A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness

For the album by Rocketship, see Rocketship (band).

A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness is an album by Astrud Gilberto and Walter Wanderley, recorded in September 1966.^[3][4]

A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness
Studio album by Astrud Gilberto
Released	1967
Recorded	20–23 September 1966, New York
Genre	Bossa nova
Length	29:47
Label	Verve
Producer	Creed Taylor
Astrud Gilberto chronology
Look to the Rainbow (1967) A Certain Smile, A Certain Sadness (1967) Beach Samba (1968)
Walter Wanderley chronology
Rain Forest (1966) A Certain Smile, a Certain Sadness (1967) Cheganca (1967)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[1]
DownBeat	[2]

It was released by Verve Records at the height of the Bossa Nova craze in the United States, and featured the two most popular Bossa Nova musicians at the time: vocalist Astrud Gilberto and organist Walter Wanderley. A 1998 CD reissue added two songs recorded during the same sessions that yielded the album.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"A Certain Smile"	Sammy Fain, Paul Webster	1:27
2.	"A Certain Sadness"	Carlos Eduardo Lyra, John Court	3:08
3.	"Nega do Cabelo Duro"	Reubens Soares, David Nasser	2:18
4.	"So Nice (Summer Samba)"	Marcos Valle, Paulo Valle, Norman Gimbel	2:41
5.	"Você Já Foi à Bahia"	Dorival Caymmi	2:15
6.	"Portuguese Washerwoman"	André Popp, Roger Antoine Lucchesi	1:30
7.	"Goodbye Sadness (Tristeza)"	Haroldo Lobo, Niltinho, Norman Gimbel	3:33
8.	"Call Me"	Tony Hatch	3:20
9.	"Here's That Rainy Day"	Jimmy Van Heusen, Johnny Burke	2:43
10.	"Tu Mi Delirio"	César Portillo de la Luz	3:38
11.	"It's a Lovely Day Today"	Irving Berlin	2:39
12.	"The Sadness of After" (CD bonus track)	Edu Lobo, Norman Gimbel	2:27
13.	"Who Needs Forever?" (CD bonus track)	Quincy Delight Jones, Jr., Howard Greenfield	2:48

Personnel

• Astrud Gilberto – vocals
• Walter Wanderley – organ
• José Marino – bass
• Claudio Slon – drums
• Bobby Rosengarden – percussion

Technical

• Creed Taylor – producer
• Chuck Stewart – cover photograph

Also, João Gilberto (or possibly Marcos Valle) may have played guitar on tracks 2, 7, and 13.^[4]