Portrait (Portrait album)

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Portrait
Portrait Album.jpg
Studio album by
Portrait
ReleasedOctober 12, 1992
Recorded1991–1992
StudioAire L.A.
Elumba Recording
Larrabee West
One Up Studio
Trax Recording
(Los Angeles, California)
Genre R&B, new jack swing
Length66:31
Label Capitol
Producer Portrait
Portrait chronology
Portrait
(1992)		 All That Matters
(1995)
Singles from Portrait
  1. "Here We Go Again!"
    Released: 1992
  2. "Honey Dip"
    Released: 1993
  3. "Day By Day"
    Released: 1993
Professional ratings
Review scores
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Portrait is the debut album of the R&B group Portrait, released in 1992 on Capitol Records. [2]

Contents

The album reached number 70 on the Billboard 200 and number 16 on the US Top R&B Albums chart. [3]

Track listing

  1. "Commitment" – 5:23
  2. "Honey Dip" – 4:02
  3. "Here We Go Again!" – 4:27
  4. "You" (Michael Angelo Saulsberry, Eric Kirkland, Philip Johnson, Irving Washington III, Suamana Brown) – 4:53
  5. "Interlude: Passion" – 0:53
  6. "On and On" – 5:31
  7. "Precious Moments" – 4:41
  8. "Down Wit Dat" – 4:41
  9. "Interlude: Snap Along!" – 0:07
  10. "Problems" – 4:57
  11. "Feelings" – 3:59
  12. "Day by Day" – 5:20
  13. "Heartache" – 4:59
  14. "Yours Forever" – 5:29
  15. "Interlude: Why?" (Michael Angelo Saulsberry, Eric Kirkland, Philip Johnson, Irving Washington III, Suamana Brown) – 1:44
  16. "Here We Go Again!" (Extended Remix) – 5:24

Personnel

Charts

Chart performance for Portrait
Chart (1993)Peak
Opposition
Australian Albums (ARIA) [4] 100
US Billboard 200 [5] 70
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard) [6] 16

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References

  1. ↑ AllMusic review
  2. ↑ Album Overview on Allmusic
  3. ↑ Portrait - Billboard Album Chart history
  4. ↑ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 222.
  5. ↑ "Portrait Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
  6. ↑ "Portrait Chart History (Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved September 6, 2022.
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