I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do

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
Studio album by Astrud Gilberto
Released	1969 (1969)^[1]^[2]
Recorded	February 3 and 4 1969
Genre	Baroque pop vocal pop ^[1]
Length	28:37
Label	Verve
Producer	Brooks Arthur
Astrud Gilberto chronology
Windy (1969) I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do (1969) September 17, 1969 (1971)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]

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".^[1]

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

• 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

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

External links

• I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do at Discogs (list of releases)