Portrait (Rick Astley album)

Portrait
Studio album by Rick Astley
Released	17 October 2005 (2005-10-17)
Recorded	September 2004 – July 2005
Studios	The Village Recorder (Los Angeles, California)
Genres	Adult contemporary, pop
Length	41:38
Labels	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.

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
MSN Music

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
1.	"Vincent"	Don McLean	Don McLean	3:24
2.	"And I Love You So"	McLean	Don McLean	2:55
3.	"Portrait of My Love"	Norman Newell Cyril Ornadel	Matt Monro	2:43
4.	"Where Do I Begin?"	Francis Lai Carl Sigman	Andy Williams	3:36
5.	"These Foolish Things"	Jack Strachey Eric Maschwitz	Leslie "Hutch" Hutchinson	3:49
6.	"Cry Me a River"	Arthur Hamilton	Julie London	4:03
7.	"Nature Boy"	eden ahbez	Nat King Cole	3:12
8.	"Close to You"	Burt Bacharach Hal David	The Carpenters	3:04
9.	"You Belong to Me"	Chilton Price Pee Wee King Redd Stewart	Jo Stafford	2:49
10.	"Make It Easy on Yourself"	Bacharach David	Jerry Butler	2:57
11.	"Somewhere"	Leonard Bernstein Stephen Sondheim	P. J. Proby	2:46
12.	"I Can't Help Falling in Love (with You)"	Hugo Peretti Luigi Creatore George David Weiss	Elvis Presley	3:14
13.	"What the World Needs Now"	Bacharach David	Jackie DeShannon	3:00
Total length:				41:38

Japanese release bonus track

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Original artist	Length
14.	"You're Nobody till Somebody Loves You"	Russ Morgan Larry Stock James Cavanaugh	Dean Martin	3:31
Total length:				45:10

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 (Official Charts)	26