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).
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
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