No Exit
Album by Fates Warning
Released	1988
Recorded	October-December 1987
Genre	Progressive Metal
Length	40:10
Label	Metal Blade
Producer(s)	Roger Probert
Professional reviews
All Music Guide (4/5) link Rate Your Music (3.4/5) link
Fates Warning chronology
Awaken the Guardian (1986)	No Exit (1988)	Perfect Symmetry (1989)

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Track listing

1. "No Exit" (Fates Warning) - :41
2. "Anarchy Divine" (Fates Warning) - 3:46
3. "Silent Cries" (Fates Warning) - 3:17
4. "In a Word" (Fates Warning) - 4:25
5. "Shades of Heavenly Death" (Fates Warning) - 5:57
6. "The Ivory Gate of Dreams" (Fates Warning) - 21:58 (in all)
   • "Innocence"
   • "Cold Daze"
   • "Daylight Dreamers"
   • "Quietus"
   • "Ivory Tower"
   • "Whispers on the wind"
   • "Acquiescence"
   • "Retrospect"

Personnel

• Frank Aersti - Guitar, Photography
• Ray Alder - Vocals, Photography
• Frank Aresti - Guitar
• Joe DiBiase - Bass, Photography
• Phil Magnotti - Engineer
• Jim Matheos - Guitar, Photography
• Max Norman - Mixing
• Roger Probert - Producer, Mixing
• Mick Rock - Photography
• Steve Zimmerman - Percussion, Photography

Charts

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