Anne Briggs (album)

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Anne Briggs
Studio album by
ReleasedApril 1971 (1971-04)
Recorded1970-71
StudioCity of London Recording Studios
GenreFolk
Length41:53
LabelTopic
ProducerA. L. Lloyd
Anne Briggs chronology
The Hazards of Love
(1964)
Anne Briggs
(1971)
The Time Has Come
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Tom Hull – on the WebB+ ((3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention)(3-star Honorable Mention))[2]

Anne Briggs is a folk album released in 1971 by Anne Briggs. The songs are Traditional apart from two Briggs originals, "Go Your Way" and "Living By The Water". The front cover photograph was taken by Pat Delap on Little Bealings Heath, Suffolk either in 1969 or 1970.[3]

Release history[edit]

In 2009, "Blackwater Side" was included in Topic Records 70 year anniversary boxed set Three Score and Ten as track four of the second CD in the set.

On Record Store Day 2015 Topic records re-released the album on 180g vinyl.[4]

Track listing[edit]

All tracks are traditional; arranged by Anne Briggs; except where noted.

  1. "Blackwater Side" - 3:53
  2. "The Snow It Melts The Soonest" - 2:23
  3. "Willie O'Winsbury" - 5:31
  4. "Go Your Way" (Anne Briggs, Bert Jansch) - 4:14
  5. "Thorneymoor Woods" - 3:36
  6. "The Cuckoo" - 3:11
  7. "Reynardine" - 3:01
  8. "Young Tambling" - 10:44
  9. "Living By The Water" (Anne Briggs) - 3:55
  10. "Ma Bonny Lad" - 1:17

Personnel[edit]

  • Anne Briggs - vocals, guitar, bouzouki
  • Johnny Moynihan - bouzouki on "Willie O'Winsbury"
Technical
  • Sean Davies - recording
  • Humphrey Weightman - sleeve design
  • Patrick Delap - photography

References[edit]

  1. ^ Deming, Mark. Anne Briggs at AllMusic
  2. ^ Hull, Tom (22 June 2021). "Music Week". Tom Hull – on the Web. Retrieved 24 June 2021.
  3. ^ "Anne Briggs – Anne Briggs". www.discogs.com. Retrieved 10 August 2022.
  4. ^ "Album re-release for Record Store Day 2015". Topic Records. 18 April 2015. Retrieved 17 April 2015.