Asile's World

Asile's World
Studio album by Elisa
Released	May 5, 2000
Genre	Pop 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 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]

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.