Bow Down to the Exit Sign

{{Infobox album

| name = Bow Down to the Exit Sign

| type = studio

| artist = David Holmes

| cover = Bow Down to the Exit Sign.jpg

| alt =

| released = June 2000

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| length = 54:00

| label = Go! Beat

| producer = David Holmes

| prev_title = Let's Get Killed

| prev_year = 1997

| next_title = David Holmes Presents the Free Association

| next_year = 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.

Reception

{{Music ratings

| MC = 84/100{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/bow-down-to-the-exit-sign/david-holmes |title=Reviews for Bow Down To The Exit Sign by David Holmes |publisher=Metacritic |accessdate=6 August 2014}}

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/bow-down-to-the-exit-sign-mw0000101905 |title=Bow Down to the Exit Sign – David Holmes |publisher=AllMusic |accessdate=6 August 2014 |last=Bush |first=John}}

| rev2 = Alternative Press

| rev2score = 4/5{{cite journal |title=David Holmes: Bow Down to the Exit Sign |journal=Alternative Press |issue=149 |date=December 2000 |page=96}}

| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly

| rev3score = A{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2000/10/27/bow-down-exit-sign |title=Bow Down to the Exit Sign |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |date=27 October 2000 |accessdate=6 August 2014 |last=Seymour |first=Craig}}

| rev4 = The Guardian

| rev4score = {{Rating|5|5}}{{cite news |title=Ideal Holmes |work=The Guardian |date=9 June 2000 |last=Kabuubi |first=Maxine}}

| rev5 = Los Angeles Times

| rev5score = {{Rating|3.5|4}}{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-oct-22-ca-40153-story.html |title=A Fabulous Soundtrack to a Nonexistent Film |work=Los Angeles Times |date=22 October 2000 |access-date=26 June 2016 |last=Hochman |first=Steve |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160815062259/http://articles.latimes.com/2000/oct/22/entertainment/ca-40153 |archive-date=15 August 2016 |url-status=live}}

| rev6 = Muzik

| rev6score = 5/5{{cite journal |title=David Holmes: Bow Down to the Exit Sign (Go Beat) |journal=Muzik |issue=62 |date=July 2000 |last=Crysell |first=Andy |page=79}}

| rev7 = NME

| rev7score = 6/10{{cite journal |title=The In Sound from Way Out Sign |journal=NME |date=10 June 2000 |last=Long |first=April}}

| rev8 = Q

| rev8score = {{Rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=David Holmes: Bow Down to the Exit Sign |journal=Q |issue=166 |date=July 2000}}

| rev9 = Rolling Stone

| rev9score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}{{cite magazine |url=http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davidholmes/albums/album/166234/review/5941617/bow_down_to_the_exit_sign |title=David Holmes: Bow Down to the Exit Sign |magazine=Rolling Stone |date=12 October 2000 |accessdate=26 June 2016 |last=Blashill |first=Pat |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090309160620/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/davidholmes/albums/album/166234/review/5941617/bow_down_to_the_exit_sign |archivedate=9 March 2009 |url-status=dead}}

| rev10 = Spin

| rev10score = 8/10{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=aPe2ZKjsEBIC&pg=PT25 |title=David Holmes: Bow Down to the Exit Sign / Nigo: Ape Sounds |journal=Spin |volume=16 |issue=12 |date=December 2000 |accessdate=26 June 2016 |last=Walters |first=Barry |page=228}}

}}

Bow Down to the Exit Sign received positive reviews from the majority of critics. 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

{{track listing

|title1= Live From The Peppermint Store

|writer1= David Holmes

|length1= 0:44

|title2= Compared To What

|writer2= Gene McDaniels

|length2= 6:15

|note2= featuring Carl Hancock Rux

|title3= Sick City

|writer3= Bobby Gillespie, Holmes, Darren Morris, Phil Mossman

|length3= 4:20

|note3= featuring Bobby Gillespie

|title4= Drexler's Apt - Aftermath, Afternoon

|writer4= Holmes

|length4= 0:52

|title5= Bad Thing

|writer5= Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Jon Spencer

|length5= 5:42

|note5= featuring Jon Spencer

|title6= Voices, Siren, Rain

|writer6= Holmes

|length6= 0:22

|title7= Incite A Riot

|writer7= Holmes, Morris, Mossman

|length7= 4:57

|title8= 69 Police

|writer8= Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Aldo Tagliapietra, Stanley Walden

|length8= 4:31

|note8= featuring Sean Gullette

|title9= Outrun

|writer9= Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Martina Topley-Bird

|length9= 4:46

|note9= featuring Martina Topley-Bird

|title10= Living Room

|writer10= Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Carl Hancock Rux

|length10= 6:43

|note10= featuring Carl Hancock Rux

|title11= Happiness

|writer11= Holmes

|length11= 1:10

|title12= Slip Your Skin

|writer12= Gillespie, Holmes, Morris, Mossman

|length12= 4:20

|note12= featuring Bobby Gillespie

|title13= Zero Tolerance

|writer13= Holmes, Morris, Mossman, Topley-Bird

|length13= 4:00

|note13= featuring Martina Topley-Bird

|title14= Commercial Break

|length14= 0:32

|title15= Hey Lisa

|writer15= Holmes, Morris, Mossman

|length15= 4:38

}}

References

Category:2000 albums

Category:David Holmes (musician) albums