Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) is the fifth studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López. The album was released through N2O Records in Japan on December 15, 2007, with a following U.S. release later on February 5, 2008, one week after The Mars Volta's The Bedlam in Goliath.
Calibration is described on Rodríguez-López's Bandcamp page as a collaborative affair "made from in-depth studio sessions with many guest musicians and field recordings from the loneliest place in Mexico".
The album art was illustrated by graffiti artist GREY, a childhood friend of Rodriguez-Lopez's.D.E.I.M.O.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
Release history Region Date Label Japan December 15, 2007 /Re-Issued April 25, 2011 N2O Records United States February 5, 2008 /Re-Issued April 25, 2011 N2O Records United Kingdom February 25, 2008 /Re-Issued April 25, 2011 N2O Records United States (2LP vinyl) November 11, 2008 N2O Records United Kingdom (2LP) December 2023 Clouds Hill Recordings
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 [].
Personnel Omar Rodríguez-López – guitars, bass (6–8), synthesizer (1, 3, 6–8, 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, 10, 11)
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