Rei Momo

 ( 1989 Debut Albums ) 

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 3 October 1989. The album reached number 54 on the UK Charts and number 71 on the Billboard chart.

The album consists of diverse Latin music styles from Cuban music (Cuban rumba, mozambique, mambo, chachachá, bolero), the Dominican Republic (merengue music), 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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Release and promotion The album was co-released by Luaka Bop and Sire Records on 3 October 1989. Three songs, "Loco de Amor", "Good and Evil", and "Office Cowboy" are excluded from the LP album. All songs are present on the Cassette tape and compact disc editions. David Byrne performed "Dirty Old Town" and "Loco de Amor" on Saturday Night Live's Thanksgiving show in 1989.

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Reception

The album was well-received by critics. In a retrospective review for The Guardian, Alexis Petridis wrote "Byrne’s first post–Talking Heads solo album is a cut above the and an underrated joy".

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Track listing

All tracks composed by David Byrne; except where indicated.

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Release history

Worldwide	1989	Luaka Bop/Sire Records	CD	25990
			LP
			Cassette tape	4-25990
	1995		CD	7599-25990-2

Categories: 1989 Debut Albums, Albums Produced By David Byrne, Albums Produced By Steve Lillywhite, David Byrne Albums, Luaka Bop Albums, Sire Records Albums, Samba Albums, Merengue Albums, Cumbia Albums, Latin Music Albums By Scottish Artists

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