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 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 ·Catherine Marie Warner	Elisa	4:56
2.	"Mr. Want"	Elisa ·Warner	Elisa · Corrado Rustici	4:11
3.	"Sleeping in Your Hand"	Elisa ·Warner	Elisa ·Rustici	4:22
4.	"Shadow Zone"	Elisa ·Warner	Elisa	4:14
5.	"A Feast for Me"	Elisa ·Warner	Elisa ·Rustici	5:12
6.	"So Delicate So Pure"	Elisa ·Brent Fraser	Elisa	3:42
7.	"New Kiss"	Elisa ·Warner	Elisa	5:01
8.	"Tell Me"	Elisa ·Fraser	Elisa	5:06
9.	"The Marriage"	Elisa	Elisa	4:21
10.	"Inside a Flower"	Elisa ·Fraser	Elisa ·Rustici	5:24
11.	"Sleeping in Your Hand" (Mark Saunders Remix)	Elisa ·Warner	Elisa ·Rustici	3:44
12.	"Cure Me" (only 1998 re-released album bonus track)	Elisa	Elisa ·Andrea Rigonat ·Andrea Fontana ·Max Gelsi ·Noochie ·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).