page_title: BlueBOB
section_title: Release
hierarchical_section_title: BlueBOB / Release
caption_attribution_description: Français&#160;: L'Olympia, Paris 9em, France, Dalida film pre premiere
context_page_description: BlueBOB 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.
context_section_description: BlueBOB was originally released on CD in December 2001 on Lynch's own record label Absurda and only made available from his official website. Lynch opted to release the album on his website due to the "big change going on" with record labels and because he considered Internet distribution as "the way to go." The album was reissued in 13 European counties on Soulitude Records, an independent label owned by Pascal Nabet Meyer, in 2002, where it received "strong press interest". Soulitude reissued BlueBOB in the U.S. in April 2003.
  BlueBOB was performed live at Lynch and Neff's first-and-only-ever live performance together at Olympia in Paris, France on November 11, 2002. The sold-out show accompanied the album's launch on Soulitude in Europe. Lynch and Neff were joined by four other musicians, including Nabet Meyer; Lynch performed electric guitar at the concert. Though Lynch was "thrilled about the opportunity" to perform, he has since referred to the experience as "torment", as well as a "traumatic thrill" and "beautiful". According to Neff, Lynch was "real nervous about playing" as he had never performed live music before. The performance was part of a music festival by the french cultural magazine Les Inrockuptibles, with Beth Gibbons of Portishead, French singer Philippe Katerine and American musician RJD2 all performing at the same venue on this evening.
  Neff considered the idea of creating a multimedia theater presentation to promote BlueBOB's release in the U.S., as "radio exposure outside of public and college stations [was] unlikely." However, Lynch did not commit to the idea and it never reached fruition.
  "Go Get Some" and an instrumental version of "Mountains Falling" are featured in Lynch's 2001 feature film Mulholland Drive and on its accompanying soundtrack album; "Pretty 50s", another Lynch and Neff track, is also included on the soundtrack. A music video for "Thank You, Judge"—featuring Naomi Watts, Eli Roth, Lynch and Neff—was directed by Lynch and made available on his official website soon after the album's release.
caption: Olympia in Paris, France (pictured in 2009), where Lynch and Neff performed their first-and-only concert in support of BlueBOB in November 2002
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