''Profiles'' is

Pink Floyd Pink Floyd are an English rock band formed in London in 1965. Gaining an early following as one of the first British psychedelic groups, they were distinguished by their extended compositions, sonic experimentation, philosophical lyrics an ...

drummer

Nick Mason Nicholas Berkeley Mason, (born 27 January 1944) is an English drummer and a founder member of the progressive rock band Pink Floyd. He is the only member to feature on every Pink Floyd album, and the only constant member since its formation i ...

's second studio album and

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guitarist Rick Fenn's debut studio album. It was released on 29 July 1985 by

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. The album (along with '' Nick Mason's Fictitious Sports'' and the soundtrack to the film '' White of the Eye'') was remastered and reissued on 31 August 2018 as part of the box set ''Unattended Luggage''.

Songs

The album is almost entirely instrumental, save for two songs; "Lie for a Lie", featuring Pink Floyd singer and guitarist

David Gilmour David Jon Gilmour ( ; born 6 March 1946) is an English guitarist, singer, songwriter, and member of the rock band Pink Floyd. He joined as guitarist and co-lead vocalist in 1967, shortly before the departure of founding member Syd Barrett. P ...

with singer

Maggie Reilly Maggie Reilly (born 15 September 1956) is a Scottish singer best known for her collaborations with the composer and instrumentalist Mike Oldfield. Most notably, she performed lead vocals on the Oldfield songs " Family Man", " Moonlight Shadow", ...

, and "Israel", sung by

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keyboardist Danny Peyronel.

Track listing

All tracks written by Rick Fenn and Nick Mason, except as noted. Side one # "Malta" – 6:00 # "Lie for a Lie" (Fenn, Mason, Danny Peyronel) – 3:16 # "Rhoda" – 3:22 # "Profiles Part 1/Profiles Part 2" – 9:58 Side two #

"Israel" (Fenn, Peyronel) – 3:30 # "And the Address" – 2:45 # "Mumbo Jumbo" – 3:53 # "Zip Code" – 3:05 # "Black Ice" – 3:37 # "At the End of the Day" – 2:35 # "Profiles Part 3" – 1:55

Non-album track

#"Lie for a Lie" (Fenn, Mason, Peyronel) (12" Mix) – 5:54

Personnel

Credits are adapted from the ''Profiles'' liner notes. Musicians *

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drums A drum kit (also called a drum set, trap set, or simply drums) is a collection of drums, cymbals, and other auxiliary percussion instruments set up to be played by one person. The player (drummer) typically holds a pair of matching drumsticks ...

, keyboards,

percussion A percussion instrument is a musical instrument that is sounded by being struck or scraped by a beater including attached or enclosed beaters or rattles struck, scraped or rubbed by hand or struck against another similar instrument. Exc ...

, composing * Rick Fenn —

guitar The guitar is a fretted musical instrument that typically has six strings. It is usually held flat against the player's body and played by strumming or plucking the strings with the dominant hand, while simultaneously pressing selected string ...

s, keyboards, composing *

Mel Collins Melvyn Desmond Collins (born 5 September 1947, Isle of Man) is a British saxophonist, flautist and session musician. Collins has played in several progressive rock groups, having been a member of King Crimson on two occasions (the first from ...

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saxophone The saxophone (often referred to colloquially as the sax) is a type of Single-reed instrument, single-reed woodwind instrument with a conical body, usually made of brass. As with all single-reed instruments, sound is produced when a reed (mouthpi ...

on "Rhoda", "And the Address", "Mumbo Jumbo", and "Black Ice" *

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vocals Singing is the act of creating musical sounds with the voice. A person who sings is called a singer, artist or vocalist (in jazz and/or popular music). Singers perform music (arias, recitatives, songs, etc.) that can be sung with or withou ...

on "Lie for a Lie" *

— vocals on "Lie for a Lie" * Danny Peyronel — vocals on "Israel" *

Craig Pruess Craig Pruess (born 1950) is an American composer, musician, arranger and gold & platinum record producer who has been living in Britain since 1973. His career has covered diverse areas including: record production for international stars such as ...

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emulator In computing, an emulator is hardware or software that enables one computer system (called the ''host'') to behave like another computer system (called the ''guest''). An emulator typically enables the host system to run software or use pe ...

brass Brass is an alloy of copper (Cu) and zinc (Zn), in proportions which can be varied to achieve different mechanical, electrical, and chemical properties. It is a substitutional alloy: atoms of the two constituents may replace each other wi ...

on "Malta" * Aja Fenn — keyboard intro on "Malta"

References

External links

* {{Authority control 1985 albums Harvest Records albums EMI Records albums Columbia Records albums Albums produced by Nick Mason Nick Mason albums