I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do
{{Infobox album
| name = I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do
| type = studio
| artist = Astrud Gilberto
| cover = Gilberto's I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do.jpg
| alt =
| released = {{Start date|1969}}{{cite web|title=Astrud Gilberto – I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do|url=https://www.discogs.com/Astrud-Gilberto-I-Havent-Got-Anything-Better-To-Do/master/282076|website=Discogs|accessdate=9 January 2018}}
| recorded = February 3 and 4 1969
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = {{hlist|Baroque pop|vocal pop}}
| length = 28:37
| label = Verve
| producer = Brooks Arthur
| prev_title = Windy
| prev_year = 1969
| next_title = September 17, 1969
| next_year = 1971
}}
{{Album ratings
| rev1 = AllMusic
}}
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.{{cite web|title=I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do – Astrud Gilberto|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/i-havent-got-anything-better-to-do-mw0000911819|website=AllMusic|accessdate=9 January 2018}} In the liner notes Gilberto calls the album her "fireplace album".
Reception
The 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".
Track listing
- "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
- 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
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External links
- {{Discogs master|282076|I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do|type=album}}
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Category:Astrud Gilberto albums
Category:Albums produced by Brooks Arthur
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