04 Aug 2003

Elisa
Come Speak To Me

Sugar/Epic

WE SAY

Elisa is from the same Sugar Records stable as Andrea Bocelli, and is a star in Italy having sold over a million records. Now comes the international launch after a deal with David Massey at Sony. Not an easy project to break in the UK (we understand it's probably not being released here) but with an artist and a track of this class, it's worth the effort.

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