Zesde album. Uit 2005. Kwam tegen alle commerciele wetten in gelijktijdig uit met ‘I’m Wide Awake…’. Pitchfork: If Digital Ash sounds like indie kids breaking into pop, its sister disc, I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning, is a red-blooded folk album that's coincidentally built to be hugely, hugely popular. Oberst has been so close to Americana that I'm Wide Awake, It's Morning won't surprise anyone. The Guardian: an album to adore. On these acoustic country songs fizzing with menace Oberst concentrates on clarity and purity. From the wide-eyed wonder of First Day of My Life to the collusion and chemicals of Lua, he's at home among the laidback rhythms, pedal steel guitar and mandolin.