Bow Down to the Exit Sign
2000 studio album by David Holmes
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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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| Released | June 2000 | |||
| Length | 54:00 | |||
| Label | Go! Beat | |||
| Producer | David Holmes | |||
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Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 84/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [2] |
| Alternative Press | 4/5[3] |
| Entertainment Weekly | A[4] |
| The Guardian | [5] |
| Los Angeles Times | [6] |
| Muzik | 5/5[7] |
| NME | 6/10[8] |
| Q |  [9] |
| Rolling Stone | [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. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 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) | 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" (featuring Sean Gullette) | 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 |
