David Lynch discography
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David Lynch in Seattle, Washington in January 2007
Studio albums3
Music videos6
EPs1
Singles20
Soundtrack albums6
Collaborative albums2
Spoken-word albums2
Appearances as a guest musician6
Appearances as a remixer6
Appearances as a producer11
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The following discography of David Lynch, an American film director and musician, consists of three studio albums, two collaborative studio albums, six soundtrack albums, two spoken-word albums, one extended play, twenty singles and six music videos.

Lynch's first featured release was the soundtrack to his 1977 debut feature film Eraserhead, which was released on I.R.S. Records and Alternative Tentacles in 1982; he recorded the album with sound designer Alan Splet and co-wrote the song "In Heaven (Lady in the Radiator Song)".[1] In the late 1980s and early 1990s Lynch produced several albums with composer Angelo Badalamenti, who scored Lynch's 1990–1991 television series Twin Peaks and the accompanying 1992 feature film Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me. Lynch and Badalamenti's own collaborations for Twin Peaks were released over 15 years later as two soundtrack albums: Twin Peaks Music: Season Two Music and More (2007) and The Twin Peaks Archive (2011–2012). Lynch and Badalamenti also released the soundtrack to Lynch's 2001 feature film Mulholland Drive together.

In 1998 Lynch released his first collaborative studio album, Lux Vivens, with Jocelyn Montgomery. It was engineered by John Neff,[2] with whom Lynch released his first studio album, BlueBOB, in 2001. Lynch released series of recordings in 2007, including the soundtrack to his 2006 feature film Inland Empire; the soundtrack to his 2007 retrospective exhibition The Air Is on Fire; the collaborative studio album Polish Night Music with Marek Zebrowski; and his debut solo single, "Ghost of Love". Around the time Lynch frequently began collaborating with sound artist and musician Dean Hurley. Lynch subsequently appeared as a guest musician, producer and remixer on several other artists' releases, including Dark Night of the Soul (2010) by Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse and several recordings by Chrysta Bell.

Crazy Clown Time, Lynch's second studio album, was released in November 2011 on PIAS and Sunday Best. Featuring a guest performance by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs vocalist Karen O, it received generally favorable critical acclaim and placed in several international charts.[3] His third studio album, The Big Dream, was released in July 2013 on Sunday Best, Sacred Bones Records and INGRID; The Big Dream's lead single, "I'm Waiting Here", featured guest vocalist Lykke Li. The album received similar favorable reviews and again placed in several international charts.[4]

Albums

Studio albums

List of solo studio albums, with peak chart positions
Title Details Peak chart positions
U.S.
Heat
[5] 		U.S.
Indie
[6][7] 		BE
[8] 		CH
[9] 		DE
[10] 		FR
[11] 		JP
[12] 		UK
Indie
[13][14]
BlueBOB
(with John Neff)
  • Released: December 10, 2001 (U.S.)[15]
  • Labels:
    • Absurda
    • Soulitude (1202)
  • Format: CD
 — — — — — — — —
Crazy Clown Time 3 50 68 96 — 96 89 12
The Big Dream 5 40 75 87 61 91 104 20
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Collaborative albums

List of collaborative studio albums, with other featured artists
Title Details
Lux Vivens
(with Jocelyn Montgomery)
Polish Night Music
(with Marek Zebrowski)
  • Released: 2007 (U.S.)[18]
  • Labels:
    • David Lynch Music Company (005)
    • Sacred Bones (3018)
    • Sunday Best (72)
  • Formats:
    • 2×LP
    • CD
    • DD
Thought Gang
(with Angelo Badalamenti)
  • Released: November 2, 2018 (U.S.)
  • Labels:
  • Format:
    • CD
    • DD

