Editing Digital Ash in a Digital Urn

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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>

==Tour==
After the chart success of the 2004 singles "Lua" and "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)", the band set off in 2005 on a two-part world tour to promote both ''I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning'', and ''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn''. The first half of the tour promoted the folk-influenced first album, and the latter half featured the more electronic second album.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Fiasco |first=Lance |date=2005-03-26 |title=Yet Another Bright Eyes Tour, This Time With The Faint |url=https://idobi.com/news/yet-another-bright-eyes-tour-this-time-with-the-faint/ |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=idobi Network |language=en-US}}</ref> Both records made it into the Top 20 of the Billboard album charts. The tour was captured on ''[[Motion Sickness (album)|Motion Sickness]]'', released later in the year.

The album features contributions from the [[Yeah Yeah Yeahs]]' Nick Zinner and [[the Postal Service]]'s Jimmy Tamborello.

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = 
| total_length = 50:05
| title1 = Time Code
| length1 = 4:28
| title2 = Gold Mine Gutted
| length2 = 3:56
| title3 = Arc of Time (Time Code)
| length3 = 3:54
| title4 = Down in a Rabbit Hole
| length4 = 4:34
| title5 = [[Take It Easy (Love Nothing)]]
| length5 = 3:20
| title6 = Hit the Switch
| length6 = 4:47
| title7 = I Believe in Symmetry
| length7 = 5:24
| title8 = Devil in the Details
| length8 = 4:06
| title9 = Ship in a Bottle
| length9 = 3:27
| title10 = Light Pollution
| length10 = 3:16
| title11 = Theme from Piñata
| length11 = 3:18
| title12 = [[Easy/Lucky/Free]]
| length12 = 5:30
}}

{{track listing
| all_writing     = 
| headline        = Digital Ash in a Digital Urn: A Companion
| total_length    =

| title1 = Hit the Switch
| note1 = companion version
| length1 =

| title2 = Down in a Rabbit Hole
| note2 = companion version
| length2 =

| title3 = Arc of Time (Time Code)
| note3 = companion version) (featuring Michaela Favara
| length3 =

| title4 = Ship in a Bottle
| note4 = companion version) (featuring [[A. J. Mogis]]
| length4 =

| title5 = Agenda Suicide
| note5 = <small>[[The Faint]]</small>
| length5 =

| title6 = Gold Mind Gutted
| note6 = companion version) (featuring Michaela Favara
| length6 =
}}

==Personnel==
*[[Clark Baechle]] – drums (tracks 2, 9)
*Karen Becker – cello (tracks 4, 7)
*[[Jason Boesel]] – drums (tracks 2, 4–7, 9–12), percussion (tracks 2, 4–7, 9–12)
*Donna Carnes – violin (tracks 4, 7)
*Digital Audio Engine ([[Mike Mogis]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=I'm Wide Awake It's Morning/Digital Ash in a Digital Urn – Bright Eyes (Saddle Creek) |url=https://www.memphisflyer.com/undefined |access-date=2023-08-03 |website=MemphisFlyer}}</ref>) – programming (tracks 1, 3, 8)
*Sabrina Duim – harp (tracks 6, 8, 11)
*Thomas Kluge – viola (tracks 4, 7)
*[[Jiha Lee]] – flute (tracks 6, 11)
*Clay Leverett – voice (track 12), drums (tracks 6, 7, 12)
*[[Andy LeMaster]] – vocals (tracks 2, 9, 12), guitar (tracks 6–9, 12), bass (tracks 6–9, 12), keyboards (tracks 6, 7), additional programming (tracks 6)
*[[Mike Mogis]] – guitar (tracks 2–4, 6, 7, 10–12), wurlitzer (tracks 1, 3, 10), keyboards, timpani (track 6), chimes (track 11), theremin (track 2), baritone (tracks 2, 9)
*[[Stella Mogis]] – voice (tracks 1, 9)
*[[Conor Oberst]] – vocals, guitar (tracks 5–7, 9–11), bass (track 4), piano (track 8), wurlitzer (tracks 2, 4, 5), keyboards (tracks 2, 4, 10, 12), samples (tracks 1, 11), baritone (tracks 3, 5)
*Kim Salistean – violin (tracks 4, 7)
*[[Dntel|Jimmy Tamborello]] – programming (track 5)
*[[Maria Taylor (musician)|Maria Taylor]] – vocals (tracks 4, 11, 12)
*[[Nate Walcott]] – trumpet (track 9), string arrangement (tracks 4, 7)
*[[Nick White (musician)|Nick White]] – keyboards (tracks 7, 9)
*[[Nick Zinner]] – guitar (tracks 4, 6–8, 12), keyboards (tracks 4, 5)

==Charts==
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|-
! scope="col"| Chart (2005)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
! scope="row"| Australian Albums ([[ARIA Charts|ARIA]])<ref>{{cite journal|url=http://www.aria.com.au/issue779.pdf|archive-url=https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20050219130000/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/23790/20050220-0000/issue779.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=2005-02-19|title=The ARIA Report: Week Commencing 31 January 2005|publisher=[[Australian Web Archive]]|issue=779|page=2|date=February 20, 2005|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>
| 130
|-
{{album chart|Austria|49|artist=Bright Eyes|album=Digital Ash in a Digital Urn|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Flanders|64|artist=Bright Eyes|album=Digital Ash in a Digital Urn|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Netherlands|95|artist=Bright Eyes|album=Digital Ash in a Digital Urn|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Germany4|30|id=11523|artist=Bright Eyes|album=Digital Ash in a Digital Urn|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|32|artist=Bright Eyes|album=Digital Ash in a Digital Urn|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|18|artist=Bright Eyes|album=Digital Ash in a Digital Urn|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|43|date=20050130|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|Billboard200|15|artist=Bright Eyes|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}
|-
{{album chart|BillboardIndependent|3|artist=Bright Eyes|rowheader=true|accessdate=December 23, 2019}}
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
*[http://saddle-creek.com Saddle Creek Records]
*[http://billboard.com/bb/daily/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1000723891 Bright Eyes Plotting Two Distinct Tours], Todd Martens, L.A.

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