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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. Each song is ideally suited to her distinctive style and the disc as a whole maintains a consistency of mood and feeling largely unmatched in her catalog.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
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Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Lee Pockriss, ComposerLyricist - PAUL VANCE, ComposerLyricist - Arthur Brooks, Producer
℗ 1969 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Jimmy Webb, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Arthur Brooks, Producer
℗ 1969 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HARRY NILSSON, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Arthur Brooks, Producer - Ian Freebairn Smith, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Michel Legrand, ComposerLyricist - Brooks Arthur, Producer - Weinstein, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Brooks Arthur, Producer - Peter Udell, ComposerLyricist - Danilo Caymmi, ComposerLyricist - Filho Nelson Candido Motta, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Burt Bacharach, Composer - Hal David, Author - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Brooks Arthur, Producer
℗ 1969 UMG Recordings, Inc.
Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Peter Udell, ComposerLyricist - Arthur Brooks, Producer - Morris Charlap, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
HARRY NILSSON, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Arthur Brooks, Producer
℗ 1969 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Bob Hilliard, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Brooks Arthur, Producer - David Mann, ComposerLyricist - David A. Mann, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Sherman, ComposerLyricist - Astrud Gilberto, MainArtist - Brooks Arthur, Producer - Peter Udell, ComposerLyricist
℗ 1969 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
Album review
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. Each song is ideally suited to her distinctive style and the disc as a whole maintains a consistency of mood and feeling largely unmatched in her catalog.
© Jason Ankeny /TiVo
About the album
- 1 disc(s) - 10 track(s)
- Total length: 00:28:33
- Main artists: Astrud Gilberto
- Composer: Various Composers
- Label: Verve Reissues
- Genre: Jazz
© 1969 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc. ℗ 2014 The Verve Music Group, a Division of UMG Recordings, Inc.
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