Bow Down to the Exit Sign

Bow Down to the Exit Sign is the third studio album by David Holmes, released in 2000. It features contributions from Bobby Gillespie, Sean Gullette, Jon Spencer, Martina Topley-Bird and Carl Hancock Rux. The song "69 Police" features during the closing scene of the 2001 remake of Ocean's Eleven, and was included in the soundtrack.

Bow Down to the Exit Sign
Studio album by
ReleasedJune 2000
Length54:00
LabelGo! Beat
ProducerDavid Holmes
David Holmes chronology
Let's Get Killed
(1997)
Bow Down to the Exit Sign
(2000)
David Holmes Presents the Free Association
(2002)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic84/100[1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [2]
Alternative Press4/5[3]
Entertainment WeeklyA[4]
The Guardian     [5]
Los Angeles Times    [6]
Muzik5/5[7]
NME6/10[8]
Q     [9]
Rolling Stone     [10]
Spin8/10[11]

Bow Down to the Exit Sign received positive reviews from the majority of critics.[1] AllMusic's John Bush saw it as a "vast improvement" over Holmes' previous studio record, Let's Get Killed, concluding, "while his previous work came off as soundtrack material in desperate search of a film to accompany it, Bow Down to the Exit Sign is very much a fully formed record."

Track listing

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No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Live From The Peppermint Store"David Holmes0:44
2."Compared To What" (featuring Carl Hancock Rux)Gene McDaniels6:15
3."Sick City" (featuring Bobby Gillespie)Bobby Gillespie, Holmes, Darren Morris, Phil Mossman4:20
4."Drexler's Apt - Aftermath, Afternoon"Holmes0:52
5."Bad Thing" (featuring Jon Spencer)Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Jon Spencer5:42
6."Voices, Siren, Rain"Holmes0:22
7."Incite A Riot"Holmes, Morris, Mossman4:57
8."69 Police" (featuring Sean Gullette)Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Aldo Tagliapietra, Stanley Walden4:31
9."Outrun" (featuring Martina Topley-Bird)Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Martina Topley-Bird4:46
10."Living Room" (featuring Carl Hancock Rux)Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Carl Hancock Rux6:43
11."Happiness"Holmes1:10
12."Slip Your Skin" (featuring Bobby Gillespie)Gillespie, Holmes, Morris, Mossman4:20
13."Zero Tolerance" (featuring Martina Topley-Bird)Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Topley-Bird4:00
14."Commercial Break" 0:32
15."Hey Lisa"Holmes, Morris, Mossman4:38

References

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  1. ^ a b "Reviews for Bow Down To The Exit Sign by David Holmes". Metacritic. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  2. ^ Bush, John. "Bow Down to the Exit Sign – David Holmes". AllMusic. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  3. ^ "David Holmes: Bow Down to the Exit Sign". Alternative Press (149): 96. December 2000.
  4. ^ Seymour, Craig (27 October 2000). "Bow Down to the Exit Sign". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
  5. ^ Kabuubi, Maxine (9 June 2000). "Ideal Holmes". The Guardian.
  6. ^ Hochman, Steve (22 October 2000). "A Fabulous Soundtrack to a Nonexistent Film". Los Angeles Times. Archived from the original on 15 August 2016. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  7. ^ Crysell, Andy (July 2000). "David Holmes: Bow Down to the Exit Sign (Go Beat)". Muzik (62): 79.
  8. ^ Long, April (10 June 2000). "The In Sound from Way Out Sign". NME.
  9. ^ "David Holmes: Bow Down to the Exit Sign". Q (166). July 2000.
  10. ^ Blashill, Pat (12 October 2000). "David Holmes: Bow Down to the Exit Sign". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on 9 March 2009. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
  11. ^ Walters, Barry (December 2000). "David Holmes: Bow Down to the Exit Sign / Nigo: Ape Sounds". Spin. 16 (12): 228. Retrieved 26 June 2016.