Exit Strategy of the Soul

Exit Strategy of the Soul
Studio album by Ron Sexsmith
Released	8 April 2008 (2008-04-08)
Length	45:05
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
Source	Rating
Metacritic	70/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
American Songwriter	[3]
The A.V. Club	B+ [4]
Entertainment Weekly	C+ [5]
FasterLouder	[6]
The Guardian	[7]
Now	[8]
PopMatters	5/10 [9]
Record Collector	[10]
World of Music	[11]

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

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

15. "Here Comes My Baby"
16. "Rain on the Roof"
17. "Too Good to Be True"
18. "Comrades Fill No Glass for Me"
19. "Seems to Me" (also an iTunes bonus track)

Personnel

• Ron Sexsmith – vocals, guitar, piano
• Neil Primrose – drums
• Sven Lindvall – bass (except tracks 1,2,12 and 14)
• Martin Terefe – electric guitar, bass (tracks 1 and 2), piano (track 12)
• Claes Björklund – keyboards, omnichord, piano (tracks 6 and 9)
• Emilio Del Monte Sr. – timbales and other percussion
• Emilio Del Monte Jr. – congas and other percussion
• Joaquin Betancourt – horns arrangement
• Alexander Abreu – trumpet
• Amaury Perez – trombone
• Jose Luis "Chewy" Hernandez – saxophone
• David Davidson – strings arrangement on "Dawn Anna", violin
• David Angell – violin
• Kris Wilkinson – viola
• John Catchings – cello
• Alexis Puentes – upright bass (track 12), nylon string guitar (track 11)
• Jamie Scott – cuatro (tracks 6,8 and 11), additional electric guitar (tracks 9 and 10)
• Kevin Hearn – piano (track 10), wurlitzer (track 2)
• A Girl Called Eddy – backing vocals (track 6)
• Colleen Hixenbaugh – backing vocals (track 7)
• Recorded by Dyre Gormsen
• Mixed by George Tandero, Martin Terefe and Thomas Juth

References

1. "Exit Strategy of the Soul by Ron Sexsmith Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic . Retrieved 29 March 2023.
2. AllMusic review
3. Boddington, Nicole (1 September 2008). "Ron Sexsmith > Exit Strategy of the Soul". American Songwriter . Retrieved 29 March 2023.
4. Phipps, Keith (8 July 2008). "Ron Sexsmith: Exit Strategy Of The Soul". The A.V. Club . Retrieved 29 March 2023.
5. Collis, Clark (4 July 2008). "Exit Strategy of the Soul". Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 29 March 2023.
6. "Ron Sexsmith - Exit Strategy for the Soul". Faster Louder. 2 October 2008. Archived from the original on 24 May 2011. Retrieved 26 March 2023.
7. Rogers, Jude (18 July 2008). "Ron Sexsmith, Exit Strategy of the Soul". The Guardian . Retrieved 29 March 2023.
8. "Ron Sexsmith". Now . 19 June 2008. Retrieved 29 March 2023.
9. Tricker, Spencer (2 September 2008). "Ron Sexsmith: Exit Strategy of the Soul". PopMatters . Retrieved 29 March 2023.
10. Harvey, David (25 July 2008). "Exit Strategy of the Soul". Record Collector . Retrieved 29 March 2023.
11. "musik angehört". WOM magazin (in German) (8 September). World of Music: 24.

External links

• Discography at Ron Sexsmith Official Homepage