Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
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{{Infobox album
| name = Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
| type = studio
| artist = Bright Eyes
| cover = Digital Ash in a Digital Urn.jpg
| alt =
| released = January 25, 2005
| recorded = February 2004
| studio = Presto! (Lincoln, Nebraska)
| genre = {{hlist|Electronica|pop|synth-pop|electropop|experimental{{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}}|IDM{{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}}}}
| length = 50:05
| label = Saddle Creek LBJ-73
| producer = Bright Eyes
| prev_title = I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
| prev_year = 2005
| next_title = 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{{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}}
| rev1 = AllMusic
| rev1score = {{rating|2|5}}{{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}}
| rev2 = Blender
| rev2score = {{rating|3|5}}{{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 |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}}
| rev3 = Entertainment Weekly
| rev3score = B−{{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}}
| rev4 = Los Angeles Times
| rev4score = {{rating|3.5|4}}{{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}}
| rev5 = NME
| rev5score = 9/10{{cite journal |title=Bright Eyes: Digital Ash in a Digital Urn |journal=NME |date=January 22, 2005 |page=49}}
| rev6 = Pitchfork
| rev6score = 7.2/10{{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 |date=January 23, 2005 |accessdate=March 27, 2012 |last=Dahlen |first=Chris}}
| rev7 = Q
| rev7score = {{rating|2|5}}{{cite journal |title=Bright Eyes: Digital Ash in a Digital Urn |journal=Q |issue=222 |date=January 2005 |page=129}}
| rev8 = Rolling Stone
| rev8score = {{rating|3|5}}{{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}}
| rev9 = Spin
| rev9score = C+{{cite journal |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=LvowiBHKWgsC&pg=PA85 |title=Split Myself in Two |journal=Spin |date=February 2005 |volume=21 |issue=2 |accessdate=October 17, 2015 |last=Caramanica |first=Jon |author-link=Jon Caramanica |pages=85–86}}
| rev10 = Uncut
| rev10score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite journal |title=Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning / Digital Ash in a Digital Urn |journal=Uncut |issue=93 |date=February 2005 |last=Hasted |first=Nick |page=72}}
| noprose = yes
}}
Digital Ash in a Digital Urn is the seventh studio album by American 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{{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}} and 43 in the UK. In US it has sold 268,000 units.{{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}} 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.{{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}} 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" from the album I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning debuted in the top two slots on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales chart.{{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}}
The album was reissued by Dead Oceans alongside a six-track companion EP on November 11, 2022.{{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|date=August 10, 2022}}
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.{{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}} Both records made it into the Top 20 of the Billboard album charts. The tour was captured on 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 = The Faint
| 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{{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}}) – 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)
- Jimmy Tamborello – programming (track 5)
- Maria Taylor – vocals (tracks 4, 11, 12)
- Nate Walcott – trumpet (track 9), string arrangement (tracks 4, 7)
- Nick White – keyboards (tracks 7, 9)
- Nick Zinner – guitar (tracks 4, 6–8, 12), keyboards (tracks 4, 5)
Charts
| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |
| scope="col"| Chart (2005)
! scope="col"| Peak |
|---|
| scope="row"| Australian Albums (ARIA){{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}}
| 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
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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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