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Ivy
Studio album by
Released30 November 2010
Recorded2010
Genre Acoustic [1] [2]
Length74:26
Language
Label Sugar
ProducerElisa
Elisa chronology
Heart
(2009)
Ivy
(2010)
Steppin' On Water
(2012)
Singles from Ivy
  1. "Nostalgia"
    Released: 19 November 2010
  2. "Sometime Ago"
    Released: 28 January 2011

Ivy is the seventh studio album by Italian singer–songwriter Elisa. It was released on 30 November 2010 in Italy. Ivy is Elisa's second acoustic album (the first being Lotus) and features 3 new songs (Nostalgia, Sometime Ago and Fresh Air), covers and acoustic reworks of her previous songs. The album was released both digitally and on CD+DVD, with the DVD containing Ivy – the Film, a documentary featuring the making-of the album as well as live performances by Elisa. [3] [4]

Track listing

From M & B Music blog. [5]

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Lullaby" ElisaElisa4:11
2."Sometime Ago"ElisaElisa4:27
3."Fresh Air"ElisaElisa3:11
4." Ti vorrei sollevare"ElisaElisa4:28
5." Una poesia anche per te"ElisaElisa5:21
6."Nostalgia"ElisaElisa · Andrea Rigonat4:54
7." Qualcosa che non c'è"ElisaElisa5:19
8." Rainbow"ElisaElisa4:30
9." Gli ostacoli del cuore" LigabueLigabue4:24
10." 1979" ( The Smashing Pumpkins Cover) Billy CorganCorgan4:22
11."Pour Que l'Amour Me Quitte" ( Camille cover, feat. Giorgia)CamilleCamille3:15
12."Anche tu, anche se (non-trovi le parole)" (feat. Fabri Fibra)Elisa · Fabri FibraElisa · Rigonat5:16
13."It Is What It Is"ElisaElisa4:22
14." Eppure sentire (Un senso di te)"Elisa Paolo Buonvino3:40
15."Ho Messo Via" ( Ligabue Cover)LigabueLigabue3:50
16."I Never Came" ( Queens of the Stone Age Cover) Joey Castillo · Joshua Homme · Troy Van LeeuwenCastillo · Homme · Van Leeuwen4:23
17."Forgiveness"ElisaElisa4:26

Musicians

  • Elisa – vocals, piano
  • Max Gelsi – bass
  • Andrea Rigonat – guitar, programming
  • Andrea Fontana – drums, percussions
  • Gianluca Ballarin – organ
  • Simone Bertolotti – keyboards, mellotron
  • Rita Marcotulli – piano
  • Mauro Pagani – violin
  • Elisabetta Maineri – flute, backing vocals
  • Nicole Pellicani – backing vocals
  • Silvia Smaniotto – backing vocals

Charts and sales

The album peaked at 4 on the Italian FIMI Singles Chart. [6] As of January 2011, the album went platinum, selling over 60.000 copies.

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Certification Sales
Italian Albums Chart [7] 4 Platinum [8] 90,000+

Release history

Country Date Label
Italy [9] 30 November 2010 Sugar
UK [10] 21 December 2010 Warner
USA [11] 5 January 2011

References

  1. ^ "Elisa – Ivy". Rockol (in Italian). Retrieved 7 January 2020. "Ivy", un disco che ripercorre le orme di quel "Lotus" uscito nel 2003, ovvero raccogliere cover, inediti e soprattutto proporre in veste acustica
  2. ^ "Elisa, Recensione di Ivy". FullSong (in Italian). Retrieved 7 January 2020.
  3. ^ "Discography". Elisa's Official Website. Archived from the original on 5 September 2012. Retrieved 26 May 2011.
  4. ^ "√ CD, album, uscite discografiche, recensioni". Rockol.it. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  5. ^ "Elisa – Ivy – Copertina CD e Tracklist". M&B Music Blog. Retrieved 19 November 2016.
  6. ^ "italiancharts.com – Elisa – Ivy". italiancharts.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  7. ^ "Classifica settimanale dal 26/04/2010 al 02/05/2010". FIMI. Archived from the original on 10 August 2011. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  8. ^ "Certificazioni Artisti – Dalla settimana 1 del 2009 alla settimana 39 del 2011" (PDF) (in Italian). Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2012. Retrieved 31 July 2013.
  9. ^ "Elisa – Ivy – cd di Elisa – - disco di Elisa". IBS.it. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  10. ^ "Ivy: Elisa: Amazon.co.uk: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.
  11. ^ "Amazon.com: Ivy: Elisa: Music". Amazon.com. Retrieved 7 March 2012.