Profiles

Profiles
Studio album by Nick Mason and Rick Fenn
Released	29 July 1985
Recorded	1984-85 at Britannia Row Studios
Genre	Art pop Synthpop Instrumental rock Progressive pop
Length	44:10
Label	Harvest Records (UK) Columbia Records (US)
Producer	Rick Fenn and Nick Mason
Nick Mason and Rick Fenn chronology
Fictitious Sports (1981) Profiles (1985) White of the Eye (1987)

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Profiles is an album by Pink Floyd's drummer Nick Mason's second studio album and 10cc's guitarist Rick Fenn's debut studio album, released in 1985.

Songs

It is almost entirely instrumental, save for two songs: "Lie for a Lie", featuring Pink Floyd singer and guitarist David Gilmour and Mike Oldfield's early 80s singer Maggie Reilly; and "Israel," sung by UFO keyboardist Danny Peyronel.

There was a time when we were considering it as an entirely instrumental album, but we had 'Lie for a Lie', which we wanted to go on, so we felt it needed another song to balance it out.

— Rick Fenn, ^[2]

I've certainly enjoyed working with Rick... I think it's useful and important to change the people you work with. You get so stuck in certain patterns. You know: Roger will do this and Dave will do that and... well, you can go and make the tea, Nick!

— Nick Mason, ^[2]

Track listing

Side one

1. "Malta" (Fenn/Mason) – 6:00
2. "Lie for a Lie" (Fenn/Mason/Peyronel) – 3:16
3. "Rhoda" (Fenn/Mason) – 3:22
4. "Profiles Part 1/Profiles Part 2" (Fenn/Mason) – 9:58

Side two

5. "Israel" (Fenn/Peyronel) – 3:30
6. "And the Address" (Fenn/Mason) – 2:45
7. "Mumbo Jumbo" (Fenn/Mason) – 3:53
8. "Zip Code" (Fenn/Mason) – 3:05
9. "Black Ice" (Fenn/Mason) – 3:37
10. "At the End of the Day" (Fenn/Mason) – 2:35
11. "Profiles Part 3" (Fenn/Mason) – 1:55

Non-album track

1. "Lie for a Lie" (Fenn/Mason/Peyronel) (12" Mix) – 5:54

Personnel

• Nick Mason — drums, keyboards, percussion, composing
• Rick Fenn — guitars, keyboards, composing
• Mel Collins — saxophone on "Rhoda", "And the Address", "Mumbo Jumbo", and "Black Ice"
• David Gilmour — vocals on "Lie for a Lie"
• Maggie Reilly — vocals on "Lie for a Lie"
• Danny Peyronel — vocals on "Israel"
• Craig Pruess — emulator bass on "Malta"
• Aja Fenn — keyboard intro on "Malta"

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