blackAcetate is a 2005 solo studio album by the Welsh rock musician John Cale, his second and last album for EMI.
"Perfect" was released as a single in the UK two weeks after the album, and was subsequently included in The Sunday Times' list of the top 20 pop songs of the year.
Personnel
John Cale − vocals, guitars, keyboards
Herb Graham Jr. − drums, programming, percussion
David Levita − guitars
Natalie Porter − background vocals
Musiic Galloway − background vocals
Jaspr Baj − background vocals
Mark Deffenbaugh − guitars, banjo
John Crozova − cello
Dustin Boyer − guitar, backing vocals
Joe Karnes − bass
Michael Jerome − drums, backing vocals
Charlie Campagna − atmospheres
Technical
Nita Scott − executive producer
Herb Graham Jr. − co-producer (tracks 1–8, 10–13)
Mickey Petralia − mixing engineer
Scott Gutierrez − assistant mixing engineer
Rick Myers − artwork, design (uncredited)