Asile's World

Asile's World
Asile's World
Studio album by Elisa
Released	May 5, 2000
Genre	Pop; electronic; trip hop;
Length	69:06
Language	English; Italian;
Label	Sugar
Producer	Howie B; Elisa; Corrado Rustici; Mauro Malavasi; Leo Z; Roberto Vernetti;
Elisa chronology
Singles from Asile's World
	"Gift"; Released: March 31, 2000; "Happiness Is Home"; Released: July 15, 2000; "Asile's World"; Released: November 1, 2000; "Luce (tramonti a nord est)"; Released: March 6, 2001;

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
ARTISTdirect	^[4]
AllMusic	^[1]

Asile's World is the second studio album by Italian singer Elisa released on May 5, 2000. Its deluxe version contains the single "Luce (tramonti a nord est)" with which Elisa won the annual Sanremo Music Festival.

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Elisa, except where noted

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Gift"	Elisa	4:18
2.	"Chameleon"	Elisa	4:14
3.	"Happiness Is Home"	Elisa	4:57
4.	"Asile's World"	Elisa · Leo Z	3:50
5.	"Seven Times"	Elisa	4:35
6.	"Upside Down"	Elisa · Leo Z	4:13
7.	"A Little Over Zero"	Elisa	5:01
8.	"Creature"	Elisa · Leo Z	4:05
9.	"Just Some Order"	Elisa · Mauro Malavasi	3:29
10.	"Come and Sit"	Elisa	4:35
11.	"Happiness is Home" (Elisa's Mix)	Elisa	4:24
12.	"Tic Tac"	Elisa · Malavasi	4:22
13.	"Little Eye" (includes the ghost track "Asile's World Alternate Version")	Elisa · Malavasi	9:44

Re-issue

No.	Title	Music	Length
1.	"Luce (tramonti a nord est)" (lyrics: Elisa, Zucchero)	Elisa	4:18
2.	"Gift"	Elisa	4:18
3.	"Chameleon"	Elisa	4:14
4.	"Happiness Is Home"	Elisa	4:57
5.	"Asile's World"	Elisa · Leo Z	3:50
6.	"Seven Times"	Elisa	4:35
7.	"Upside Down"	Elisa · Leo Z	4:13
8.	"A Little Over Zero"	Elisa	5:01
9.	"Creature"	Elisa · Leo Z	4:05
10.	"Just Some Order"	Elisa · Malavasi	3:29
11.	"Come and Sit"	Elisa	4:35
12.	"Happiness Is Home" (Elisa's Mix)	Elisa	4:24
13.	"Tic Tac"	Elisa · Malavasi	4:22
14.	"Little Eye"	Elisa · Malavasi	4:25
15.	"Come Speak to Me"	Elisa	4:25
16.	"Asile's World" (Bedroom Rockers Remix)	Elisa · Leo Z	3:40

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 debuted at number seven of the Italian Albums Charts, becoming Elisa's 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

Year-end charts

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

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI)^[9]	Platinum	150,000^[9]

Notes

References

^ ^a ^b Allmusic review
^ "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
^ "Asile's World" Music Video
^ ARTISTdirect review
^ "Classifica settimanale WK 19 (dal 05.05.2000 al 11.05.2000)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
^ "Classifica settimanale WK 13 (dal 23.03.2001 al 29.03.2001)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
^ "Italiancharts.com – Elisa – Asile's World (2001)". Hung Medien.
^ "Classifica annuale 2001 (dal 01.01.2001 al 30.12.2001)". Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana. Retrieved July 18, 2023.
^ ^a ^b "Elisa brilla di luce propria". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved July 19, 2023.

[allmusic-1] 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.

[ac_Italy_Elisa-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.

[repubblica-9] "Elisa brilla di luce propria". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved July 19, 2023.

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Discography List of songs
Studio albums	Pipes & Flowers Asile's World Then Comes the Sun Lotus Pearl Days Heart Ivy L'anima vola On Diari aperti Ritorno al futuro/Back to the Future
Compilations	Elisa Soundtrack '96–'06 Caterpillar Dancing Steppin' on Water Soundtrack '97-'17 Intimate – Recordings at Abbey Road Studios
Singles	"Sleeping in Your Hand" "Labyrinth" "Luce (Tramonti a nord est)" "Rainbow" "Dancing" "Almeno tu nell'universo" "Una poesia anche per te" "Teach Me Again" "Gli ostacoli del cuore" "Eppure sentire (Un senso di te)" "Stay" "Qualcosa che non c'è" "Ti vorrei sollevare" "Love Is Requited" "Ancora qui" "L'anima vola" "Ecco che" "A modo tuo" "No Hero" "Se piovesse il tuo nome" "Anche fragile" "Vivere tutte le vite" "Blu Part II" "Seta" "O forse sei tu" "Litoranea" "Quando nevica" "Dillo solo al buio"
Featured singles	"Domani 21/04.09" "Donna d'Onna" "Basta così" "Piccola anima" "Da sola/In the Night" "Blu" "Birds" "Neon – Le ali" "Rubini" "Diamanti" "Rimani Qui"
DVDs/Live albums	Lotus Pearl Days Soundtrack '96–'06