title: Exit Strategy of the Soul
text: # Exit Strategy of the Soul
  
  Professional ratings :
  
  | Aggregate scores ||
  | - | - |
  | Source | Rating |
  | Metacritic | 70/100 |
  | Review scores ||
  | Source | Rating |
  | AllMusic | |
  | American Songwriter | |
  | The A.V. Club | B+ |
  | Entertainment Weekly | C+ |
  | FasterLouder | |
  | The Guardian | |
  | Now | |
  | PopMatters | 5/10 |
  | Record Collector | |
  | World of Music | |
  
  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.
  
  * "Spiritude" (instrumental) – 1:32
  * "This Is How I Know" – 3:52
  * "One Last Round" – 3:13
  * "Ghost of a Chance" – 3:40
  * "Thoughts and Prayers" – 2:55
  * "Brandy Alexander" (Ronald Eldon Sexsmith and Feist) – 3:29
  * "Traveling Alone" – 3:47
  * "Poor Helpless Dreams" – 3:53
  * "Hard Time" – 3:13
  * "The Impossible World" – 2:52
  * "Chased by Love" – 3:40
  * "Brighter Still" – 3:01
  * "Music to My Ears" – 3:43
  * "Dawn Anna" (instrumental) – 2:15
  
  Japanese bonus tracks
  
  * "Here Comes My Baby"
  * "Rain on the Roof"
  * "Too Good to Be True"
  * "Comrades Fill No Glass for Me"
  * "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
  