The Perfect Is The Enemy Of The Good is the second full-length album for the band Burnt by the Sun, released on Relapse Records.
The title is a common translation of a quotation by Voltaire:
Le mieux est l'ennemi du bien.
Literally,
The best is the enemy of the good.
From La Bégueule (1772).
Contents
Track listing
"Abril Los Ojos" - 1:24
"Washington Tube Steak" - 2:58
"Battleship" - 3:38
"Forlani" - 2:39
"180 Proof" - 3:48
Untitled - 0:40
"Arrival Of Niburu" - 1:52
"Patient 957" - 2:01
"2012" - 3:05
Untitled - 0:47
"Spinner Dunn" - 3:31
"Pentagons And Pentagrams" - 2:18
"Revelations 101" - 3:37
Untitled - 40:36
The 40-minute final untitled track consists mostly of sine wave noise, with spoken audio from 14:46 to 16:50 and a six-minute hidden track from 34:36 to the end.
Personnel
Mike Olender- Vocals
John Adubato - Guitar
Ted Patterson - Bass
Dave Witte - Drums