I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do explained

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
Released:[1]
Recorded:February 3 and 4 1969
Length:28:37
Label:Verve
Producer:Brooks Arthur
Prev Title:Windy
Prev Year:1969
Next Title:September 17, 1969
Next Year:1971

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.[2] 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

  1. "I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do (No Tengo Nada Mejor...)" (Lee Pockriss, Paul Vance) – 2:59
  2. "Didn't We" (Jimmy Webb) – 2:57
  3. "Wailing of the Willow" (Harry Nilsson) – 2:16
  4. "Where's the Love" (Bobby Weinstein, Michel Legrand) – 2:22
  5. "The Sea Is My Soil (I Remember When)" (Dori Caymmi, Nelson Motta, Peter Udell) – 3:28
  6. "Trains and Boats and Planes" (Burt Bacharach, Hal David) – 2:50
  7. "World Stop Turning" (Moose Charlap, Peter Udell) – 2:18
  8. "Without Him" (Harry Nilsson) – 4:35
  9. "Wee Small Hours" (Bob Hilliard, David Mann) – 2:18
  10. "If (The Biggest Little World)" (Garry Sherman, Peter Udell) – 2:34

Personnel

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Astrud Gilberto – I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do. Discogs. 9 January 2018.
  2. Web site: I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do – Astrud Gilberto. AllMusic. 9 January 2018.

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