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". 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.

Track listing

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

Release history

Region	Date	Label
Japan	December 15, 2007	N2O Records
United States	February 5, 2008	N2O Records
United Kingdom	February 25, 2008	N2O Records
United States (2LP Vinyl)	November 11, 2008	N2O Records

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 [580849].

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 (2,5,8,11)

References