Exit Strategy of the Soul

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Exit Strategy of the Soul
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Studio album by
Released8 April 2008 (2008-04-08)
Length45:05
Label Kensaltown
Producer Martin Terefe
Ron Sexsmith chronology
Time Being
(2006)
Exit Strategy of the Soul
(2008)
Long Player Late Bloomer
(2011)
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 70/100 [1]
Review scores
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American Songwriter Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svg [3]
The A.V. Club B+ [4]
Entertainment Weekly C+ [5]
FasterLouderStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [6]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [7]
Now Red N.pngRed N.pngRed N.pngRed N.pngBlank N.PNG [8]
PopMatters 5/10 [9]
Record Collector Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
World of MusicStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [11]

Exit Strategy of the Soul is the eleventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith, released on 8 April 2008, through Kensaltown.

Contents

Track listing

All songs by Ronald Eldon Sexsmith except when specified.

  1. "Spiritude" (instrumental) – 1:32
  2. "This Is How I Know" – 3:52
  3. "One Last Round" – 3:13
  4. "Ghost of a Chance" – 3:40
  5. "Thoughts and Prayers" – 2:55
  6. "Brandy Alexander" (Ronald Eldon Sexsmith and Feist) – 3:29
  7. "Traveling Alone" – 3:47
  8. "Poor Helpless Dreams" – 3:53
  9. "Hard Time" – 3:13
  10. "The Impossible World" – 2:52
  11. "Chased by Love" – 3:40
  12. "Brighter Still" – 3:01
  13. "Music to My Ears" – 3:43
  14. "Dawn Anna" (instrumental) – 2:15

Japanese bonus tracks

  1. "Here Comes My Baby"
  2. "Rain on the Roof"
  3. "Too Good to Be True"
  4. "Comrades Fill No Glass for Me"
  5. "Seems to Me" (also an iTunes bonus track)

Personnel

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