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
Released1969 (1969)[1][2]
Genre
[1]
Length28:37
LabelVerve
ProducerBrooks Arthur
Astrud Gilberto chronology
September 17, 1969
(1969)		 I Haven't Got Anything Better to Do
(1969)		 Gilberto with Turrentine
(1971)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
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 on 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

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.


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