Portrait (Rick Astley album)

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Portrait
The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
GenreAdult contemporary, pop
Length41:32
LabelRCA, Sony BMG
ProducerPeter Collins
Rick Astley chronology
Artist Collection: Rick Astley

(2004)
Portrait
(2005)
Collections
(2006)

Portrait is the sixth studio album by English singer

pop standards, it is his first studio album since 2001's Keep It Turned On, and the first to be released in the UK since 1993's Body & Soul
.

Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
MSN Music[1]

Track listing

  1. "Vincent" (Don McLean) – 3:24
  2. "And I Love You So" (McLean) – 2:55
  3. "Portrait of My Love" (Norman Newell, Cyril Ornadel) – 2:43
  4. "Where Do I Begin?" (Francis Lai, Carl Sigman) – 3:36
  5. "These Foolish Things" (Jack Strachey, Eric Maschwitz) – 3:49
  6. "
    Cry Me a River" (Arthur Hamilton
    ) – 4:03
  7. ") – 3:12
  8. "Close to You" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:04
  9. "You Belong to Me" (Chilton Price, John Kuczynski, Henry Stewart) – 2:49
  10. "Make It Easy on Yourself" (Bacharach, David) – 2:57
  11. "Somewhere" (Leonard Bernstein, Stephen Sondheim) – 2:46
  12. "I Can't Help Falling in Love (with You)" (Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, George David Weiss) – 3:14
  13. "What the World Needs Now" (Bacharach, David) – 3:00
  14. "You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You" (Russ Morgan, Lazarus Goldberger, James Cavanaugh) – 3:31 (Japanese release only)

Personnel

  • Rick Astley – vocals
  • Tim Lauer – keyboards, orchestrations
  • John Carin – additional acoustic piano (1), guitars (1), stardust (1)
  • Dan Petty – acoustic guitars
  • Davey Johnstone – electric guitars, slide guitar
  • Craig Young – bass
  • Shannon Forrest – drums, percussion
  • John Altman – soprano saxophone (4, 8)
  • Suzie Katayama – orchestra contractor

Production

Charts

Chart (2005) Peak
position
UK Albums (OCC)[2] 26

References

  1. ^ "Portrait by Rick Astley". MSN Music. Archived from the original on 11 May 2011. Retrieved 10 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 10 May 2020.