Rei Momo
For the Carnival character, see Rei Momo (Carnival character).
Rei Momo | ||||
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Studio album by David Byrne | ||||
Released |
3 October 1989 (See release history) | |||
Genre | Latin, worldbeat, alternative rock | |||
Length | 63:37 | |||
Label | Luaka Bop/Sire | |||
Producer | David Byrne and Steve Lillywhite | |||
David Byrne chronology | ||||
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Rei Momo is an album by David Byrne, released on 3 October 1989 that features many Afro-Cuban, Afro-Hispanic, and Brazilian song styles including merengue, Cuban Son, samba, mambo, cumbia, cha-cha-chá, bomba, and charanga.
Initially, the album was released with three more tracks on the cassette tape than the LP; all songs are present on the compact disc.
Performed track 4 on Saturday Night Live's Thanksgiving show 1989.
Track listing
All tracks composed by David Byrne; except where indicated
- "Independence Day" – 5:45 (Cumbia) (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
- "Make Believe Mambo" – 5:23 (Orísa) (feat. Kirsty MacColl & Willie Colón)
- "The Call of the Wild" (Byrne, Johnny Pacheco) – 4:55 (Merengue)
- "Dirty Old Town" – 4:12 (Mapeyé)
- "The Rose Tattoo" (Byrne, Willie Colón) – 3:50 (Bomba/Mozambique)
- "Loco de Amor" (Byrne, Pacheco) – 3:51 (Salsa/Reggae) (feat. Celia Cruz)
- "The Dream Police" – 3:00 (Cha cha cha) (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
- "Don't Want to Be Part of Your World" – 4:55 (Samba) (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
- "Marching Through the Wilderness" (Byrne, Pacheco) – 4:30 (Charanga) (feat. Milton Cardona)
- "Good and Evil" – 4:35 (Rumba/Llesa)
- "Lie to Me" – 3:40 (Merengue) (feat. Kirsty MacColl)
- "Office Cowboy" (Byrne, Arto Lindsay) – 3:40 (Pagode) (feat. Herbert Vianna)
- "Women vs Men" – 4:06 (Bolero)
- "Carnival Eyes" – 4:04 (Mapeyé) (feat. Milton Cardona)
- "I Know Sometimes a Man Is Wrong" – 3:11
Release history
Region | Date | Label | Format | Catalog |
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Worldwide | 1989 | Luaka Bop/Sire | CD | 25990 |
LP | ||||
Cassette tape | 4-25990 | |||
1995 | CD | 7599-25990-2 |
Notes
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