Asile's World

Asile's World
Asile's World
Studio album by Elisa
Released	5 May 2000
Genre	Trip hop; pop; electronic;
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: 2000; "Happiness Is Home"; Released: 2000; "Asile's World"; Released: 2000; "Luce (tramonti a nord est)"; Released: 2001;

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.

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

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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