Have You Seen Me Lately


Have You Seen Me Lately is singer-songwriter Carly Simon's seventeenth album, and fifteenth studio album, released in 1990.
The album spent 32 weeks on the Billboard 200, peaking at No. 60. The first single "Better Not Tell Her" was hugely successful on the Billboard Adult Contemporary chart, peaking at No. 4, and becoming Simon's biggest hit of the 1990s. The second single,"Life is Eternal", received some airplay in December 1990 and January 1991, but not enough to earn a chart placing. The third single, "Holding Me Tonight". was more successful, peaking at No. 36 on the Adult Contemporary chart. Judy Collins contributed backing vocals on the track "Fisherman's Song". The album's title track was written for the film Postcards from the Edge but it is heard in the film only as an instrumental.

Promotion and Reception

Simon made music videos for the singles "Better Not Tell Her" and "Holding Me Tonight", she also performed the latter on Late Night with David Letterman. Simon performed "Happy Birthday" and "Life Is Eternal" on a 1991 episode of The Phil Donahue Show.
Stephen Holden, writing in The New York Times, called the album "superb" and the title track "the album's most stunning moment". Greg Sandow, writing for Entertainment Weekly, rated the album B, and wrote "'Life Is Eternal' breathes an air of genuine uplift" and "'Better Not Tell Her' and the title track sound firm, tender, and genuine, with pointed melodies and an airy outdoor aura". AllMusic rated the album 3 out of 5 stars.

Track listing

Credits

Album - Billboard
Album - International
Singles - Billboard