Yoyo (Bourgeois Tagg album)
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| Yoyo | ||||
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| Released | September 1987 | |||
| Recorded | 1987 | |||
| Studio | Utopia Sound Studios, Bearsville, NY and Studio D Recording, Sausalito, California | |||
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| Length | 38:37 | |||
| Label | Island Records | |||
| Producer | Todd Rundgren | |||
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Yoyo is a 1987 album by rock band Bourgeois Tagg, released by Island Records.[1] It was their second and final album and produced by rock musician Todd Rundgren. A Bay Area band, the band had met Rundgren while he was living in Sausalito during that period. Several members of the band joined Rundgren for his 1989 album Nearly Human and the accompanying tour.[2]
The album was recording at both Rundgren's own "Utopia Sound Studios" in Bearsville, NY and Studio D Recording in Sausalito, CA, both locations where Rundgren resided at the time. Larry Tagg's brother Eric, a successful musician in his own right, co-wrote on the song "What's Wrong with This Picture".
Reception
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Cash Box |  [3] |
The album's lead single, "I Don't Mind at All", peaked at No. 38 on the Billboard Hot 100 on December 5, 1987. It was the only single to chart, although two music videos were made and shown on MTV, including one for the second single "Waiting for the Worm to Turn". In a February 26, 1988, Los Angeles Times review by Chris Willman, he called the album "witty, well-crafted pop" and wrote "Whereas once Bourgeois Tagg merely sounded like a funkier, more complicated and more bottom-heavy Toto, now adjectives such as catchy and Beatle-esque (and the somewhat synonymous Squeeze-esque) can happily be applied as well." He also highlighted Rundgren's production ("smooth group harmonies and clever instrumental colorings") and singles out "I Don't Mind at All" as a hit with emotional weight.[citation needed]
Track listing
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Best of All Possible Worlds" | Larry Tagg | 3:58 |
| 2. | "Cry Like a Baby" | Brent Bourgeois | 3:25 |
| 3. | "Pencil & Paper" | L. Tagg | 4:03 |
| 4. | "Out of My Mind" | Bourgeois | 4:02 |
| 5. | "15 Minutes in the Sun" | L. Tagg, Bourgeois | 3:46 |
| 6. | "Waiting for the Worm to Turn" | L. Tagg | 4:02 |
| 7. | "I Don't Mind at All" | Bourgeois, Lyle Workman | 2:33 |
| 8. | "What's Wrong with This Picture" | L. Tagg, Workman, Eric Tagg | 4:23 |
| 9. | "Stress" | Bourgeois, Charlie Peacock | 4:13 |
| 10. | "Coma" | Bourgeois | 4:14 |
| Total length: | 38:39 | ||