Asile's World
Studio album by
Elisa
Released5 May 2000
Genre
Length69:06
Language
LabelSugar
Producer
Elisa chronology
Pipes & Flowers
(1997)		 Asile's World
(2000)		 Then Comes the Sun
(2001)
Singles from Then Comes the Sun
  1. "Gift"
    Released: 2000
  2. "Happiness Is Home"
    Released: 2000
  3. "Asile's World[3]"
    Released: 2000
  4. "Luce (tramonti a nord est)"
    Released: 2001
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
ARTISTdirect[4]
AllMusic[1]

Asile's World is the second album by Elisa released in 2000. Its repackage contains "Luce (tramonti a nord est)" with which Elisa won the 1st place at the famous Sanremo Festival in 2001.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Elisa, except where noted

No.TitleMusicLength
1."Gift"Elisa4:18
2."Chameleon"Elisa4:14
3."Happiness Is Home"Elisa4:57
4."Asile's World"Elisa · Leo Z3:50
5."Seven Times"Elisa4:35
6."Upside Down"Elisa · Leo Z4:13
7."A Little Over Zero"Elisa5:01
8."Creature"Elisa · Leo Z4:05
9."Just Some Order"Elisa · Mauro Malavasi3:29
10."Come and Sit"Elisa4:35
11."Happiness is Home" (Elisa's Mix)Elisa4:24
12."Tic Tac"Elisa · Malavasi4:22
13."Little Eye" (includes the ghost track "Asile's World Alternate Version")Elisa · Malavasi9:44
Re-issue
No.TitleMusicLength
1."Luce (tramonti a nord est)" (lyrics: Elisa, Zucchero)Elisa4:18
2."Gift"Elisa4:18
3."Chameleon"Elisa4:14
4."Happiness Is Home"Elisa4:57
5."Asile's World"Elisa · Leo Z3:50
6."Seven Times"Elisa4:35
7."Upside Down"Elisa · Leo Z4:13
8."A Little Over Zero"Elisa5:01
9."Creature"Elisa · Leo Z4:05
10."Just Some Order"Elisa · Malavasi3:29
11."Come and Sit"Elisa4:35
12."Happiness Is Home" (Elisa's Mix)Elisa4:24
13."Tic Tac"Elisa · Malavasi4:22
14."Little Eye"Elisa · Malavasi4:25
15."Come Speak to Me"Elisa4:25
16."Asile's World" (Bedroom Rockers Remix)Elisa · Leo Z3:40

Personnel

  • Marc Abraham – acoustic bass
  • Howie B – producer
  • Antonio Baglio – mastering
  • Enrico Colombo – producer, remixing
  • Paul Cook – programming
  • Elisa – piano, keyboards, programming, vocals, producer
  • Andrea Fontana – drums
  • Gaudi – theremin, moog
  • Michael Gordon – string arrangements
  • Paolo Gozzetti – mixing
  • Billy Konkel – assistant engineer, mixing assistant
  • Leo Z – percussion, piano, electric bass, electric guitar, harp, keyboards, programming, producer, engineer, computers, sampling, djembe, shaker, mixing
  • Aidan Love – programming
  • Luca Malaguti – programming, engineer, mixing, pre-mastering
  • Mauro Malavasi – production supervisor
  • Trevor Morais – drums
  • Will O'Donovan – engineer, mixing
  • Fabio Recupero – mixing assistant
  • Benny Rietveld – bass
  • Devon Rietveld – bass, engineer, mixing
  • Corrado Rustici – guitar, arranger, keyboards, programming, producer, string arrangements
  • Soul Boy – backing vocals
  • Caterina Caselli Sugar – project support
  • Chris Taylor – guitar
  • Rudy Trevisi – percussion
  • Michael Urbano – drums
  • Fred Ventura – producer, remixing

Commercial performance

Asile's World debouted at number seven of the Italian Albums Charts, becoming Elisa second consecutive album to achieve it on the chart.[5] In 2001, with the re-release of the album Asile's World (Sanremo Edition), the project reached number five in the chart, becoming the 49th best-selling album in Italy of the year.[6]

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2001) Peak
position
Italian Albums (FIMI)[7] 5

End-year charts

Chart (2001) Position
Italy (FIMI)[8] 49

Certifications

Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Italy​[9] Platinum 150,000[9]

Notes

    References

    1. 1 2 Allmusic review
    2. ↑ "ASILE'S WORLD" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 22 April 2016. Retrieved 6 January 2020. Pop-Italiano [...] Nella tavolozza sonora di Elisa entra di prepotenza l'elettronica
    3. ↑ "Asile's World" Music Video
    4. ↑ ARTISTdirect review
    5. ↑ "Classifica settimanale WK 19 (dal 05.05.2000 al 11.05.2000)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
    6. ↑ "Classifica settimanale WK 13 (dal 23.03.2001 al 29.03.2001)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
    7. ↑ "Italiancharts.com – Elisa – Asile's World (2001)". Hung Medien.
    8. ↑ "Classifica annuale 2001 (dal 01.01.2001 al 30.12.2001)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
    9. 1 2 "Elisa brilla di luce propria". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved July 19, 2023.
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