Released December 15, 2007 | Length 53:33 Release date 15 December 2007 | |
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Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)(2007) Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward(2008) Similar Omar Rodríguez-López albums, Experimental rock albums | ||
Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) 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.
Contents
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
Sales
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 [1].
Personnel
Songs
1Mexico3:00
2El monte T'Aï2:33
3Una ced lacerante2:47