Portrait: The Very Best of John Schumann
# Portrait: The Very Best of John Schumann

Portrait: The Very Best of John Schumann is a "best of" album by John Schumann, previously the frontman of Redgum. It includes songs from his previous two solo albums, Etched in Blue and True Believers, I was only 19 from his Redgum days, and a previously unreleased track, "One True Game", about Australian rules football.

## Album artwork

The cover art shows a painting of Schumann by Sue Flanagan, which was entered in the Archibald portrait competition in 2002.

## Track listing

* "I Was Only Nineteen"
* "Borrowed Ground"
* "Holy Mary"
* "Thunder Across The Reef"
* "Safe Behind The Wire"
* "For The Children"
* "If I Close My Eyes"
* "Leigh Creek Road"
* "Clancy of the Overflow"
* "Eyes on Fire"
* "Roll on the Day"
* "If the War Goes On"
* "One True Game"
