Digital Ash in a Digital Urn

Updated on Nov 28, 2023

Edit

Comment

Released January 25, 2005 Digital Ash in a Digital Urn (2005) Motion Sickness (2005) Release date 25 January 2005 Producer Bright Eyes		Length 50:05 Artist Bright Eyes Label SiDeOuT Records Genres Indie rock, Electronica

Recorded Presto! Recording Studios, Lincoln, Nebraska, February 2004 Similar Bright Eyes albums, Emo albums

Bright eyes time code 1

Digital Ash in a Digital Urn is one of two Bright Eyes albums (along with I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning) released on January 25, 2005 by Saddle Creek Records. It peaked at #15 in the US and #43 in the UK. Contrasted to the acoustic nature of I'm Wide Awake It's Morning, this album is more electronic.

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 took the top two slots on the Billboard Hot 100 Single Sales chart.

Bright eyes time code

Tour

The band achieved success in the charts when the singles "Lua" and "Take It Easy (Love Nothing)" took the top two positions in the Billboard Hot Singles Sales chart in 2004, and in 2005 the band set off on a two-part world tour to promote their new albums, 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 Motion Sickness, released later in the year.

The more experimental of Conor Oberst's two releases in January 2005 is the electronic-flavored 'Digital Ash,' which includes some help from the Yeah Yeah Yeah's Nick Zinner and the Postal Service's Jimmy Tamborello.

Personnel

Note: I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning and Digital Ash in a Digital Urn are the first Bright Eyes albums on which Conor Oberst, Mike Mogis, and Nate Walcott became the three permanent members of Bright Eyes.

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 – 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)

Songs

Time Code4:28
Gold Mine Gutted3:56
Arc of Time (Time Code)3:54

References

Digital Ash in a Digital Urn Wikipedia

(Text) CC BY-SA