Portrait (album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Portrait
Type = Album
Artist = The 5th Dimension


Released = April 1970
Recorded = August 22, 1969-March 20, 1970
Genre = Pop/soul
Length = 38:25
Label = Bell
Producer = Bones Howe
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:7kmsa9ugb23u~T1 link]
Last album = "The Age of Aquarius"
(1969)
This album = "Portrait"
(1970)
Next album = "Love's Lines, Angles and Rhymes"
(1971)

"Portrait" is the fifth album by American pop group The 5th Dimension, released in 1970 (see 1970 in music).

The album featured the hit "One Less Bell to Answer", which reached #2 on the Billboard Pop Singles Chart.

Track listing

#"Puppet Man" (Howard Greenfield, Neil Sedaka) – 3:00
#"One Less Bell to Answer" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 3:31
#"Feelin' Alright" (Mason) – 4:28
#"This Is Your Life" (Jimmy Webb) – 4:13
#"A Love Like Ours" (Bob Alcivar, Lamonte McLemore) – 2:39
#"Save the Country" (Laura Nyro) – 2:39
#"Medley" (René DeKnight, Johnson) – 10:12
#*"The Declaration"
#*"A Change Is Gonna Come" (Sam Cooke)
#*"People Gotta Be Free" (Eddie Brigati, Felix Cavaliere)
#"Dimension Five" (Alcivar) – 4:15
#"On the Beach (In the Summertime)" [*] (McNeil) – 3:28

*bonus track on CD

Personnel

*Billy Davis, Jr. - vocals
*Florence Larue - vocals
*Marilyn McCoo - vocals
*Lamonte McLemore - vocals
*Ron Townson - vocals

Additional personnel
*Michael Anthony (musician) - guitar, electric guitar
*Mike Deasy, Sr. - guitar, electric guitar
*Dennis Budimir - guitar, rhythm guitar
*Tommy Tedesco - guitar, rhythm guitar
*Fred Tackett - guitar, finger picking
*Joe Osborn - bass, guitar
*Hal Blaine - drums, percussion
*Larry Bunker - congas, mallets, percussion,
*Gary Coleman - mallets, percussion
*Larry Knechtel - piano, organ, keyboards, tack piano
*Jimmy Rowles - piano, keyboards
*Gary Illingworth - electric piano

Production

As mentioned on the liner notes of the album, this was one of the first albums to be recorded on a 16-track recorder, and was recorded at the Wally Heider Studios in Hollywood.

*Producer: Bones Howe
*Engineer: Bones Howe
*Mastering: Elliot Federman
*Digital transfers: Mike Hartry
*Reissue producer: Rob Santos
*Production coordination: Jeremy Holiday
*Production assistant: Bones Howe, Ann McClelland, Tom Tierney, Russ Wapensky
*Product manager: Mandana Eidgah
*Project coordinator: Arlessa Barnes, Glenn Delgado, Christina DeSimone, Karyn Friedland, Felicia Gearhart, Laura Gregory, Robin Manning, Brooke Nochomson, Ed Osborne, Larry Parra, Dana Renert, Bill Stafford, Steve Strauss
*Archivist: Joanne Feltman, Glenn Korman
*Research: Joel Whitburn
*Assistants: Larry Cox, Johnny Golden, Rik Pekkonen
*Arranger: Bob Alcivar, Bill Hollman, Bones Howe
*Art direction: Beverly Weinstein
*Reissue art director: Mathieu Bitton
*Design: Mathieu Bitton
*Cover painting: LeRoy Neiman
*Liner notes: Mike Ragogna

Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Singles - Billboard (North America)