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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".[1] The album was released in Japan on December 15, 2007 U.K. and Europe February 25, 2008 with a following U.S. release later on February 5, 2008[2], merely a week after The Mars Volta's The Bedlam in Goliath under the Nitrous Oxide (N2O) Entertainment label. The album art was illustrated by graffiti artist GREY, a childhood friend of Rodriguez-Lopez.[2]
[edit] 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
[edit] Release history
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 [2].
[edit] 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)
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