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Released
  
29 July 1985

Length
  
44:10

Recorded
  
1984-85 at Britannia Row Studios

Genre
  
Art pop Synthpop Instrumental rock Progressive pop

Label
  
Harvest (UK) Columbia (US)

Producer
  
Rick Fenn and Nick Mason

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

Contents

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.

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!

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

  1. "Israel" (Fenn, Peyronel) – 3:30
  2. "And the Address" (Fenn, Mason) – 2:45
  3. "Mumbo Jumbo" (Fenn, Mason) – 3:53
  4. "Zip Code" (Fenn, Mason) – 3:05
  5. "Black Ice" (Fenn, Mason) – 3:37
  6. "At the End of the Day" (Fenn, Mason) – 2:35
  7. "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"

    • References

    Profiles Wikipedia
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