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, the same day as their sixth album ''

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''. 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 2005, the singles "

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" from ''Digital Ash in a Digital Urn'' and "

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" 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 will be reissued by

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alongside a six-track companion EP on November 11, 2022.

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 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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's Jimmy Tamborello.

Track listing

Personnel

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– drums (tracks 2, 9) *Karen Becker – cello (tracks 4, 7) *

Jason Boesel Jason Lyon Boesel (born 1977/1978) is an American musician, songwriter and producer based in Los Angeles. He was the drummer for Rilo Kiley and has also played with The Elected and Conor Oberst and the Mystic Valley Band. Bands He also drummed ...

– 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 Jiha Lee is the former keyboardist of the Good Life and has performed with Bright Eyes. Having left the Good Life after their second album, '' Black Out'', she returned to record the track "Inmates" for ''Album of the Year''. Her recordings wi ...

– 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 Michael Riley Mogis (born May 16, 1974) is an American producer/engineer and multi-instrumentalist who, along with his brother A.J. Mogis, founded Presto! Recording Studios (previously known as Dead Space Recording and, earlier, Whoopass Recor ...

– 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 Conor Mullen Oberst (born February 15, 1980) is an American singer-songwriter best known for his work in Bright Eyes. He has also played in several other bands, including Desaparecidos, the Faint (previously named Norman Bailer), Commander V ...

– 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 James Scott "Jimmy" Tamborello, also known by his stage name Dntel , is an American electronic music artist and DJ. Aside from his main solo project, Tamborello is also known as a member of the groups The Postal Service, Headset, and Figurine ...

– programming (track 5) * Maria Taylor – vocals (tracks 4, 11, 12) *

Nate Walcott Nate Walcott (born March 6, 1978) is an American musical composer, arranger, pianist, keyboardist, and trumpeter. He has composed the scores for several feature-length films, including 2014's ''The Fault in Our Stars''. He is a member of the ba ...

– trumpet (track 9), string arrangement (tracks 4, 7) * Nick White – keyboards (tracks 7, 9) *

Nick Zinner Nicholas Joseph Zinner (born December 8, 1974) is an American guitarist for the New York rock band Yeah Yeah Yeahs and a record producer. Zinner is an accomplished photographer. Musical career Before forming the Yeah Yeahs Yeahs with Karen O and ...

– guitar (tracks 4, 6–8, 12), keyboards (tracks 4, 5)

Charts

References

External links

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