Released 3 October 1989 Release date 25 September 1989 | Length 63:37 | |
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Genres Music of Latin America, Alternative rock, Worldbeat, Latin music Similar David Byrne albums, Alternative rock albums |
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.
Contents
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.
David byrne rei momo 1 independence day cumbia
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
Songs
1Independence Day5:46
2Make Believe Mambo5:23
3The Call of the Wild4:53
References
Rei Momo Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA