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2001 studio album by Anathema
A Fine Day to Exit
Studio album by Anathema
Released9 October 2001
RecordedBetween August 2000 and June 2001, at Crash Studios, Liverpool; The Windings Walia; and Chapel Studios Lincolnshire
Genre
Length62:30
LabelMusic for Nations
ProducerNick Griffiths
Anathema chronology
Resonance
(2001) 		A Fine Day to Exit
(2001) 		Resonance 2
(2002)
Singles from A Fine Day to Exit
  1. "Pressure"
    Released: 2001
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A Fine Day to Exit is the sixth album by the British rock band Anathema. It was released on 9 October 2001 through Music for Nations.

This is the only occasion where an Anathema album has John Douglas credited as a writer for around half of the songs. He wrote "Pressure", "Looking Outside Inside", "Panic" (co-written with Daniel Cavanagh), the title track and the hidden acoustic track at the end of "Temporary Peace" called "In the Dog's House".

It is the last album with bassist Dave Pybus, and the first with keyboardist Les Smith.

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Pressure"John Douglas6:44
2."Release"Daniel Cavanagh5:47
3."Looking Outside Inside"Douglas*6:23
4."Leave No Trace"Vincent Cavanagh4:46
5."Underworld"V. Cavanagh (lyrics), D. Cavanagh (music)4:10
6."Barriers"D. Cavanagh5:54
7."Panic"Douglas (lyrics), D. Cavanagh (music)3:30
8."A Fine Day to Exit"Douglas6:49
9."Temporary Peace"
  • I. "Temporary Peace" (5:40)
  • II. "Crashing waves" (2:10)
  • III. "Sound of footsteps and voices" (2:35)
  • IV. "5-minute silence" (5:00)
  • V. "In the Dog's House (acoustic finale)" (3:05)"
D. Cavanagh18:30
Total length:62:30

* Credited to only John Douglas on initial release; reissues credit Douglas, V. Cavanagh, D. Cavanagh, D. Pybus, L. Smith
"Temporary Peace" proper fades into the sound of waves crashing and finishes at 5:40. More crashing waves follow with the sound of footsteps, voices, and piano chords beginning at 7:50 and going on until minute 10:25. That's followed by five minutes of silence; at 15:25 the acoustic hidden song "In the Dog's House" starts.

2015 Reissue
No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."A Fine Day"Daniel Cavanagh3:36
2."Release"D. Cavanagh5:40
3."Leave No Trace"Vincent Cavanagh4:46
4."Underworld"V. Cavanagh (lyrics), D. Cavanagh (music)4:12
5."Pressure"John Douglas6:38
6."Panic"Douglas (lyrics), D. Cavanagh (music)3:38
7."Breaking Down the Barriers"D. Cavanagh5:44
8."Looking Outside Inside"Douglas, V. Cavanagh, D. Cavanagh, Dave Pybus, Les Smith**6:15
9."A Fine Day to Exit"Douglas6:49
10."Temporary Peace"
  • I. "Temporary Peace" (5:40)
  • II. "Crashing waves" (4:06)
  • III. "Sound of footsteps and voices" (2:29)
  • IV. "In the Dog's House (acoustic finale)" (3:01)"
D. Cavanagh15:16
Total length:62:34

** Credited to only John Douglas on initial release
"Temporary Peace" proper fades into the sound of waves crashing and finishes at minute 5:40. More crashing waves until 9:46 when the sound of footsteps, voices, and piano chords begin; at 12:15 the acoustic hidden song "In the Dog's House" starts.

Personnel

Additional musicians
  • Dave Pybus - bass (except "Looking Outside In" and "Leave No Trace")
  • Lee Douglas - vocals on "Barriers"
  • Nick Griffiths, Pete Brown - backing vocals
Production
  • Ewan Davies - engineering assistant
  • Pete Brown - engineering
  • Les Smith - engineering
  • Colin Richardson - mixing
  • Wil Bartle - engineering assistant
  • Travis Smith - artwork
  • Nick Griffiths - producer, engineering
  • Martin Wilding - engineering assistant

Charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Finnish Albums Chart 34
French Albums Chart 124
Polish Albums Chart 22

References

  1. "Anathema - Pressure".
  2. Henderson, Alex. A Fine Day to Exit - Anathema at AllMusic. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  3. "Anathema - A Fine Day to Exit (album review)". sputnikmusice.com. 12 July 2008. Retrieved 14 April 2020.
  4. "Anathema - A Fine Day to Exit (2001) // Silencio". silencio.freeblog.hu. 28 March 2011. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012. Retrieved 3 September 2011.
  5. "Finnish Charts".
  6. "French Charts". Retrieved 13 April 2011.
  7. "Polish Charts". Retrieved 13 April 2011.
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