''A Fine Day to Exit'' is the sixth album by the British rock band

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. It was released on 9 October 2001 through

Music for Nations Music For Nations (MFN) is a British independent record label focusing mainly on rock and metal. It was a subsidiary of the larger label distributor Zomba Records, which was a division of BMG and later Sony Music Entertainment. Launched in 1 ...

. 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 Daniel Cavanagh (born 6 October 1972) is an English guitarist and singer who formed the British band Anathema in 1990 with his brother Vincent Cavanagh. He is the band's principal songwriter, a role he had previously shared with bassist Dunc ...

), 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

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, and the first with keyboardist

Les Smith Keith Leslie Smith is a former British keyboardist, once in the bands Anathema (1996, 2001–2011) and Cradle of Filth (1998–2000). Biography He was born in 1967 in Dewsbury, West Yorkshire, England. Smith undertook session work on keyboar ...

Track listing

^† "Temporary Peace" proper fades into the sound of waves crashing and finishes at minute 5:40. More crashing waves follow with the sound of footsteps, voices, and piano chords beginning at minute 7:50 and going on until minute 10:25. That's followed by 5 minutes of silence; at minute 15:25 the

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acoustic "In the Dog's House" (3:05) starts.

Personnel

Vincent Cavanagh Vincent Cavanagh (born 29 August 1973 in Liverpool) is an English singer and guitarist best known as a co-founder (and the sole constant member) of British rock band Anathema. Vincent took over as Anathema's vocalist following the departure of ...

- vocals, guitars * John Douglas - drums *

- bass * Les Smith - keyboards, programming *

Danny Cavanagh Daniel Cavanagh (born 6 October 1972) is an English guitarist and singer who formed the British band Anathema in 1990 with his brother Vincent Cavanagh. He is the band's principal songwriter, a role he had previously shared with bassist Dunc ...

- guitars, keyboards, backing vocals ;Guest musicians * Lee Douglas - vocals ;Production * Ewan Davies - engineering assistant * Pete Brown - engineering * Les Smith - engineering *

Colin Richardson Colin Richardson is a British record producer, mixer and recording engineer. He has worked on over 100 albums and is most frequently associated with heavy metal and its subgenres. Career Some of the bands he has worked for include: * 3 In ...

- mixing * Wil Bartle - engineering assistant * Travis Smith - artwork * Nick Griffiths - producer, engineering * Martin Wilding - engineering assistant

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References

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