Anne Briggs (album)

{{Infobox album

| name = Anne Briggs

| type = studio

| artist = Anne Briggs

| cover = Annebriggscover1971.jpg

| alt =

| released = {{Start date|1971|4}}

| recorded = 1970–71

| venue =

| studio = City of London Recording Studios

| genre = Folk

| length = {{Duration|m=41|s=53}}

| label = Topic

| producer = A. L. Lloyd

| prev_title = The Hazards of Love

| prev_year = 1964

| next_title = The Time Has Come

| next_year = 1971

}}

{{Album ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4|5}} {{AllMusic|class=album|id=anne-briggs-r31491|first=Mark|last=Deming}}

| rev8 = Tom Hull – on the Web

| rev8Score = B+ ({{Rating-Christgau|hm3}}){{cite web|last=Hull|first=Tom|authorlink=Tom Hull (critic)|date=June 22, 2021|url=http://tomhull.com/ocston/blog/archives/2949-Music-Week.html|title=Music Week|website=Tom Hull – on the Web|accessdate=June 24, 2021}}

}}

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.{{cite web |url=https://www.discogs.com/release/13949580-Anne-Briggs-Anne-Briggs- |title=Anne Briggs – Anne Briggs |website=www.discogs.com |access-date=August 10, 2022}}

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.{{cite web|url=http://www.topicrecords.co.uk/12t2207-anne-briggs/|title = Album re-release for Record Store Day 2015|date = 18 April 2015|publisher = Topic Records|accessdate = 17 April 2015}}

Track listing

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

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

Category:1971 albums

Category:Anne Briggs albums

Category:Topic Records albums