''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn'' is the seventh studio album by American band Bright Eyes, released on January 25, 2005 by

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, 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

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, 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. 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 ''

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'' Hot 100 Single Sales chart. The album was reissued by

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alongside a six-track companion EP on November 11, 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. Both records made it into the Top 20 of the Billboard album charts. The tour was captured on ''

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'', released later in the year. The album features contributions from the

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Track listing

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 (

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) – 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) *

– 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

References

External links

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