Editing Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (section)

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]]
| cover      = Digital Ash in a Digital Urn.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = January 25, 2005
| recorded   = February 2004
| studio     = [[Presto! Recording Studios|Presto!]] (Lincoln, Nebraska)
| genre      = {{hlist|[[Electronica]]<ref name="pitchfork"/>|[[pop music|pop]]<ref name="pitchfork"/>|[[synth-pop]]<ref name="ew"/>|[[electropop]]<ref name="spin"/>|[[experimental music|experimental]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.noripcord.com/reviews/music/bright-eyes/digital-ash-in-a-digital-urn|title=Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn|work=No Ripcord|last=Lee|first=Tom|date=January 13, 2005|access-date=November 28, 2021}}</ref>|[[Intelligent dance music|IDM]]<ref>{{cite web|url=https://drownedinsound.com/releases/3271/reviews/11128|title=Bright Eyes - I'm Wide Awake It's Morning|work=Drowned in Sound|last=Adams|first=Sean|date=January 23, 2005|access-date=November 28, 2021|archive-date=November 28, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211128165006/https://drownedinsound.com/releases/3271/reviews/11128|url-status=dead}}</ref>}}
| length     = 50:05
| label      = [[Saddle Creek Records|Saddle Creek]] <small>LBJ-73</small>
| producer   = [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]]
| prev_title = [[I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning]]
| prev_year  = 2005
| next_title = [[Motion Sickness (album)|Motion Sickness]]
| next_year  = 2005
| misc       = {{Singles
 | name        = Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
 | type        = studio
 | single1     = [[Take It Easy (Love Nothing)]]
 | single1date = October 26, 2004
 | single2     = [[Easy/Lucky/Free]]
 | single2date = July 25, 2005
 | single3     = Gold Mine Gutted
 | single3date = 2005
}}{{Singles
| type = studio
| name = Digital Ash in a Digital Urn: A Companion
| single1 = Gold Mind Gutted (Companion version)
| single1date= August 10, 2022
}}
}}

{{Music ratings
| MC = 66/100<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.metacritic.com/music/digital-ash-in-a-digital-urn/bright-eyes |title=Reviews for Digital Ash In A Digital Urn by Bright Eyes |website=[[Metacritic]] |accessdate=March 27, 2012}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/digital-ash-in-a-digital-urn-mw0000139107 |title=Digital Ash in a Digital Urn – Bright Eyes |website=[[AllMusic]] |accessdate=March 27, 2012 |last=Erlewine |first=Stephen Thomas |author-link=Stephen Thomas Erlewine}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?Id=3161 |title=Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning/Digital Ash in a Digital Urn |journal=[[Blender (magazine)|Blender]] |issue=34 |date=March 2005 |accessdate=January 9, 2016 |last=Norris |first=Chris |page=132 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050301093354/http://www.blender.com/guide/reviews.aspx?Id=3161 |archivedate=March 1, 2005 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3score = B−<ref name="ew">{{cite magazine |url=http://www.ew.com/article/2005/01/31/digital-ash-digital-urn |title=Digital Ash in a Digital Urn |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=January 31, 2005 |accessdate=June 3, 2015 |last=Browne |first=David |author-link=David Browne (journalist) |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20180502065035/http://www.ew.com/article/2005/01/31/digital-ash-digital-urn/ |archivedate=May 2, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Los Angeles Times]]''
| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|4}}<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jan-23-ca-rackoberst23-story.html |title=You could call it rock 'n' roil |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=January 23, 2005 |access-date=January 9, 2016 |last=Hilburn |first=Robert |author-link=Robert Hilburn}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev5score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal |title=Bright Eyes: Digital Ash in a Digital Urn |journal=[[NME]] |date=January 22, 2005 |page=49}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev6score = 7.2/10<ref name="pitchfork">{{cite web |url=http://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/11683-im-wide-awake-its-morning-digital-ash-in-a-digital-urn/ |title=Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning / Digital Ash in a Digital Urn |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=January 23, 2005 |accessdate=March 27, 2012 |last=Dahlen |first=Chris}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7score = {{rating|2|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Bright Eyes: Digital Ash in a Digital Urn |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=222 |date=January 2005 |page=129}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="rolling-stone">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/albumreviews/digital-ash-in-a-digital-urn-20090128 |title=Digital Ash In A Digital Urn |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=January 28, 2005 |accessdate=March 27, 2012 |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]''
| rev9score = C+<ref name="spin">{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvowiBHKWgsC&pg=PA85 |title=Split Myself in Two |journal=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |date=February 2005 |volume=21 |issue=2 |accessdate=October 17, 2015 |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |pages=85–86}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]''
| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |title=Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning / Digital Ash in a Digital Urn |journal=[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]] |issue=93 |date=February 2005 |last=Hasted |first=Nick |page=72}}</ref>
| noprose = yes
}}

'''''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn''''' is the seventh studio album by American band [[Bright Eyes (band)|Bright Eyes]], released on January 25, 2005 by [[Saddle Creek Records]], the same day as their sixth album ''[[I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning]]''. It peaked at number 15 in the US<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Hasty |first=Katie |date=2007-04-18 |title='NOW' Remains No. 1 As Bright Eyes Debuts High |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/now-remains-no-1-as-bright-eyes-debuts-high-1052694/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref> and 43 in the UK. In US it has sold 268,000 units.<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u_9FbUvqGfUC&q=Lifted+or+The+Story+is+in+the+Soil%2C+Keep+Your+Ear+to+the+Ground+US%3A+340%2C000&pg=PT19 |title = Billboard|date = 2009-08-29}}</ref> In 2007 it was awarded a gold certification from the [[Independent Music Companies Association]], which indicated sales of at least 100,000 copies throughout Europe.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2008/PR%20-%2020080129.htm |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131224113304/http://www.impalamusic.org/arc_static/docum/04-press/2008/PR%20-%2020080129.htm |archive-date=2013-12-24 |title=color}}</ref> In contrast to the acoustic nature of ''I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'', ''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn'' is more electronic.

Upon release in 2004, the singles "[[Take It Easy (Love Nothing)]]" from ''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn'' and "[[Lua (song)|Lua]]" from the album ''I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'' debuted in the top two slots on the ''[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]'' [[Hot 100 Single Sales]] chart.<ref>{{Cite magazine |author=Billboard Staff |date=2004-12-01 |title=Ask Billboard |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/ask-billboard-33-65461/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US}}</ref>

The album was reissued by [[Dead Oceans]] alongside a six-track companion EP on November 11, 2022.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/news/bright-eyes-announce-more-companion-reissues-of-early-albums/|title=Bright Eyes Announce More "Companion" Reissues of Early Albums|last1=Arcand|first1=Rob|last2=Ruiz|first2=Matthew Ismael|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|date=August 10, 2022}}</ref>