VERVEとの蜜月も終わりに近づこうとする1969年の作品。ボサノヴァから離れ、バート・バカラックのバロック・ポップが色濃く出た作品であり、なかでも「Trains And Boats And Planes」は出色の出来。
アル・ゴーゴニによる完璧なアレンジが、アストラッドのいつも通りのヴォーカルをよりドラマチックに引き立てる。彼女の作品の中では見落とされがちな作品だが、ポップスとしての完成度は屈指だ。
発売・販売元 提供資料(2023/11/17)
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
Rovi