Exit Strategy of the Soul

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.
 * 1) "Spiritude" (instrumental) – 1:32
 * 2) "This Is How I Know" – 3:52
 * 3) "One Last Round" – 3:13
 * 4) "Ghost of a Chance" – 3:40
 * 5) "Thoughts and Prayers" – 2:55
 * 6) "Brandy Alexander" (Ronald Eldon Sexsmith and Feist) – 3:29
 * 7) "Traveling Alone" – 3:47
 * 8) "Poor Helpless Dreams" – 3:53
 * 9) "Hard Time" – 3:13
 * 10) "The Impossible World" – 2:52
 * 11) "Chased by Love" – 3:40
 * 12) "Brighter Still" – 3:01
 * 13) "Music to My Ears" – 3:43
 * 14) "Dawn Anna" (instrumental) – 2:15

Japanese bonus tracks
 * 1) "Here Comes My Baby"
 * 2) "Rain on the Roof"
 * 3) "Too Good to Be True"
 * 4) "Comrades Fill No Glass for Me"
 * 5) "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