BlueBOB

BlueBOB
A black-and-white silhouette image of an industrial factory. Large volumes of smoke are visible in the sky. Uppercase white mirrored text in the center reads "Blue" (stylized as "ƎU⅃ᗺ"); uppercase blue text next to it reads "Bob", with black outline around the text.
Studio album by
David Lynch and John Neff
ReleasedDecember 10, 2001 (2001-12-10)
RecordedApril 1998 – March 2000
StudioAsymmetrical Studio (Hollywood, California, United States)
Genre
Length53:12
Label
  • Absurda
  • Soulitude
Producer
  • David Lynch
  • John Neff
David Lynch chronology
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive: Music from the Motion Picture
(2001)
BlueBOB
(2001)
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
(2006)

BlueBOB (stylized as ƎU⅃ᗺᗷOᗷ) is the debut studio album by the American director and musician David Lynch and audio engineer John Neff. It was released in December 2001 on Absurda—Lynch's own record label—and Soulitude Records. Recorded over a 23-month period from 1998 to 2000 at Lynch's home studio, BlueBOB was originally an experiment by Lynch and Neff that evolved into a full-length album.

Described as an industrial blues album, BlueBOB features music co-written by both Lynch and Neff and lyrics by Lynch; Neff is the album's lead vocalist. Lynch's lyrics, some of which had been written two decades before the album, incorporate themes of paranoia and noir fiction. The album incorporates elements of rock and roll, surf and heavy metal, which has drawn critical comparisons to Tom Waits, Captain Beefheart and Link Wray.

BlueBOB originally received a limited release through Lynch's official website but was later reissued in the United States and Europe. The album received particular interest from the music press in Europe, leading to Lynch and Neff's first-and-only live performance together at the Olympia in Paris, France, in November 2002. Critical response to BlueBOB was largely mixed.

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