History is an album by the American musician Loudon Wainwright III, released in 1992 on Charisma Records.

[23][24] The Sydney Morning Herald deemed the album "about as close to a masterpiece as any musician could reasonably expect to produce.

"[25] Rolling Stone wrote: "The soul of Wasp angst, of quiet bleeding on summer lawns, Wainwright's spare folk laments are absolutely exceptional.

"[27] The Toronto Sun opined that "History is so plainspoken, its truths occasionally don't reveal themselves for two or three listens ... Perhaps for that very reason, it stands as one of the year's finest albums.

"[20] AllMusic considered the album to be a masterpiece, writing that it "features a mix of the humorous and the serious, the autobiographical and the observational, the rockin' and the balladic, all wrapped up in some classy arrangements.