Pipes & Flowers

Pipes & Flowers
Studio album by
Elisa
ReleasedSeptember 22, 1997
StudioFantasy Studios and Rocky Road Studios (Berkeley, California)
GenreRock[1]
Length50:30
LanguageEnglish
LabelSugar
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
AllMusicStarStarStar[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

Pipes & Flowers – Standard track listing
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Labyrinth"
Toffoli4:56
2."Mr. Want"
  • Toffoli
  • Warner
4:11
3."Sleeping in Your Hand"
  • Toffoli
  • Warner
  • Toffoli
  • Rustici
4:22
4."Shadow Zone"
  • Toffoli
  • Warner
Toffoli4:14
5."A Feast for Me"
  • Toffoli
  • Warner
  • Toffoli
  • Rustici
5:12
6."So Delicate So Pure"
  • Toffoli
  • Brent Fraser
Toffoli3:42
7."New Kiss"
  • Toffoli
  • Warner
Toffoli5:01
8."Tell Me"
  • Toffoli
  • Fraser
Toffoli5:06
9."The Marriage"ToffoliToffoli4:21
10."Inside a Flower"
  • Toffoli
  • Fraser
  • Toffoli
  • Rustici
5:24
11."Sleeping in Your Hand" (Mark Saunders Remix)
  • Toffoli
  • Warner
  • Toffoli
  • Rustici
3:44
Pipes & Flowers – 1998 re-release bonus track
No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
12."Cure Me"Toffoli
  • Toffoli
  • Andrea Rigonat
  • Andrea Fontana
  • Max Gelsi
  • Christian Rigano
  • Carlo Bonazza
3:30

Personnel

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. ^ a b 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).
allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Labyrinth_(Elisa_song)