Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
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| Studio album by Bright Eyes | ||||
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Publication |
January 2005 |
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| Label (s) | Saddle Creek | |||
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Title (number) |
12 |
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running time |
about 50 minutes |
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other studio musicians: see below |
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Digital Ash in a Digital Urn is an album by the band Bright Eyes . It was released in January 2005 at the same time as I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning , another Bright Eyes album.
The album was recorded in the Presto! Studios in Lincoln , Nebraska . Compared to I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning , which was released at the same time , it is much more electronic and less influenced by folky elements. The album is thus a kind of outlier in the discography of Bright Eyes , as all albums before or since published more genres Folk , Alternative Country or singer-songwriters are allocated and held much less electronically.
Guest musicians include Nick Zinner from the Yeah Yeah Yeahs and Jimmy Tamborello from The Postal Service on the album (see section on participating musicians ).
Reception and charts
Digital Ash in a Digital Urn was received very differently by the critics. Allmusic , for example, gave it 2 out of 5 possible points, which was only below average. At Pitchfork Media , for example, the album got a 7.2 out of 10, which is still a worse rating than the 8.7 out of 10 that I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning received. laut.de, however, praised the album in the highest tones and gave a full 5 out of 5 points.
In the charts, the album climbed to number 15 in the US , 30th in Germany and 43rd in the British album charts.
The singles Take It Easy (Love Nothing) and Lua (from I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning ) reached # 1 and # 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Sales Charts . It was the last time that two songs by an artist were ranked 1 and 2 in these charts.
Track list
- " Time Code " - 4:28
- " Gold Mine Gutted " - 3:56
- " Arc of Time (Time Code) " - 3:54
- " Down in a Rabbit Hole " - 4:33
- " Take It Easy (Love Nothing) " - 3:20
- " Hit the Switch " - 4:47
- " I Believe in Symmetry " - 5:24
- " Devil in the Details " - 4:06
- " Ship in a Bottle " - 3:27
- " Light Pollution " - 3:16
- " Theme from Pinata " - 3:18
- " Easy / Lucky / Free " - 5:31
Participating musicians
Since Bright Eyes is mainly Conor Oberst's project , the line-up of fellow musicians often changes from album to album. However, Mike Mogis and Nate Walcott became full members of the band during the course of the recording.
- 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)
- Sabrina Duim harp (tracks 6, 8, 11)
- Thomas Kluge - viola (tracks 4, 7)
- Jiha Lee - flute (tracks 6, 11)
- Clay Leverett - vocals (track 12) , drums (tracks 6, 7, 12)
- Andy LeMaster - vocals (tracks 2, 9, 12) , guitar (tracks 6–9, 12) , bass (tracks 6–9, 12) , keyboard (tracks 6, 7) , additional programming (track 6)
- Mike Mogis - guitar (tracks 2–4, 6, 7, 10-12) , Wurlitzer (tracks 1, 3, 10) , keyboard, timpani (track 6) , glockenspiel (track 11) , theremin (track 2) , baritone (Title 2, 9)
- Stella Mogis - vocals (tracks 1, 9)
- Conor Oberst - vocals, guitar (tracks 5–7, 9–11) , bass (track 4) , piano (track 8) , Wurlitzer (tracks 2, 4, 5) , keyboard (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 - Keyboard (Tracks 7, 9)
- Nick Zinner - guitar (tracks 4, 6-8, 12) , keyboard (tracks 4, 5)