Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)

Infobox Album
Name = Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)
Type = studio
Artist = Omar Rodriguez-Lopez


Released = December 15, 2007
Recorded = 2005 in Amsterdam – 2007
Genre = Electronica, acid jazz
Length = 53:33
Label = N2O Records
Producer = Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kjftxzqhldse~T1 link]
* Artist direct Rating|4|5 [http://www.artistdirect.com/nad/store/artist/album/0,,4536560,00.html#review link]
*Twisted Ear Rating|4|5 [http://www.twistedear.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=1622&Itemid=31 link]
* Alternative Press Rating|3|5 [http://i83.photobucket.com/albums/j305/eblair55/SCAnomar.jpg]
Last album = "The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange"
(2007)
This album = "Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)"
(2007)
Next album = "Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward"
(2008)

"Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)" is the fifth studio album by Omar Rodriguez-Lopez, and the fourth released in the "Amsterdam series". [ [http://infrasonicsound.com/recording/discography/pete.html Infrasonic Sound] ] The album was released in Japan on December 15, 2007 with a following U.S. release later on February 5, 2008 [http://www.myspace.com/defineeveryinchthemileoneseeks D.E.I.M.O.S.] ] , merely a week after The Mars Volta's The Bedlam in Goliath. The album art was illustrated by graffiti artist GREY, a childhood friend of Rodriguez-Lopez.

Track listing

# "Mexico" – 3:00
# "El Monte T'Aï" – 2:33
# "Una Ced Lacerante" – 2:47
# "Calibration..." – 3:36
# "Grey (Cancion Para El)" – 3:29
# "Glosa Picaresca Wou Mên" – 3:27
# "Sidewalk Fins" – 6:32
# "Lick the Tilting Poppies" – 5:17
# "Cortar el Cuello" – 3:24
# "...Is Pushing Luck" – 8:11
# "Las Lagrimas de Arakuine" – 11:11

Release history

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"Calibration" was Omar's second album to chart on a Billboard music chart and his highest charting yet, peaking at #29 on the Top Heatseekers chart [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:kjftxzqhldse~T3] .

Personnel

* Omar Rodriguez-Lopez – guitars, bass ("6,7,8"), synthesizer ("1,3,6,7,8,11"), Mexican harp ("1"), vocals & lyrics ("2,7,8"), vocals ("4"), wurlitzer ("3"), tea kettle ("3"), TVs ("5"), rhodes ("7"), drum machine ("7"), clavinet ("8")
* Juan Alderete – bass ("1,2,4,7,10,11")
* Thomas Pridgen – drums ("1,7,11")
* Marcel Rodriguez-Lopez – drums ("2,4,6,8,10"), percussion ("2,6,10"), synthesizer ("1,6,7,11"), clavinet ("6")
* Adrián Terrazas-González – woodwinds & percussion ("2,10")
* Money Mark – synthesizer ("2,10")
* Cedric Bixler-Zavala – vocals & lyrics ("4,10")
* John Frusciante – vocals & lyrics ("6")
* Sara Christina Gross – saxophone ("7")
* Tina Rodriguez – voice ("1,6")
* Kim Humphreys – violin ("2,5,8")

References