Let's Get Killed

Lets Get Killed
Studio album by David Holmes
Released	8 September 1997
Genre	Electronica, trip hop, instrumental hip hop
Length	59:45
Label	Go! Beat
Producer	David Holmes, Jagz Kooner, Gary Burns, Keith Tenniswood, Richie Fermie, Tim Goldsworthy
David Holmes chronology
This Film's Crap Let's Slash the Seats (1995) Lets Get Killed (1997) Bow Down to the Exit Sign (2000)

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Encyclopedia of Popular Music
Entertainment Weekly	A−
Los Angeles Times
Muzik	10/10
NME	7/10
Rolling Stone
Spin	8/10

Lets Get Killed is the second studio album by Belfast electronica DJ and producer David Holmes. It was released in the UK on 8 September 1997 through Go! Beat Records and contained two UK Top 40 singles: "Don't Die Just Yet" and "My Mate Paul"; "Gritty Shaker" was also released as a single. In addition, the album includes a re-working of the James Bond theme, retitled as "Radio 7", and a remake of Serge Gainsbourg's songs "Melody" and "Cargo Culte", retitled "Don't Die Just Yet".

Lets Get Killed was Holmes's first album release in the United States, following the domestic acclaim of his debut long-player This Film's Crap Let's Slash the Seats.

Holmes grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland as the youngest of ten children. By the age of 15 he had begun to DJ in his local pubs and bars, playing soul, jazz, rock and disco. This eclecticism would remain into adulthood, and is a feature of his DJ sets. When he was 17, Holmes visited New York City, spending time in the South Bronx, Washington Square and Central Park areas. He took a DAT recorder with him as he explored the city, and taped conversations with many people he spoke to. Holmes kept the recordings for over ten years, using them as the basis for Lets Get Killed.

Lets Get Killed is so called because on one occasion Holmes and his associates were "...chased by eight guys through the South Bronx who were after our expensive audio equipment".

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