Digital Ash in a Digital Urn

Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Studio album by
Bright Eyes
ReleasedJanuary 25, 2005
RecordedFebruary 2004
StudioPresto! (Lincoln, Nebraska)
Genre
Length50:05
LabelSaddle Creek LBJ-73
ProducerBright Eyes
Bright Eyes chronology
I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning
(2005) 		Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
(2005) 		Motion Sickness
(2005)
Singles from Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
  1. "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)"
    Released: October 26, 2004
  2. "Easy/Lucky/Free"
    Released: July 25, 2005
  3. "Gold Mine Gutted"
    Released: 2005
Singles from Digital Ash in a Digital Urn: A Companion
  1. "Gold Mind Gutted (Companion version)"
    Released: August 10, 2022
Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
Blender[8]
Entertainment WeeklyB−[2]
Los Angeles Times[9]
NME9/10[10]
Pitchfork7.2/10[1]
Q[11]
Rolling Stone[12]
SpinC+[3]
Uncut[13]

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[14] and 43 in the UK. In US it has sold 268,000 units.[15] 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.[16] 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.[17]

The album was reissued by Dead Oceans alongside a six-track companion EP on November 11, 2022.[18]

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  2. ^ a b Browne, David (January 31, 2005). "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on May 2, 2018. Retrieved June 3, 2015.
  3. ^ a b Caramanica, Jon (February 2005). "Split Myself in Two". Spin. 21 (2): 85–86. Retrieved October 17, 2015.
  4. ^ Lee, Tom (January 13, 2005). "Bright Eyes - Digital Ash in a Digital Urn". No Ripcord. Retrieved November 28, 2021.
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  6. ^ "Reviews for Digital Ash In A Digital Urn by Bright Eyes". Metacritic. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  7. ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. "Digital Ash in a Digital Urn – Bright Eyes". AllMusic. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  8. ^ Norris, Chris (March 2005). "Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning/Digital Ash in a Digital Urn". Blender (34): 132. Archived from the original on March 1, 2005. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  9. ^ Hilburn, Robert (January 23, 2005). "You could call it rock 'n' roil". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  10. ^ "Bright Eyes: Digital Ash in a Digital Urn". NME: 49. January 22, 2005.
  11. ^ "Bright Eyes: Digital Ash in a Digital Urn". Q (222): 129. January 2005.
  12. ^ Sheffield, Rob (January 28, 2005). "Digital Ash In A Digital Urn". Rolling Stone. Retrieved March 27, 2012.
  13. ^ Hasted, Nick (February 2005). "Bright Eyes: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning / Digital Ash in a Digital Urn". Uncut (93): 72.
  14. ^ Hasty, Katie (2007-04-18). "'NOW' Remains No. 1 As Bright Eyes Debuts High". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  15. ^ "Billboard". 2009-08-29.
  16. ^ "color". Archived from the original on 2013-12-24.
  17. ^ Billboard Staff (2004-12-01). "Ask Billboard". Billboard. Retrieved 2023-08-03.
  18. ^ Arcand, Rob; Ruiz, Matthew Ismael (August 10, 2022). "Bright Eyes Announce More "Companion" Reissues of Early Albums". Pitchfork.