Bow Down to the Exit Sign

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

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.

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Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic 84/100 [1]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [2]
Alternative Press 4/5 [3]
Entertainment Weekly A [4]
The Guardian Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svg [5]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svg [6]
Muzik 5/5 [7]
NME 6/10 [8]
Q Star full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svg [9]
Rolling Stone Star full.svgStar full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [10]
Spin 8/10 [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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Live From The Peppermint Store" David Holmes 0:44
2."Compared To What" (featuring Carl Hancock Rux) Gene McDaniels 6:15
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 Spencer 5:42
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-Bird 4:46
10."Living Room" (featuring Carl Hancock Rux)Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Carl Hancock Rux 6:43
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

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