Bow Down to the Exit Sign

Bow Down to the Exit Sign
Studio album by David Holmes
Released	June 2000
Genre	Electronica
Length	54:00
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 a 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.

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	84/100[1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Alternative Press	4/5[3]
Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[4]
Entertainment Weekly	A[5]
Los Angeles Times	[6]
Q	[1]
Rolling Stone	[7]
Spin	8/10[8]

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.	Title	Writer(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 Mossman	4:20
4.	"Drexler's Apt - Aftermath, Afternoon"	Holmes	0:52
5.	"Bad Thing" (featuring Jon Spencer, Martina Topley-Bird)	Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Jon Spencer	5:42
6.	"Voices, Siren, Rain"	Holmes	0:22
7.	"Incite A Riot"	Holmes, Morris, Mossman	4:57
8.	"69 Police"	Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Aldo Tagliapietra, Stanley Walden	4:31
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"	Holmes	1:10
12.	"Slip Your Skin" (featuring Bobby Gillespie)	Gillespie, Holmes, Morris, Mossman	4:20
13.	"Zero Tolerance" (featuring Martina Topley-Bird)	Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Topley-Bird	4:00
14.	"Commercial Break"		0:32
15.	"Hey Lisa"	Holmes, Morris, Mossman	4:38

References

1. "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. Larkin, Colin (2007). The Encyclopedia of Popular Music (5th ed.). Omnibus Press. ISBN 0-857-12595-8.
5. Seymour, Craig (27 October 2000). "Bow Down to the Exit Sign". Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved 6 August 2014.
6. Hochman, Steve (22 October 2000). "A Fabulous Soundtrack to a Nonexistent Film". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
7. 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.
8. Walters, Barry (December 2000). "David Holmes: Bow Down to the Exit Sign / Nigo: Ape Sounds". Spin. 16 (12): 228. Retrieved 26 June 2016.