Come Upstairs

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Come Upstairs
Come Upstairs cover
Studio album by Carly Simon
Released 1980-06-16
Recorded at Power Station Studios, New York City
Genre Rock
Length 39:23
Label Warner Bros.
Producer Mike Mainieri
Professional reviews
Carly Simon chronology
Spy
(1979)		 Come Upstairs
(1980)		 Torch
(1981)

Come Upstairs is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's 10th album, and ninth studio album, released in 1980. It was the first of her three albums for Warner Bros. Records and it featured a harder, rock-oriented sound than her previous albums. Whereas those earlier records were prime examples of the singer-songwriter genre, with soft-rocking arrangements primarily built around piano and/or acoustic guitar accompaniment, Come Upstairs featured electric guitars and synthesizers prominently. In the vernacular of the time, Come Upstairs was a "new wave" album, and it followed the lead of new bands such as The Knack and Talking Heads. The album was generally well received, and many critics thought that Simon proved herself more than capable of this artistic leap.

The first single released from the album was "Jesse", an acoustic ballad that was more a throwback to Simon's earlier work rather than an example of her new abilities. "Jesse" proved to be a major hit, staying on the Billboard singles charts for 6 months and achieving gold status (sales of more than 1,000,000 copies), as well as reaching #5 in Australia and being her biggest hit there since "You're So Vain". Fans apparently chose to buy the single rather than the album, which did not "go gold" and quickly went out of print. It was one of the last of Simon's early albums to be released on CD.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "Come Upstairs" (C. Simon/M. Mainieri) — 4:18
  2. "Stardust" (C. Simon/M. Mainieri) — 4:13
  3. "Them" (C. Simon/M. Mainieri) — 3:44
  4. "Jesse" (C. Simon/M. Mainieri) — 4:15
  5. "James" (C. Simon/M. Mainieri) — 2:28
  6. "In Pain" (C. Simon/D. Grolnick/M. Mainieri) — 6:10
  7. "The Three Of Us In The Dark" (C. Simon/M. Mainieri) — 4:14
  8. "Take Me As I Am" (C. Simon/M. Mainieri/S. McGinnis) — 4:50
  9. "The Desert" (C. Simon/M. Mainieri) — 4:44

[edit] Charts

Album - Billboard (North America)

Year Chart Position
1980 Pop Albums 36

Singles - Billboard (North America)

Year Single Chart Position
1980 "Jesse" Pop Singles 11