Portrait (Rick Astley album)

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.

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