Simple Sum is the first studio album by Australian singer-songwriter, Wes Carr.

Carr recorded the album in 2007 at Sydney's Electric Avenue Studios.

The album was released independently and features tracks that were written by Carr, including many at the age of fourteen and fifteen.

Carr listened to the song as a child frequently, and on repeat, to help him sleep.

[citation needed] The song "Elsie Brown (Simple Sum)" was written by Carr in 2003, inspired by a news story he read about a lady of that name,[2] who died alone in her Sydney home and was speculated to have been left undiscovered for up to 22 months.