Yoyo is a 1987 album by rock band Bourgeois Tagg, released by Island Records. It was their second and final album and produced by rock musician Todd Rundgren. The bay area band met Rundgren while he was living in Sausalito during that time. Several members of the band joined Rundgren for his 1989 album Nearly Human and the accompanying tour.

Recording The album was recorded at Studio D Recording in Sausalito, CA, and Rundgren's own Utopia Sound Studios in Bearsville, NY, 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

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.

Track listing

Personnel Credits adapted from the liner notes.

Bourgeois Tagg Brent Bourgeois – keyboards, lead vocals (1–4, 7, 9–10), backing vocals, string arrangements (7) Larry Tagg – bass, lead vocals (5–6, 8), backing vocals Lyle Workman – guitar, string arrangements (7) Scott Moon – keyboards, synthesizers Mike Urbano – drums, percussion

Additional musicians

Mingo Lewis – percussion (1, 3, 8) John Tenney – violin (7, 10) Joseph Edelberg – violin (7, 10) Rebecca Sebring – viola (7, 10) Teressa Adams – cello (7, 10)

Technical Produced and engineered by Todd Rundgren Assisant engineer – Jim "Watts" Vereecke Cover art – Tony Wright Photography – Michael Jang

Charts Chart (1987) Peakposition US Billboard 20084 Singles Year Single Chart Position 1987 "I Don't Mind at All" US Billboard Hot 10038

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