:2007 albums