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.

A Fine Day to Exit
Studio album by Anathema
Released	9 October 2001
Recorded	Between August 2000 and June 2001, at Crash Studios, Liverpool; The Windings Walia; and Chapel Studios Lincolnshire
Genre	Alternative rock progressive rock
Length	62:30
Label	Music for Nations
Producer	Nick Griffiths
Anathema chronology
Resonance (2001) A Fine Day to Exit (2001) Resonance 2 (2002)
Singles from A Fine Day to Exit
"Pressure" Released: 2001[1]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[2]
Sputnikmusic	[3]
Silencio Hungary	[4]

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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Pressure"	John Douglas	6:44
2.	"Release"	Daniel Cavanagh	5:47
3.	"Looking Outside Inside"	Douglas*	6:23
4.	"Leave No Trace"	Vincent Cavanagh	4:46
5.	"Underworld"	V. Cavanagh (lyrics), D. Cavanagh (music)	4:10
6.	"Barriers"	D. Cavanagh	5:54
7.	"Panic"	Douglas (lyrics), D. Cavanagh (music)	3:30
8.	"A Fine Day to Exit"	Douglas	6:49
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. Cavanagh	18:30
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.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Fine Day"	Daniel Cavanagh	3:36
2.	"Release"	D. Cavanagh	5:40
3.	"Leave No Trace"	Vincent Cavanagh	4:46
4.	"Underworld"	V. Cavanagh (lyrics), D. Cavanagh (music)	4:12
5.	"Pressure"	John Douglas	6:38
6.	"Panic"	Douglas (lyrics), D. Cavanagh (music)	3:38
7.	"Breaking Down the Barriers"	D. Cavanagh	5:44
8.	"Looking Outside Inside"	Douglas, V. Cavanagh, D. Cavanagh, Dave Pybus, Les Smith**	6:15
9.	"A Fine Day to Exit"	Douglas	6:49
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. Cavanagh	15:16
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

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

Charts

Chart (2001)	Peak position
Finnish Albums Chart	34[5]
French Albums Chart	124[6]
Polish Albums Chart	22[7]