Comments for Simon, Carly, Come Upstairs

I loved this album--it has a quirky, jazz-punk feel to it. Also, great lyrics. After fifteen years, I'm still singing Come Upstairs in the shower.

I would like any information of CD availability of this title. Thanks!

"Them" is by far the best song Carly has ever recorded. Possibly the best song anyone has ever recorded! The lyrics are sheer genius! "...then he ate me all up, and then he blew me up..." Wow!

This is by far her weakest effort. Jesse is embarrassing. The Desert is the only wothwhile cut..

Title cut is Simon's best in funky dance. "James":tearjerker! A gorgeous track.

Come Upstairs came along just at the right time for me. I was twenty years old and my life had a very similar gauge to it. Every experiment in life had titanic meaning, results were emotionally loaded and my desire to understand the resultant data was without patience. As intensely personal as her albums must be to make, that is how they tend to impact the listener. Though not the deep and introspective material I had come to expect, the type that shares through soulful metaphor, these songs are experimental in feel, instrumentation and clearly cinematic in approach. Take Me As I Am is a perfect example of what Mike Nichols might have used as the screenplay for a woman's reaction to her mate's mid-life crisis head-turning behavior. Come Upstairs, The Three Of Us In The Dark, and Jesse all share this visual take on very different, though intensely personal feelings that seem to peak at the moment that is the song. Interestingly enough Them made me think of a quote of Shakespeare's Taming of the Shrew "... They devour us and then they belch us..." Then there is the very sweet James, a strong folio of images sung over a tissue of fluid harmonies, rather stunning I thought and lovely counterpoint. There is the feel of Fellini and tequila in the song In The Desert, a song that could easily be expanded to a three hour German expressionist opera and In Pain is just as epic though more of a static reflection than a motivic drama. Oh yes, there must be a bit of reflection embraced in Stardust as well.

I love this CD!!! this is one of my favorite Carly experiences as the music is punkish and new wave at the time it was released. Songs such as The Three of Us in the Dark, In Pain, The Desert, Come Upstairs are great!!! I never tire of it!!!

I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO KNOW HOW TO GET A COPY OF THE CD "COME UPSTAIRS"! IF ANYONE KNOWS, PLEASE TELL ME. THANKS

I too would like to know how to get this album on a CD. I believe this one and SPY have never been released on CD in the USA.

ICE Newsletter (HTTP://www.webcom.com/~ice/) just listed in the June 1996 issue that "Come Upstairs" is schedule for CD release on July 9 on the Warner Archives label. I have a copy of the Japanese CD from 5 or 6 years ago. It's Warner Bros. WPCP-3695. I enjoy this CD quite a lot.

The Japanese CD of "Come Upstairs" was released in 1991 (Warner Bros. WPCP-3695) and was deleted in 1995.

I'm so glad this finally came out on cd!! Does anyone know anything about the songbook. I know there was one but it seems to have gone out of print! The really scary part is that I tried to view it through the Library of Congress and THEY CAN"T FIND IT!!! I've been told this isn't uncommon with popular songbooks "disappearing". If anyone finds an old copy at a used bookstore or what ever, please let me know.

"Jesse" is a great song on any album. If it has been included on another album that is on CD, please let me know. Thanks

Come Upstairs was to be Carly's last for Elektra. Now I understand why they let it go to WB. Mostly dribble, without the Simon passion. Perhaps the demise of her relationship with James was taking its creative control over her. Overdone,overwrought, and just plain bad.

I love this album. I borrowed it from a library and recorded it onto a cassette tape. I have never yet seen it on CD but would love to own it. Come upstairs is absolutely fantastic.

Great Album! The jazz-punk is great, and "3 Of Us In The Dark" and "The Desert" perfectly complement it.