Anne Briggs (album)

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]

Anne Briggs
Studio album by Anne Briggs
Released	April 1971 (1971-04)
Recorded	1970–71
Studio	City of London Recording Studios
Genre	Folk
Length	41:53
Label	Topic
Producer	A. L. Lloyd
Anne Briggs chronology
The Hazards of Love (1964) Anne Briggs (1971) The Time Has Come (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	^[1]
Tom Hull – on the Web	B+ ()^[2]

Release history

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

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

• Anne Briggs - vocals, guitar, bouzouki
• Johnny Moynihan - bouzouki on "Willie O'Winsbury"

Technical

• Sean Davies - recording
• Humphrey Weightman - sleeve design
• Patrick Delap - photography

References

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.