''Portrait'' is the debut album of the
R&B group
Portrait
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, released in 1992 on Capitol Records.
The album reached number 70 on the
''Billboard'' 200 and number 16 on the US Top R&B Albums chart.
Portrait - Billboard Album Chart history
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Track listing
* All songs written by Michael Angelo Saulsberry, Eric Kirkland, Philip Johnson and Irving Washington III, except as noted
# "Commitment" – 5:23
# "Honey Dip" – 4:02
# "Here We Go Again!" – 4:27
# "You" (Michael Angelo Saulsberry, Eric Kirkland, Philip Johnson, Irving Washington III, Suamana Brown) – 4:53
# "Interlude: Passion" – 0:53
# "On and On" – 5:31
# "Precious Moments" – 4:41
# "Down Wit Dat" – 4:41
# "Interlude: Snap Along!" – 0:07
# "Problems" – 4:57
# "Feelings" – 3:59
# "Day by Day" – 5:20
# "Heartache" – 4:59
# "Yours Forever" – 5:29
# "Interlude: Why?" (Michael Angelo Saulsberry, Eric Kirkland, Philip Johnson, Irving Washington III, Suamana Brown) – 1:44
# "Here We Go Again!" (Extended Remix) – 5:24
Personnel
* Michael Angelo Saulsberry – producer, writer, all instruments and vocal arrangement
* Eric Kirkland – writer, vocal arrangement and drum programming
* Sekou Bunch – bass guitar
* Irving Washington III – writer, vocals, vocal arrangement
* Phillip Johnson – writer, vocals
* Thomas Organ – lead guitar, bass guitar, acoustic guitar
* Curtis Bushey – lead guitar
* Ray Brown – trumpet
* Gerald Albright
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– saxophone
* Bret Bouldin – rap
* Portrait, The Jets, Carolyn Griffey
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, Tiara LeMacks, Suamana Brown, Dajhi McBeth, E-Luv, M. "Bay" Botiz, Ken "Wolfie" Washington – background vocals
* Gregg Barrett, Fil Brown, Vincent Cirilli, Jon Guggenheim, Donnell Sullivan – recording engineer
* Dave Way
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, Anthony Jefferies, Donnell Sullivan, Craig Burbidge – mixing
* Ron McMaster, Eddy Schreyer – mastering
* Scott Folks, Joy Bailey – executive producer
* David Roth – photography
* Tommy Steele – art direction
* Bill Burks – design
Charts
References
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Portrait (group) albums
1992 debut albums
New jack swing albums