blackAcetate is a 2005 solo studio album by 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. Track listing All tracks composed by John Cale 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) References External links John Cale albums 2005 albums Albums produced by John Cale EMI Records albums Albums produced by Mickey Petralia