Pipes & Flowers

Pipes & Flowers
Studio album by Elisa
Released	September 22, 1997
Studio	Fantasy Studios and Rocky Road Studios (Berkeley, California)
Genre	Rock [1]
Length	50:30
Language	English
Label	Sugar
Producer	Corrado Rustici Darren Allison [2]
Elisa chronology
Pipes & Flowers (1997) Asile's World (2000)
Singles from Pipes & Flowers
"Sleeping in Your Hand" Released: May 3, 1997 [3] "Labyrinth" Released: November 20, 1997 "Mr. Want" Released: May 14, 1998 "Cure Me" Released: October 18, 1998

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Pipes & Flowers is the debut studio album by Italian singer-songwriter Elisa, released on Septembre 22, 1997 by Sugar Records. The album was anticipated by its lead single "Sleeping in Your Hand". In 1998 the album was re-released with the bonus track "Cure Me".

Track listing

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
1.	"Labyrinth"	Elisa Toffoli Catherine Marie Warner	Toffoli	4:56
2.	"Mr. Want"	Toffoli Warner	Toffoli Corrado Rustici	4:11
3.	"Sleeping in Your Hand"	Toffoli Warner	Toffoli Rustici	4:22
4.	"Shadow Zone"	Toffoli Warner	Toffoli	4:14
5.	"A Feast for Me"	Toffoli Warner	Toffoli Rustici	5:12
6.	"So Delicate So Pure"	Toffoli Brent Fraser	Toffoli	3:42
7.	"New Kiss"	Toffoli Warner	Toffoli	5:01
8.	"Tell Me"	Toffoli Fraser	Toffoli	5:06
9.	"The Marriage"	Toffoli	Toffoli	4:21
10.	"Inside a Flower"	Toffoli Fraser	Toffoli Rustici	5:24
11.	"Sleeping in Your Hand" (Mark Saunders Remix)	Toffoli Warner	Toffoli Rustici	3:44

1998 re-release bonus track

No.	Title	Lyrics	Music	Length
12.	"Cure Me"	Toffoli	Toffoli Andrea Rigonat Andrea Fontana Max Gelsi Christian Rigano Carlo Bonazza	3:30

Personnel

• Steve Smith - drums
• Benny Rietveld - bass
• Corrado Rustici - guitar, keyboards
• Polo Jones - bass on 6,10
• Frank Martin - Hammond organ on 7, piano on 9
• Louis Biancaniello - piano on 10
• Claytoven Richardson, Conesha Owens, Kitty Beethoven, Sandy Griffith - backing vocals on 10

Technical

• Tracks 1-11: Corrado Rustici - Producer, Matt Rohr - Mixing
• Track 12 : Darren Allison - Producer, Mixing
• Brian Lane: mastering

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)	Peak position
Italian Albums (FIMI) [4]	9

Year-end charts

Chart (1998)	Position
Italian Albums (FIMI) [5]	25

Certifications

Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [6]	3× Platinum	300,000*
* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

1. Bradley Torreano. "Elisa - Pipes & Flowers". AllMusic . Retrieved 7 January 2020. a powerful collection of rock songs
2. http://www.elisatoffoli.com/main/eng/biography.html ^{[ dead link ]}
3. "Sleeping in Your Hand" Music Video
4. "Classifica settimanale WK 4 (dal 16.01.1998 al 22.01.1998)" (in Italian). Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana . Retrieved 5 December 2024.
5. "Hit Parade Italia - ALBUM 1998". Hit Parade Italia (in Italian). Retrieved 5 December 2024.
6. Sandra Cesarale (10 May 2009). "L'incredibile Elisa, star anche negli USA". Corriere della Sera (in Italian).