I Haven't Got Anything Better To Do (Reissue)
With her tenure on Verve drawing to a close, Astrud Gilberto steps further away from her bossa nova roots with I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do, an intimate, nocturnal set closer in scope and spirit to the Baroque pop of Burt Bacharach, whose "Trains and Boats and Planes" is beautifully rendered here. In the liner notes Gilberto dubs it "my fireplace album," and indeed the record is immediately warm and comforting, despite the melancholy that colors all of the selections. Albert Gorgoni's arrangements are sumptuously romantic, perfectly complementing the simple, poignant vocals. Mistakenly considered a minor entry in the Gilberto canon, I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do is instead a minor masterpiece.
Tracklist
1. I HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING BETTER TO DO 2:59
2. DIDN'T WE 2:57
3. WAILING OF THE WILLOW 2:16
4. WHERE'S THE LOVE 2:22
5. THE SEA IS MY SOUL (I REMEMBER WHEN) 3:29
6. TRAINS AND BOATS AND PLANES 2:49
7. WORLD STOP TURNING 2:18
8. WITHOUT HIM 4:35
9. WEE SMALL HOURS 2:17
10. IF (THE BIGGEST LITTLE WORD) 2:36
With her tenure on Verve drawing to a close, Astrud Gilberto steps further away from her bossa nova roots with I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do, an intimate, nocturnal set closer in scope and spirit to the Baroque pop of Burt Bacharach, whose "Trains and Boats and Planes" is beautifully rendered here. In the liner notes Gilberto dubs it "my fireplace album," and indeed the record is immediately warm and comforting, despite the melancholy that colors all of the selections. Albert Gorgoni's arrangements are sumptuously romantic, perfectly complementing the simple, poignant vocals. Mistakenly considered a minor entry in the Gilberto canon, I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do is instead a minor masterpiece.
Tracklist
1. I HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING BETTER TO DO 2:59
2. DIDN'T WE 2:57
3. WAILING OF THE WILLOW 2:16
4. WHERE'S THE LOVE 2:22
5. THE SEA IS MY SOUL (I REMEMBER WHEN) 3:29
6. TRAINS AND BOATS AND PLANES 2:49
7. WORLD STOP TURNING 2:18
8. WITHOUT HIM 4:35
9. WEE SMALL HOURS 2:17
10. IF (THE BIGGEST LITTLE WORD) 2:36
Description
With her tenure on Verve drawing to a close, Astrud Gilberto steps further away from her bossa nova roots with I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do, an intimate, nocturnal set closer in scope and spirit to the Baroque pop of Burt Bacharach, whose "Trains and Boats and Planes" is beautifully rendered here. In the liner notes Gilberto dubs it "my fireplace album," and indeed the record is immediately warm and comforting, despite the melancholy that colors all of the selections. Albert Gorgoni's arrangements are sumptuously romantic, perfectly complementing the simple, poignant vocals. Mistakenly considered a minor entry in the Gilberto canon, I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do is instead a minor masterpiece.
Tracklist
1. I HAVEN'T GOT ANYTHING BETTER TO DO 2:59
2. DIDN'T WE 2:57
3. WAILING OF THE WILLOW 2:16
4. WHERE'S THE LOVE 2:22
5. THE SEA IS MY SOUL (I REMEMBER WHEN) 3:29
6. TRAINS AND BOATS AND PLANES 2:49
7. WORLD STOP TURNING 2:18
8. WITHOUT HIM 4:35
9. WEE SMALL HOURS 2:17
10. IF (THE BIGGEST LITTLE WORD) 2:36
