Exit Strategy of the Soul

Exit Strategy of the Soul is the title of the eleventh studio album by Canadian singer-songwriter Ron Sexsmith.

Exit Strategy of the Soul
Studio album by Ron Sexsmith
Released	2008
Genre	Pop folk, Rock
Label	Kensaltown
Producer	Martin Terefe
Ron Sexsmith chronology
Time Being (2006) Exit Strategy of the Soul (2008) Long Player Late Bloomer (2011)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
FasterLouder	[2]
World of Music	[3]

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
15. "Here Comes My Baby" (Japanese Bonus Track)
16. "Rain On The Roof" (Japanese Bonus Track)
17. "Too Good To Be True" (Japanese Bonus Track)
18. "Comrades Fill No Glass For Me" (Japanese Bonus Track)
19. "Seems To Me (iTunes & Japanese Bonus Track)

• Recorded by Dyre Gormsen
• Mixed by George Tandero, Martin Terefe and Thomas Juth

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)

References

1. Allmusic review
2. FasterLouder review
3. "musik angehört". WOM magazin (in German). World of Music (8 September): 24.

External links

• Discography at Ron Sexsmith Official Homepage