Digital Ash in a Digital Urn
album by Bright Eyes
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, the Digital Ash in a Digital Urn album 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.
The album was reissued by Dead Oceans 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 Motion Sickness, released later in the year.
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