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{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2020}}
{{Use Australian English|date=November 2011}}
{{More citations needed|date=March 2009}}
{{Infobox album
| name = A Brief History
| type = live
| artist = [[The Waifs]]
| cover = Thewaifsbriefhistory.jpg
| alt =
| released = 1 November 2004 ([[Australia]])<br />11 January 2005 ([[United States|U.S.]])
| recorded = 2002–2004
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [[Folk music|Folk]]
| length = 2:19:59
| label = [[Jarrah Records|Jarrah]]
| producer = The Waifs, Chris Wilson
| prev_title = '''[[Up All Night (The Waifs album)|Up All Night]]'''
| prev_year = 2003
| next_title = '''[[Sun Dirt Water]]'''
| next_year = 2007
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = [[Allmusic]]
| rev1Score = {{rating|3.5|5}} <ref>{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r722084}}</ref>
}}
'''''A Brief History...''''' is the fifth [[album]] and first live album by [[Australia]]n [[folk music|folk]] band [[The Waifs]], first released by [[Jarrah Records|Jarrah]] in 2004.

==Track listing==

===Disk one===
#"[[Up All Night (The Waifs album)|Lighthouse]]" – 4:17
#"[[Up All Night (The Waifs album)|London Still]]" – 4:29
#"[[The Waifs (album)|Take It In]]" – 3:40
#"[[Sink or Swim (The Waifs album)|Love Serenade]]" – 3:11
#"[[Sink or Swim (The Waifs album)|The Waitress]]" – 4:00
#"[[Up All Night (The Waifs album)|Fisherman's Daughter]]" – 6:35
#"Papa" – 2:58
#"[[The Waifs (album)|Crazy Train]]" – 8:02
#"[[The Waifs (album)|Brain Damage]]" – 4:59
#"[[Bob Dylan|Don't Think Twice, It's Alright]]" – 3:18
#"[[Sink or Swim (The Waifs album)|Lies]]" – 4:43
#"[[Sink or Swim (The Waifs album)|Haircut]]" – 4:23
#"[[Sink or Swim (The Waifs album)|The River]]" – 4:02
#"[[The Waifs (album)|Gillian]]" – 4:41
#"[[Sink or Swim (The Waifs album)|A Brief History...]]" – 5:03
#"Bridal Train (studio version)" – 4:21

===Disk two===
#"Willow Tree" – 4:06
#"When I Die (introduction)" – 0:40
#"[[Sink or Swim (The Waifs album)|When I Die]]" – 4:28
#"[[The Waifs (album)|Sunflower Man]]" – 4:11
#"[[Up All Night (The Waifs album)|Flesh And Blood]]" – 5:16
#"[[Up All Night (The Waifs album)|Highway One]]" – 5:17
#"Bridal Train (introduction)" – 0:35
#"Bridal Train" – 4:20
#"[[Up All Night (The Waifs album)|Since I've Been Around]]" – 4:44
#"[[Sink or Swim (The Waifs album)|Here If You Want]]" – 3:53
#"[[The Waifs (album)|Billy Jones]]" – 4:15
#"[[The Waifs (album)|Company]]" – 4:16
#"[[Shelter Me (The Waifs album)|Spotlight]]" – 5:46
#"[[Shelter Me (The Waifs album)|Shelter Me]]" – 3:12
#"[[The Waifs (album)|Shiny Apple]]" – 3:16
#"[[Crazy (Willie Nelson song)|Crazy]]/[[The Waifs (album)|Circles]]" – 9:51

All songs by the members of the Waifs, with the exception of "Crazy/Circles", which was written by [[Willie Nelson]] and The Waifs and "Don't Think Twice, It's Alright", which was written by Bob Dylan.

==Personnel==

===Musical===
*[[Josh Cunningham]] – Guitar, Vocals
*[[Donna Simpson (musician)|Donna Simpson]] – Guitar, Vocals, Photography
*[[Vikki Simpson]] – Guitar, Harmonica, Vocals
*Jen Anderson – Violin
*Ben Franz – Guitar (Bass), Photography

===Technical===
*Philip Barlow – Photography
*James Cadsky – Engineer
*Joseph Carra – Mastering
*Simon Cowling – Photography, Cover Photo
*Jill Furmanovsky – Photography
*James Hewgill – Engineer
*Sam Hickey – Design
*Anton Koch – Engineer, Live Sound, Live Sound Engineer
*Kit Luce – Photography
*Steven Schram – Engineer, Assistant
*Ellen Smith – Photography
*Phil Stevens – Photography, Management
*Chris Thompson – Engineer, Mixing
*Kathy Wade – Photography
*The Waifs – Producer, Photography

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable"
!Chart (2004-07)
!Peak<br>position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|23|artist=The Waifs|album=A Brief History...|access-date=28 December 2021}}
|}

==Certifications==
{{certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|title= A Brief History...|artist=The Waifs|type=album|relyear=2004|certyear=2004|region=Australia|award=Platinum|access-date=28 December 2021}}
{{Certification Table Bottom|nosales=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://www.thewaifs.com Official site]

{{The Waifs}}
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[[Category:The Waifs albums]]
[[Category:2004 live albums]]

A Brief History... - Revision history

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