Exit Strategy of the Soul
# 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
