Pipes & Flowers

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Pipes & Flowers
Elisa - Pipes & Flowers album cover.jpg
Studio album by
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1997
Studio Fantasy Studios and Rocky Road Studios (Berkeley, California)
Genre Rock [1]
Length50:30
Language English
Label Sugar
Producer
Elisa chronology
Pipes & Flowers
(1997)
Asile's World
(2000)
Singles from Pipes & Flowers
  1. "Sleeping in Your Hand"
    Released: May 3, 1997 [3]
  2. "Labyrinth"
    Released: November 20, 1997
  3. "Mr. Want"
    Released: May 14, 1998
  4. "Cure Me"
    Released: October 18, 1998
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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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".

Contents

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Labyrinth"Elisa ·Catherine Marie WarnerElisa4:56
2."Mr. Want"Elisa ·WarnerElisa · Corrado Rustici 4:11
3."Sleeping in Your Hand"Elisa ·WarnerElisa ·Rustici4:22
4."Shadow Zone"Elisa ·WarnerElisa4:14
5."A Feast for Me"Elisa ·WarnerElisa ·Rustici5:12
6."So Delicate So Pure"Elisa ·Brent FraserElisa3:42
7."New Kiss"Elisa ·WarnerElisa5:01
8."Tell Me"Elisa ·FraserElisa5:06
9."The Marriage"ElisaElisa4:21
10."Inside a Flower"Elisa ·FraserElisa ·Rustici5:24
11."Sleeping in Your Hand" (Mark Saunders Remix)Elisa ·WarnerElisa ·Rustici3:44
12."Cure Me" (only 1998 re-released album bonus track)ElisaElisa ·Andrea Rigonat ·Andrea Fontana ·Max Gelsi ·Noochie ·Carlo Bonazza3:30

Personnel

Technical

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (1998)Peak

position

Italian Albums (FIMI) [4] 9

Year-end charts

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

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
Italy (FIMI) [6] 3× Platinum300,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.

References

  1. 1 2 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).