Soundtrack albums

List of soundtrack albums, with other featured artists
Title Details
Eraserhead: Original Soundtrack
(with Alan R. Splet)
David Lynch's Mulholland Drive: Music from the Motion Picture
(with Angelo Badalamenti)
  • Released: October 9, 2001 (U.S.)[20]
  • Labels: Milan (74321)
  • Formats:
    • 2×LP
    • CD
    • DD
The Air Is on Fire
(with Dean Hurley)
  • Released: March 15, 2007 (U.S.)[21]
  • Labels:
    • Strange World Music (001)
    • Sacred Bones (3015)
  • Formats:
    • CD
    • DD
    • LP
David Lynch's Inland Empire: Soundtrack
  • Released: September 11, 2007 (U.S.)[22]
  • Labels: David Lynch Music Company (002)
  • Formats:
    • CD
    • DD
Twin Peaks Music: Season Two Music and More
(with Angelo Badalamenti)
  • Released: October 23, 2007 (U.S.)[23]
  • Labels: David Lynch Music Company (003)
  • Formats:
    • CD
    • DD
The Twin Peaks Archive
(with Angelo Badalamenti)
  • Released: March 11, 2011 – July 15, 2012 (U.S.)[nb 1]
  • Labels: David Lynch Music Company
  • Format: DD

Spoken-word albums

List of spoken-word albums and audiobooks
Title Details
Catching the Big Fish: Meditation, Consciousness, and Creativity
  • Released: December 28, 2006 (U.S.)[25]
  • Labels: Penguin (9780143142072)
  • Formats:
    • CD
    • DD
The Marriage of Picture and Sound
  • Released: April 2012 (Germany)[26]
  • Labels: Brigade Commerz
  • Formats: CD

Extended plays

List of extended plays
Title Details
The Big Dream Remixes EP
  • Released: December 2, 2013 (UK)[27]
  • Labels:
    • Sunday Best (148)
    • INGRID (045)
  • Formats:

Singles

Retail singles

List of retail singles, with peak chart positions and other featured artists
Single Year Peak chart positions Album
JP
[12]
"Et Ideo"
(with Jocelyn Montgomery) 		1998 — Lux Vivens
"Cannes Memory"
(with John Neff) 		2002 — Non-album single
"You're More Than That"
(with Rona Hartner) 		—
"Ghost of Love" 2007 — David Lynch's Inland Empire: Soundtrack
"Chrome Optimism"
(with Dubblestandart and Lee "Scratch" Perry) 		2010 — Marijuana Dreams
(Dubblestandart)
"Good Day Today"/"I Know" 110 Crazy Clown Time
"Speed Roadster" 2011 —
"Girl on the Street" (Instrumental) — Non-album single
"The High Night Walk" —
"Industrial Soundscape No.1" —
"Kitchen Blues" —
"Adagio for Large Room" —
"Victrola Manifestation" —
"Blurred Dancer Music" —
"Noah's Ark" (Moby Remix) 2012 — Crazy Clown Time
"Pinky's Dream"
(featuring Karen O) 		—
"I'm Waiting Here"
(featuring Lykke Li) 		2013 — The Big Dream
"Are You Sure"/"Star Dream Girl" —
"Bad The John Boy" — Non-album single
"—" denotes a release that did not chart.

Promotional-only singles

List of promotional-only singles
Single Year Album
"Stone's Gone Up" (Radio Edit) 2011 Crazy Clown Time

Music videos

See also: Music videos directed by David Lynch
List of music videos, with director(s)
Video Year Director(s) Ref.
"Thank You, Judge"
(with John Neff) 		2002 David Lynch [28]
"Good Day Today" 2011 Arnold de Parscau [29]
"I Know" Tamar Drachli [29]
"Crazy Clown Time" 2012 David Lynch [30]
"I'm Waiting Here"
(featuring Lykke Li) 		2013
  • Lykke Li
  • Daniel Desure
 [31]
"Night Ride"
(with Chrysta Bell) 		2016 Joseph Skorman [32]

Appearances

Key
# Indicates soundtrack to Lynch-directed film or television series

As a guest musician

List of appearances as a guest musician on other artists' releases
Release Year Artist Ref.
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1992 Angelo Badalamenti [33]
The Voice of Love 1993 Julee Cruise [34]
Lost Highway 1997 Various artists
(produced by Trent Reznor) 		[35]
Dark Night of the Soul 2010 Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse [36]
Marijuana Dreams Dubblestandart [37]
This Train 2011 Chrysta Bell [38]
Flamagra 2019 Flying Lotus [39]

