Asile's World

Asile's World
Studio album by Elisa
Released	May 5, 2000
Genre	Pop rock electronic trip hop [1] [2]
Length	69:06
Language	English Italian
Label	Sugar
Producer	Howie B Elisa Corrado Rustici Mauro Malavasi Leo Z Roberto Vernetti
Elisa chronology
Pipes & Flowers (1997) Asile's World (2000) Then Comes the Sun (2001)
Singles from Asile's World
"Gift" Released: March 31, 2000 "Happiness Is Home" Released: July 15, 2000 "Asile's World" Released: November 1, 2000 [3] "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-songwriter 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 Toffoli, except where noted.

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

2001 re-release bonus tracks

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Luce (tramonti a nord est)"	Toffoli Zucchero Fornaciari	Toffoli	4:18
15.	"Come Speak to Me"	Toffoli	Toffoli	4:25
16.	"Asile's World" (Bedroom Rockers Remix)	Toffoli	Toffoli Bafunno	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]

References

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.
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. "Elisa brilla di luce propria". La Repubblica (in Italian). Retrieved July 19, 2023.