Carly Simon released what some consider to be her best album in her career 34 years ago, on September 25, 1990. "Have You Seen Me Lately?" spent eight months on the Billboard Hot 200 Albums Chart, peaking at #60. It was her fifteenth studio album, and third she recorded under her 1987 Arista contract. All songs were written or co-written by Simon.
"Better Not Tell Her" was the opening track and the first single off the album, and became Simon's best-selling single of the 90s, as well as one of her best-selling AC singles. The record peaked at #4 on the AC chart, where it stayed for 21 weeks. The second single off the album was 'Holding Me Tonight' which peaked at #36 on the AC chart. Both singles had videos, which were played regularly on VH1. "Better Not Tell Her' was shot in Edgartown, MA on Jackie Kennedy's estate. (Neither single crossed over to the Hot 100 Singles Chart back then).
Music critic Stephen Holden of The New York Times, called the album "superb" and the title track "the album's most stunning moment".
Music critic (for All Music) William Ruhlmann rated the album three stars out of five: "Simon has always written songs for her age group; here, it's the fortysomethings of the 1990s. At the end, "We Just Got Here" provides the summer's-end metaphor for middle age."
To promote the album, Simon performed live on "Late Night With David Letterman" (singing the first two singles) in 1990, and performed live on "The Phil Donahue Show" in 1991, singing 'Happy Birthday' and 'Life Is Eternal'.
The song which will bring tears to your eyes - "We Just Got Here", the last track on the album.