As a remixer

List of appearances as a remixer of other artists' recordings
Song Year Original artist Original album Ref.
"Girl Panic!" (David Lynch Remix) 2011 Duran Duran All You Need Is Now [40]
"Strange Formula" (David Lynch Remix) 2012 Ultraísta Ultraísta [41]
"In Your Nature" (David Lynch Remix) Zola Jesus Conatus [42]
"The Poison Tree" (David Lynch Remix) Moby Destroyed [43]
"Evangeline" (David Lynch Remix) 2013 John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen European Splendour [44]
"Fuel to the Fire" (David Lynch Remix) 2014 Agnes Obel Aventine [45]

As a producer

List of appearances as producer or co-producer on other artists' releases
Release Year Artist Ref.
Blue Velvet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1986 Angelo Badalamenti [46]
Floating into the Night 1989 Julee Cruise [47]
Wild at Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack 1990 Various artists
(produced with Angelo Badalamenti and Mark Roswell) 		[48]
Soundtrack from Twin Peaks Angelo Badalamenti [49]
Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack) 1992 [33]
The Voice of Love 1993 Julee Cruise [34]
The Straight Story: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack 1999 Angelo Badalamenti [50]
Lion of Panjshir 2009 Ariana Delawari [51]
A Tribute to Dave Jaureqi 2010 Fox Bat Strategy [52]
This Train 2011 Chrysta Bell [38]
Somewhere in the Nowhere 2016 [53]
I Am the Shaman 2021 Donovan [54]

See also

Notes

  1. ^ The Twin Peaks Archive was released track-by-track by the David Lynch Music Company on Lynch's official website over a 16-month period.[24]

