Digital Ash in a Digital Urn

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 and 43 in the UK. In US it has sold 268,000 units. 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. In contrast to the acoustic nature of I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, Digital Ash in a Digital Urn is more electronic.

Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
Studio album by
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
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic
Blender
Entertainment WeeklyB−
Los Angeles Times
NME9/10
Pitchfork7.2/10
Q
Rolling Stone
SpinC+
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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.

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

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