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.
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.
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.ARIA Music Awards for the Waifs: Search Results for 'Waifs': 2002 winners and nominees: 2003 winners and nominees: 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 "Fisherman's Daughter" (D. Simpson) – 4:43 "Nothing New" (V. Simpson) – 3:32 "London Still" (D. Simpson) – 3:46 "Lighthouse" (Cunningham) – 3:21 "Flesh And Blood" (Cunningham) – 4:00 "Highway One" (D. Simpson) – 5:07 "Since I've Been Around" (Cunningham) – 4:40 "Fourth Floor" (Cunningham) – 3:25 "Rescue" (D. Simpson) – 2:32 "Three Down" (V. Simpson) – 3:18 "Sweetness" (D. Simpson) – 3:24 "Up All Night" (Cunningham) – 5:51
Personnel Musical Josh Cunningham - Dobro, Guitar, Mandolin, Songwriter, Ukulele, Vocals, Group Member Donna Simpson - Guitar (Acoustic), Songwriter, Vocals, Group Member Vikki Simpson - Guitar (Acoustic), Harmonica, Songwriter, Vocals, Group Member Ben Franz - Bass, Dobro, Bass (Electric), Double Bass David MacDonald - Percussion, Drums Bruce Haymes - Keyboards, Wurlitzer
Technical Sam Hickey - Design, Photography, Typography Mark Howard - Engineer Tony "Jack The Bear" Mantz - Mastering Victor Rijken - Photography Official Site Steven Schram - Producer, Assistant Engineer, Mixing, Mixing Assistant Chris Thompson - Producer, Engineer, Mixing The Waifs - Photography
Charts Weekly charts Chart (2003–04)Peakposition
Year-end charts Chart (2003)PositionAustralian Albums (ARIA)40
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External links Official site