Portrait (Portrait album)

Portrait is the debut album of the R&B group Portrait, released in 1992 on Capitol Records.[2]

Portrait
Studio album by Portrait
Released	October 12, 1992
Recorded	1991–1992
Studio	Aire L.A. Elumba Recording Larrabee West One Up Studio Trax Recording (Los Angeles, California)
Genre	R&B, new jack swing
Length	66:31
Label	Capitol
Producer	Portrait
Portrait chronology
Portrait (1992) All That Matters (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]

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

Track listing

• All songs written by Michael Angelo Saulsberry, Eric Kirkland, Philip Johnson and Irving Washington III, except as noted

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

• 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 - saxophone
• Bret Bouldin - rap
• Portrait, The Jets, Carolyn Griffey, 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, 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

Singles

Year	Single	Chart positions
		US Hot 100[4]	US R&B[5]	US Dance
1992	"Here We Go Again"	11	3	11
1993	"Honey Dip"	-	18	-
	"Day by Day"	-	42	-

References

1. Allmusic review
2. Album Overview on Allmusic
3. Portrait - Billboard Album Chart history
4. Whitburn, Joel (2010). Top 40 Hits: 1955-2009. Record Research. p. 516.
5. Whitburn, Joel (2004). Top R&B/Hip-Hop Singles: 1942-2004. Record Research. p. 462.