Up All Night (The Waifs album)

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Up All Night
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Studio album by
Released13 January 2003
Recorded2002
Genre Folk
Length47:44
Label Jarrah
Producer The Waifs, Chris Thompson, Steven Schram
The Waifs chronology
Sink or Swim
(2000)
Up All Night
(2003)
A Brief History...
(2004)
Singles from Up All Night
  1. "London Still"
    Released: 2002
  2. "Lighthouse"
    Released: 2003
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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Up All Night is the fourth studio album by Australian folk band The Waifs, first released by Jarrah in January 2003. Critics reacted more favourably to this release and it has been the band's biggest album to date.

Contents

Up All Night debuted on the Australian ARIA album chart at No. 3 and 12 months later had shipped over 140,000 copies, garnering a double platinum accreditation. [2] [3]

Their hard work was rewarded at the ARIA Music Awards of 2003 where they won Best Independent Release, Best Blues and Roots Album for Up All Night, as well as Engineer of the Year and Producer of the Year for Chris Thompson's work on the album. [4] The media celebrated with them, calling them an "overnight success 11 years in the making!".

In some parts of North America, the album was packaged with a bonus sampler of Waifs songs.

Track listing

  1. "Fisherman's Daughter" (D. Simpson) – 4:43
  2. "Nothing New" (V. Simpson) – 3:32
  3. "London Still" (D. Simpson) – 3:46
  4. "Lighthouse" (Cunningham) – 3:21
  5. "Flesh And Blood" (Cunningham) – 4:00
  6. "Highway One" (D. Simpson) – 5:07
  7. "Since I've Been Around" (Cunningham) – 4:40
  8. "Fourth Floor" (Cunningham) – 3:25
  9. "Rescue" (D. Simpson) – 2:32
  10. "Three Down" (V. Simpson) – 3:18
  11. "Sweetness" (D. Simpson) – 3:24
  12. "Up All Night" (Cunningham) – 5:51

Personnel

Musical

Technical

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2003-04)Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [5] 3

Year-end charts

Chart (2003)Position
Australian Albums (ARIA) [6] 40

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Australia (ARIA) [7] 2× Platinum140,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

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