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Come Upstairs
Rock · 1980 · 8 tracks

Come Upstairs

Carly Simon

A sharp pivot into the 80s, trading acoustic warmth for electric guitars and synthesizers. Restless, urban, and emotionally raw pop for the dead of night.

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It's Carly Simon's 'breakup and synth-pop' record, and it's way grittier than you'd expect.

A restless, electric exploration of heartbreak and urban isolation.

Come Upstairs · vs · Carly Simon
Vulnerable+2.2σ

Vulnerable saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 8 Tracks
01
Come Upstairs
4:19
02
Stardust
4:16
03
Them
3:47
05
James
2:28
06
In Pain
6:11
07
The Three of Us in the Dark
4:17
08
Take Me as I Am
4:53
09
The Desert
4:42
Moments Worth Waiting For
The startlingly aggressive synth-pop pulse of Them that sounds more like Devo than a folk icon.
The raw, unvarnished vocal break in In Pain where the polished production gives way to genuine desperation.
The transition from the acoustic intimacy of Jesse into the title track's driving, electric seduction.
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