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- Artist: Carly Simon
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- Release Date: 1980 06
- Type: Lyrics are included with the album
- Genre: Rock
Review
After two albums playing jazz-pop in the style of Paul Simon's Still Crazy After All These Years (and with the same musicians), Carly Simon acknowledged the new wave with Come Upstairs, turning out her version of a power pop album. The title track was frisky and seductive, "Take Me as I Am" was an upbeat raver, and "Them" almost sounded like Devo. Of course, that was only part of the story. Other songs changed the pace, though Simon's emotions were unusually close to the surface throughout. "James" was a final plea to her soon-to-depart husband, and "In Pain" was the brutal cry of someone who sounded like she was. But the album's highlight was "Jesse," Simon's best-written pop/rock song since "You're So Vain" and a Top Ten hit to boot. ~ William Ruhlmann, All Music GuideTracks
| Track Title | Composers | Performers | Time |
| Come Upstairs | Carly Simon, Mike Mainieri | Carly Simon | (4:19) |
| Stardust | Hoagy Carmichael, Carly Simon, Mike Mainieri, Mitchell Parish | Carly Simon | (4:16) |
| Them | Carly Simon, Mike Mainieri | Carly Simon | (3:47) |
| Jesse | Carly Simon, Mike Mainieri | Carly Simon | (4:21) |
| James | Carly Simon, Mike Mainieri | Carly Simon | (2:27) |
| In Pain | Carly Simon, Don Grolnick, Mike Mainieri | Carly Simon | (6:11) |
| The Three of Us in the Dark | Carly Simon, Mike Mainieri | Carly Simon | (4:16) |
| Take Me as I Am (Or Let Me Go) | Carly Simon, Boudleaux Bryant, Mike Mainieri, |
Carly Simon | (4:53) |
| The Desert | Carly Simon, Mike Mainieri | Carly Simon | (4:43) |
