A Fine Day to Exit

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
* 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.

** 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

 * Vincent Cavanagh - vocals, guitars
 * Danny Cavanagh - guitars, keyboards, backing vocals
 * Les Smith - keyboards, programming
 * John Douglas - drums


 * 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