Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)

All tracks are written by Omar Rodríguez-López, unless noted.

Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far)
Studio album by Omar Rodríguez-López
Released	December 15, 2007
Recorded	2005–2007
Genre	Experimental rock, acid jazz, electronica
Length	53:33
Label	N2O Records
Producer	Omar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López solo chronology
The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange (2007) Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) (2007) Omar Rodriguez-Lopez & Jeremy Michael Ward (2008)

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Mexico"		3:00
2.	"El Monte T'aï"		2:33
3.	"Una Ced Lacerante"		2:47
4.	"Calibration"	Omar Rodríguez-López, Cedric Bixler-Zavala	3:36
5.	"Grey (Canción para Él)"		3:29
6.	"Glosa Picaresca Wou Mên"	Rodríguez-López, John Frusciante	3:27
7.	"Sidewalk Fins"		6:32
8.	"Lick the Tilting Poppies"		5:17
9.	"Cortar el Cuello"		3:24
10.	"...Is Pushing Luck"	Rodríguez-López, Bixler-Zavala	8:11
11.	"Las Lágrimas de Arakuine"		11:11
Total length:			53:33

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)

References

1. "Infrasonic Sound". Archived from the original on July 10, 2008. Retrieved November 16, 2007.
2. "Calibration (Is Pushing Luck And Key Too Far) | Omar Rodríguez-López" . Retrieved November 19, 2025.
3. D.E.I.M.O.S.
4. "Calibration (is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) - The Comatorium". Archived from the original on July 16, 2011. Retrieved October 23, 2010.