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| I haven't got anything better to do - Astrud Gilberto - 1970 |
Label: Verve/Polygram POCJ-2667 (Japan)
Format: CD
From: USA
My rating: 7/10
Entered: 06/19/2001
Last updated: 00/00/0000
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Search on GEMM |  | This is a very pleasant album, recorded in 1970, by which time I don't think all that many people were really interested in Astrud. All the same, it has some stunning tracks and a very nice production, from Albert Gorgoni. Almost every track has a watery, melancholic feel.
The title track is especially cool - a nice gentle bossa-pop track with great lyrics: "he's got a problem - if he thinks I need him. I couldn't care less... now that we're through. I only sit home and wait for his phonecalls when I haven't got anything better to do..." Other cool tracks are 'wailing of the willow', 'trains and boats and planes'. It's interesting also to hear Astrud taking on 'in the wee small hours in the morning' - her approach to the song is unsuprisingly very different to that of Sinatra or Julie London. |
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