Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)
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Calibration is the fifth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López
, and the fourth released in the "Amsterdam series". The album was released in Japan on December 15, 2007 with a following U.S. release later on February 5, 2008, 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's.. According to the label, the original title given to them by Omar was "Calibration Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far" but the "Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far" part of the title appeared nowhere on the physical release.
music chart and his highest charting yet, peaking at #29 on the Top Heatseekers
chart [].
Omar Rodriguez-Lopez
Omar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
, and the fourth released in the "Amsterdam series". The album was released in Japan on December 15, 2007 with a following U.S. release later on February 5, 2008, merely a week after The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta
The Mars Volta is a Grammy award winning American progressive rock band from El Paso, Texas. Founded in 2001 by guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and vocalist Cedric Bixler-Zavala, the band incorporates various influences including progressive rock, krautrock, jazz fusion, Latin American music, and...
's The Bedlam in Goliath
The Bedlam in Goliath
The Bedlam in Goliath is the fourth full-length studio album by American progressive rock band The Mars Volta. It was released on January 29, 2008, and January 26, 2008 in Australia through Universal Motown Records...
. The album art was illustrated by graffiti artist GREY, a childhood friend of Rodriguez-Lopez's.. According to the label, the original title given to them by Omar was "Calibration Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far" but the "Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far" part of the title appeared nowhere on the physical release.
Track listing
- "Mexico" – 3:00
- "El Monte T'aï" – 2:33
- "Una Ced Lacerante" – 2:47
- "Calibration" – 3:36
- "Grey (Canción para Él)" – 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 Lágrimas de Arakuine" – 11:11
Release history
| Region | Date | Label |
|---|---|---|
| Japan Japan Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south... |
December 15, 2007 /Re-Issued April 25, 2011 | N2O Records N2O Records N2O Records was founded in 1997 with the first DJ compilation Home Invasion Vol. 1 CD/LP of Los Angeles DJ's that produce harder sounding electronic, drum and bass, breakbeat and hardcore techno... /Reissued on Rodriguez Lopez Productions |
| United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... |
February 5, 2008 /Re-Issued April 25, 2011 | N2O Records N2O Records N2O Records was founded in 1997 with the first DJ compilation Home Invasion Vol. 1 CD/LP of Los Angeles DJ's that produce harder sounding electronic, drum and bass, breakbeat and hardcore techno... / Reissued on Rodriguez Lopez Productions |
| United Kingdom United Kingdom The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern IrelandIn the United Kingdom and Dependencies, other languages have been officially recognised as legitimate autochthonous languages under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages... |
February 25, 2008 /Re-Issued April 25, 2011 | N2O Records N2O Records N2O Records was founded in 1997 with the first DJ compilation Home Invasion Vol. 1 CD/LP of Los Angeles DJ's that produce harder sounding electronic, drum and bass, breakbeat and hardcore techno... / Reissued on Rodriguez Lopez Productions |
| United States United States The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district... (2LP vinyl Gramophone record A gramophone record, commonly known as a phonograph record , vinyl record , or colloquially, a record, is an analog sound storage medium consisting of a flat disc with an inscribed, modulated spiral groove... ) |
November 11, 2008 | N2O Records N2O Records N2O Records was founded in 1997 with the first DJ compilation Home Invasion Vol. 1 CD/LP of Los Angeles DJ's that produce harder sounding electronic, drum and bass, breakbeat and hardcore techno... |
Sales
Calibration was Omar's second album to chart on a BillboardBillboard (magazine)
Billboard is a weekly American magazine devoted to the music industry, and is one of the oldest trade magazines in the world. It maintains several internationally recognized music charts that track the most popular songs and albums in various categories on a weekly basis...
music chart and his highest charting yet, peaking at #29 on the Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers
Top Heatseekers refers to either of two separate "Breaking and Entering" music charts issued weekly by Billboard Magazine: the Heatseekers Albums chart or the Heatseekers Songs chart. They were introduced by Billboard in 1993 with the purpose of highlighting the sales by new and developing musical...
chart [].
Personnel
- Omar Rodríguez-LópezOmar Rodriguez-LopezOmar Alfredo Rodríguez-López is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter, producer, writer, actor and film director who was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico...
– 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 AldereteJuan AldereteJuan Alderete is an American bassist known for his work with the band The Mars Volta. Prior to his work with that band, he was known for playing in Racer X, where he received credit as John Alderete.-Biography:...
– Bass (1,2,4,7,10,11) - Thomas PridgenThomas PridgenThomas Armon Pridgen is an American drummer, best known for his role as the drummer of The Mars Volta from October 31, 2006 until October 23, 2009, and currently the drummer for his own project The Memorials as well as hard rock supergroup Giraffe Tongue Orchestra.-Biography:Pridgen won the Guitar...
– Drums (1,7,11) - Marcel Rodriguez-LopezMarcel Rodriguez-LopezMarcellus Rodriguez-Lopez is a multi-instrumentalist musician and younger brother of Omar Rodríguez-López.- Biography :He has been noted as to playing the bongos, congas, Drums, cymbals, Maracas, keyboards and Shekere....
– 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 MarkMoney MarkMark Ramos-Nishita aka Money Mark is a producer and musician who has collaborated with the Beastie Boys many times. He also appears on the first Banyan album in 1997 as the "Freeway Keyboardist".-Career:...
– Synthesizer (2,10) - Cedric Bixler-ZavalaCedric Bixler-ZavalaCedric Bixler-Zavala is a Grammy Award-winning Mexican-American musician known for his work as frontman and lyricist of the progressive rock band The Mars Volta, and previously as frontman and occasional guitarist of the post-hardcore punk group At the Drive-In...
– Vocals & Lyrics (4,10) - John FruscianteJohn FruscianteJohn Anthony Frusciante is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, record and film producer. He is best known as the former lead guitarist of the rock band Red Hot Chili Peppers, with whom he had been for a number of years and recorded five studio albums...
– Vocals & Lyrics (6) - Sara Christina Gross – Saxophone (7)
- Tina Rodriguez – Voice (1,6)
- Kim Humphreys – Violin (2,5,10,11)