| Rei Momo | ||||
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| Released | 3 October 1989 | |||
| Genre | Latin music, worldbeat | |||
| Length | 63:37 | |||
| Label | Luaka Bop, Sire | |||
| Producer | David Byrne, Steve Lillywhite | |||
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Rei Momo is the debut solo album by David Byrne and second overall studio album (after the 1981 collaborative album My Life in the Bush of Ghosts), released on 3 October 1989. 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).[1] The album is mostly sung in English and features guest appearances by Kirsty MacColl, Willie Colón and Celia Cruz, among others.
- ^ Ruhlmann, William. "Rei Momo - David Byrne". AllMusic. Retrieved 23 September 2019.