| A Fine Day to Exit | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Anathema |
| Cover: | A Fine Day to Exit.jpg |
| Released: | 9 October 2001 |
| Recorded: | Between August 2000 and June 2001, at Crash Studios, Liverpool; The Windings Walia; and Chapel Studios Lincolnshire |
| Label: | Music for Nations |
| Producer: | Nick Griffiths |
| Prev Title: | Resonance |
| Prev Year: | 2001 |
| Next Title: | Resonance 2 |
| Next Year: | 2002 |
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.
† "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.
†† "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.
| Chart (2001) | Peak position | |
|---|---|---|
| Finnish Albums Chart | 34[1] | |
| French Albums Chart | 124[2] | |
| Polish Albums Chart | 22[3] |