Portrait (Rick Astley album)

Portrait
Studio album by Rick Astley
Released	17 October 2005
Recorded	September 2004 – July 2005
Studio	The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	Adult contemporary, pop
Length	41:32
Label	RCA, Sony BMG
Producer	Peter Collins
Rick Astley chronology
Artist Collection: Rick Astley (2004) Portrait (2005) Collections (2006)

Portrait is the sixth studio album by English singer Rick Astley released in 2005. A collection of covers of 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.

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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. "Nature Boy" (George Aberle) – 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

• Peter Collins – producer
• Clif Norrell – engineer, mixing (7)
• Andy Brohard – assistant engineer
• Gary Langan – mixing (1-6, 8-13)
• Alexander "Natty" Modiano – mix assistant
• Stylorouge – art direction, design
• Uli Weber – photography

Charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
UK Albums (OCC)	26