I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do is a studio album by Brazilian bossa nova singer Astrud Gilberto, released on Verve Records in 1969.[1] In the liner notes Gilberto calls the album her "fireplace album".[1]
| I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do | ||||
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| Released | 1969[1][2] | |||
| Recorded | February 3 and 4 1969 | |||
| Genre | [1] | |||
| Length | 28:37 | |||
| Label | Verve | |||
| Producer | Brooks Arthur | |||
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| Review scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
Reception
editThe AllMusic review calls the album "an intimate, nocturnal set closer in scope and spirit to the Baroque pop of Burt Bacharach," stating that it is "a minor masterpiece".[1]
Track listing
edit- "I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do (No Tengo Nada Mejor...)" (Lee Pockriss, Paul Vance) – 2:59
- "Didn't We" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:57
- "Wailing of the Willow" (Harry Nilsson) – 2:16
- "Where's the Love" (Bobby Weinstein, Michel Legrand) – 2:22
- "The Sea Is My Soil (I Remember When)" (Dori Caymmi, Nelson Motta, Peter Udell) – 3:28
- "Trains and Boats and Planes" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:50
- "World Stop Turning" (Moose Charlap, Peter Udell) – 2:18
- "Without Him" (Harry Nilsson) – 4:35
- "Wee Small Hours" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 2:18
- "If (The Biggest Little World)" (Garry Sherman, Peter Udell) – 2:34
Personnel
edit- Astrud Gilberto – vocals
- Albert Gorgoni – arranger, conductor, guitar
- Wayne André, Mickey Gravine, Tony Studd – trombone
- Alan Rath – bass trombone
- Burt Collins, John Glasel, Irvin Markowitz – trumpet
- Art Kaplan – saxophone
- Ben Blumenreich, Lewis Eley, Joe Haber, Lew Haber, Harry Lookofsky, Matthew Raimondi, Tosha Samaroff, Irving Spice, Louis Stone – violin
- Seymour Berman, David Saxon – viola
- Maurice Bialkin, Seymour Barab – cello
- Eugene Bianco – harp
- Gary Chester – drums
- David Carey, George Devens, Aiuto Morgira, Joe Venuto – percussion
- Sam Brown – guitar
- Richard Davis, George Duvivier – bass
- Stan Free, Frank Owens, Paul Griffin – keyboard
References
edit- ^ a b c d e f "I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do – Astrud Gilberto". AllMusic. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
- ^ "Astrud Gilberto – I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do". Discogs. Retrieved 9 January 2018.
External links
edit- I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do at Discogs (list of releases)
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