Rei Momo

For the Carnival character, see Rei Momo (Carnival character).

Rei Momo
Studio album by
David Byrne
ReleasedOctober 3, 1989
Genre
Length63:37
Label
Producer
David Byrne chronology
The Last Emperor
(1987) 		Rei Momo
(1989) 		The Forest
(1991)
Singles from Rei Momo
  1. "Loco De Amor"
    Released: 1987
  2. "Make Believe Mambo"
    Released: 1989
  3. "Dirty Old Town"
    Released: 1989 (US and Spain)
  4. "Independence Day"
    Released: 1990 (Europe and Spain)

Rei Momo is the debut solo studio album by the American musician David Byrne and his second overall studio album (after the 1981 collaborative album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts), released on October 3, 1989. The album reached number 54 on the UK Albums Chart and number 71 on the Billboard chart.

The album consists of diverse Latin music styles from Cuba (rumba, mozambique, mambo, chachachá, bolero), the Dominican Republic (merengue), Puerto Rico (bomba), Colombia (cumbia, mapeyé) and Brazil (samba, pagode). The album is mostly sung in English and features guest appearances by Kirsty MacColl, Willie Colón and Celia Cruz, among others.

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