Ivy (Elisa album)

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Ivy
Studio album by Elisa
Released November 30, 2010
Recorded 2010
Genre Pop, Indie Pop, Folk Rock, Ambient
Length 74:26 (CD)
Label Sugar
Producer Elisa
Elisa chronology
Heart
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Ivy
(2010)
Steppin' On Water
(2012)String Module Error: Match not found2012
Singles from Ivy
  1. "Nostalgia"
    Released: November 19, 2010
  2. "Sometime Ago"
    Released: January 28, 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.[1][2]

Track listing

From M & B Music blog.[3]

No. Title Length
1. "Lullaby"   4:11
2. "Sometime Ago"   4:27
3. "Fresh Air"   3:11
4. "Ti vorrei sollevare"   4:28
5. "Una poesia anche per te"   5:21
6. "Nostalgia"   4:54
7. "Qualcosa Che Non C'è"   5:19
8. "Rainbow"   4:30
9. "Gli ostacoli del cuore"   4:24
10. "1979" (The Smashing Pumpkins Cover) 4:22
11. "Pour Que l'Amour Me Quitte" (Camille cover, feat. Giorgia) 3:15
12. "Anche tu, anche se (non trovi le parole)" (feat. Fabri Fibra) 5:16
13. "It Is What It Is"   4:22
14. "Eppure sentire (Un senso di te)"   3:40
15. "Ho Messo Via" (Ligabue Cover) 3:50
16. "I Never Came" (Queens of the Stone Age Cover) 4:23
17. "Forgiveness"   4:26

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

Commercial and Chart performance

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

Chart (2010) Peak
position
Certification Sales
Italian Albums Chart[5] 4 Platinum[6] 90,000+

Release history

Country Date Label
Italy[7] November 30, 2010 Sugar
UK[8] December 21, 2010 Warner
USA[9] January 5, 2011

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