title: Home Improvements
text: # Home Improvements
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Review scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Sunday Herald Sun | |
  | Sydney Morning Herald | (favorable) |
  | The Australian | |
  
  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
  
  Chart performance for Home Improvements :
  
  | Chart (2007) | Peak position |
  | - | - |
  | Australian Albums (ARIA) | 89 |
  