Boo Boo
Studio album by
Toro y Moi
ReleasedJuly 7, 2017 (2017-07-07)
RecordedMarch 2016–March 2017
StudioPortland, Oregon
Genre
Length49:11
LabelCarpark
ProducerChaz Bear
Toro y Moi chronology
Samantha
(2015)		 Boo Boo
(2017)		 Outer Peace
(2019)
Singles from Boo Boo
  1. "Girl Like You"
    Released: June 9, 2017
  2. "You and I"
    Released: June 29, 2017

Boo Boo is the fifth studio album by Toro y Moi, released on July 7, 2017 via Carpark.[1] "Girl Like You" was the first single from the album and was released on June 9, 2017.[2] Toro y Moi cites Travis Scott, Daft Punk, Kashif, Gigi Masin, Frank Ocean, and Oneohtrix Point Never as inspiration for the album.[1][3] Toro y Moi said the album was written to help "cope with an identity crisis caused by his growing popularity".[1][4]

Release

Toro y Moi released the album on July 7, 2017. One day before the release, Toro y Moi uploaded an album stream and short film to YouTube, which was directed and produced by Company Studio.[4] The short film is a predominantly single-take, rotating evening shot from within the camper shell of a truck, featuring Chaz Bear sightseeing at Treasure Island, San Francisco before driving the truck to Grizzly Peak, Berkeley Hills to view the evening twilight over the Bay Area.[4] The short is periodically overlaid with random scenes featuring Bear at a studio,[4] which location has been featured in prior music videos for "Girl Like You" and "You and I".

Critical reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
AnyDecentMusic?7.0/10[5]
Metacritic73/100[6]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[7]
The Line of Best Fit6.5/10[8]
Pitchfork6.9/10[9]

At Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream publications, the album received an average score of 73, based on 14 reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[6] Stereogum writer Tom Breihan named it "Album of the Week" and states Boo Boo "might just be the best Toro Y Moi album yet, partly because it sounds like all these past strains of his music whirled together and partly because it’s just a great album."[10] Ian Cohen of Pitchfork writes, "Toro Y Moi's Chaz Bear sounds increasingly comfortable as a lead vocalist and personality on his most personal album to date, as a still-funky but more ambient side of his writing emerges."[9]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Chaz Bear

No.TitleLength
1."Mirage"5:09
2."No Show"3:14
3."Mona Lisa"4:15
4."Pavement"2:22
5."Don't Try"4:25
6."Windows"4:05
7."Embarcadero"2:46
8."Girl Like You"3:43
9."You and I"3:51
10."Labyrinth"4:01
11."Inside My Head"4:11
12."W.I.W.W.T.W." (includes bonus track "Be", featuring Madeline Kenney)7:08
Total length:49:11

Personnel

Adapted from the album liner notes.[11]

  • Chaz Bear – vocals, production, songwriter
  • Greg Calbi – mastering
  • Harry Israelson – cover artwork
  • Patrick Jones – mixing (track 7)
  • Madeline Kenney – vocals (track 12)
  • Shade Standard – photography

Charts

Chart (2017) Peak
position
US Billboard 200[12] 136
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[13] 5
US Top Alternative Albums (Billboard)[14] 18
US Top Rock Albums (Billboard)[15] 29

References

  1. 1 2 3 Darville, Jordan. "Listen To Toro Y Moi's New Album Boo Boo". The FADER. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ Yoo, Noah (June 9, 2017). "Toro Y Moi Announces New Album *Boo Boo*, Shares Video for New Song: Watch". pitchfork.com. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  3. ↑ "Carpark Records – CAK121 – Toro Y Moi – Boo Boo". Carpark Records. Retrieved July 11, 2017.
  4. 1 2 3 4 Geslani, Michelle (July 6, 2017). "Toro Y Moi shares new album Boo Boo via short film: Stream/watch". Consequence of Sound. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  5. ↑ "Boo Boo by Toro Y Moi reviews". anydecentmusic.com. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  6. 1 2 "Boo Boo by Toro y Moi". Metacritic. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  7. ↑ Sendra, Tim. "Boo Boo – Toro y Moi". AllMusic. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  8. ↑ Bell, John. "After two years of side projects, Chaz Bear returns with the fifth Toro Y Moi record Boo Boo". The Line of Best Fit. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  9. 1 2 Cohen, Ian. "Toro Y Moi: Boo Boo Album Review". pitchfork.com. Retrieved July 12, 2017.
  10. ↑ Breihan, Tom (July 3, 2017). "Album Of The Week: Toro Y Moi Boo Boo". Stereogum. Archived from the original on July 4, 2017. Retrieved July 7, 2017.
  11. ↑ Boo Boo (Media notes). 2017.
  12. ↑ "Toro y Moi Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  13. ↑ "Toro y Moi Chart History (Independent Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  14. ↑ "Toro y Moi Chart History (Top Alternative Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
  15. ↑ "Toro y Moi Chart History (Top Rock Albums)". Billboard. Retrieved July 18, 2017.
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