"Profiles" is Nick's first collaboration with 10cc guitarist Rick Fenn and was his second album outside of Pink Floyd. It was released in 1985 under the title "Mason + Fenn" and is mainly an instrumental album, with the exception of the tracks "Lie for a Lie", sung by Maggie Reilly and former bandmate David Gilmour, and "Israel", sung by UFO keyboardist Danny Peyronel.