References

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  2. ^ Lux Vivens (Album notes). Jocelyn Montgomery with David Lynch. Mammoth Records. 1998. MR 183-2.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  3. ^ "Reviews for Crazy Clown Time by David Lynch". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  4. ^ "Reviews for The Big Dream by David Lynch". Metacritic. CBS Interactive. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  5. ^ "Heatseekers Albums: David Lynch – Chart history". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  6. ^ "Independent Albums: Week of November 26, 2011". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  7. ^ "Independent Albums: Week of August 3, 2013". Billboard. Prometheus Global Media. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  8. ^ "Discografie David Lynch" [David Lynch Discography]. Ultratop (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  9. ^ "Discography David Lynch". Hitparade (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  10. ^ "David Lynch: The Big Dream". Offizielle Deutsche Charts (in German). GfK. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  11. ^ "Discographie David Lynch" [David Lynch Discography]. Les Charts (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  12. ^ a b "デビッド・リンチの売上ランキング" [David Lynch sales rankings]. Oricon (in Japanese). Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  13. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 13 November 2011 – 19 November 2011". Official Charts Company. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  14. ^ "Official Independent Albums Chart Top 50: 21 July – 27 July 2013". Official Charts Company. British Phonographic Industry. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  15. ^ BlueBOB (Album notes). David Lynch and John Neff. Absurda. 2001.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  16. ^ "David Lynch The Big Dream". Beatink (in Japanese). Beat Records. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  17. ^ DiGravina, Tim. "Lux Vivens: The Music of Hildegard von Bingen – Jocelyn Montgomery | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  18. ^ "Polish Night Music – David Lynch, Marek Zebrowski". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  19. ^ Carlson, Dean. "Eraserhead [Original Soundtrack] – David Lynch, Alan R. Splet | Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  20. ^ "Mulholland Drive – Angelo Badalamenti". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  21. ^ "The Air Is on Fire (Exhibition Soundscape) by David Lynch & Dean Hurley". iTunes Store. Apple. March 15, 2007. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  22. ^ "Inland Empire (Motion Picture Soundtrack) by Various Artists". iTunes Store. Apple. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  23. ^ "Twin Peaks [Original Soundtrack] – Angelo Badalamenti, David Lynch | Songs, Reviews, Credits, Awards". AllMusic. All Media Network. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  24. ^ Grow, Kory (July 25, 2014). "Dream Team: The Semi-Mysterious Story Behind the Music of 'Twin Peaks'". Rolling Stone. Wenner Media. Archived from the original on June 14, 2018. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  25. ^ "Catching the Big Fish". Penguin Random House (Canada). Bertelsmann/Pearson. Retrieved September 26, 2016.
  26. ^ David Lynch: The Marriage of Picture and Sound: Brigade Commerz, Robert Eikmeyer, Thomas Knoefel, David Lynch. ISBN 3869840552.
  27. ^ "The Big Dream (Remixes EP)". Sunday Best. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  28. ^ Patel, Paula (November 7, 2011). "Hive Five: David Lynch, Music Video Maker". MTV News. MTV. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  29. ^ a b Deiterman, Corey (November 15, 2012). "Fan Direction: 5 Great Music-Video Contest Winners". Houston Press. Voice Media Group. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  30. ^ Bychawski, Adam (April 2, 2012). "Watch David Lynch's 'psychotic' self-directed video for 'Crazy Clown Time'". NME. Time UK.
  31. ^ Martins, Chris (June 10, 2013). "David Lynch and Lykke Li Go for a Very Long Drive in 'I'm Waiting Here Video'". Spin. SpinMedia. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  32. ^ Calvario, Liz (September 13, 2016). "David Lynch & Chrysta Bell 'Night Ride' Music Video". IndieWire. Penske Media Corporation. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  33. ^ a b Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me (Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack) (Album notes). Angelo Badalamenti. Warner Bros. Records. 1992. 9362-45019.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  34. ^ a b The Voice of Love (Album notes). Julee Cruise. Warner Bros. Records. 1993. 9 45390-2.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  35. ^ Lost Highway (Album notes). Various artists. Nothing Records. 1997. INTD-90090.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  36. ^ Dark Night of the Soul (Album notes). Danger Mouse and Sparklehorse. Parlophone Records. 2010. 5099964813622.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  37. ^ Marijuana Dreams (Album notes). Dubblestandart. Collider. 2010. CCT3021-2.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  38. ^ a b This Train (Album notes). Chrysta Bell. La Rose Noire. 2011. LRN0108.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  39. ^ Minsker, Evan (April 17, 2019). "Flying Lotus Announces New Album Flamagra, Shares New Video With David Lynch: Watch". Pitchfork. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  40. ^ "Girl Panic!" (Single notes). Duran Duran. Tape Modern/S-Curve Records. 2011. 0731517017.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  41. ^ Ultraísta (Album notes). Ultraísta. Hostess Entertainment Unlimited. 2012. HSE-60140.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  42. ^ "In Your Nature" (Single notes). Zola Jesus. Sacred Bones Records. 2012. SBR 073.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  43. ^ "The Poison Tree" (Single notes). Moby. Little Idiot. 2012. IDIOT018.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  44. ^ European Splendour (EP notes). John Foxx and Jori Hulkkonen. Sugarcane Recordings. 2013. SUGARS.024.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  45. ^ Aventine (Album notes). Agnes Obel. PIAS. 2014. PIASR615DCDX.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  46. ^ Blue Velvet: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album notes). Angelo Badalamenti. Varèse Sarabande. 1986. STV 81292.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  47. ^ Floating into the Night (Album notes). Julee Cruise. Warner Bros. Records. 1989. 9 25859-2.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  48. ^ Wild at Heart: Original Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album notes). Various artists. London Records/PolyGram. 1990. 845 128-2.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  49. ^ Soundtrack from Twin Peaks (Album notes). Angelo Badalamenti. Warner Bros. Records. 1990. 9 26316-2.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  50. ^ The Straight Story: Music from the Motion Picture Soundtrack (Album notes). Angelo Badalamenti. Windham Hill Records/BMG. 1999. 01934 11513 2.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  51. ^ Lion of Panjshir (Album notes). Ariana Delawari. David Lynch Music Company. 2009. DLMC007.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  52. ^ A Tribute to Dave Jaureqi (Album notes). Fox Bat Strategy. David Lynch Music Company. 2010. DLMC006.((cite AV media notes)): CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  53. ^ Strauss, Matthew (August 9, 2016). "David Lynch and Chrysta Bell Team Up for New EP". Pitchfork. Condé Nast. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  54. ^ "Donovan Taps David Lynch to Direct New Video for 2010 Song 'I Am the Shaman'". Rolling Stone. May 10, 2021.

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