Calibration (is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) [Content/Copy-Protected CD]

Omar Rodriguez-Lopez | Format: Audio CD

Product Details

• Audio CD (February 5, 2008)
• Original Release Date: 2008
• Number of Discs: 1
• Format: Content/Copy-Protected CD
• Label: N2O Entertainment
• ASIN: B0011BJQ4S
• Also Available in: Audio CD  |  Vinyl  |  MP3 Download
• Average Customer Review: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (6 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #149,262 in Music (See Top 100 in Music)

Track Listings

1. Mexico

2. El Monte T'ai

3. Una Ced Lacerante

4. Calibration

5. Grey (Cancion Para El)

6. Glosa Picaresca Wou Men

7. Sidewalk Fins

8. Lick The Tilting Poppies

9. Cortar El Cuello

10. ...Is Pushing Lucky

11. Las Lagrimas De Arakuine

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Omar...pushing luck and key too far..., March 31, 2008

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Keegan R. Lerch "classytrumpet" (Bethlehem, PA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calibration (is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) (Audio CD)

I cannot get enough of Omar Rodriguez Lopez's music (or the Mars Volta). Everything he comes out with is fresh, and he aims for a new musical idea with every new album he records. Calibration is no different...It begins with a electronic, spacey experimental jam call "mexico," and continues in the same direction for the rest of the album. The album features the "Mars Volta Family" as the sticker on the album says, which includes Thoms Pridgen (Mars Volta) on drums, Money Mark (Beastie Boys) on synth, John Frusciante (Red Hot Chili Peppers) on vocals, Adrian Terrazas Gonzalez (Mars Volta/Omar Quintet) on woodwinds, and Cedric on vocals.
Each track is a spacey adventure into a world of electronic sound collages that Omar has arranged and directed into awesome contemporary pieces of art. His guitar moves in and out of the mix of sounds created by the great artists that surround him on this album. At times, it sounds like something really crazy off of "Bedlam in Goliath," although this album is in a completely experimental direction. This is recommended for fans of the Mars Volta and Omar's other solo projects. This is some of the spaciest music I have heard from him so far, I can't wait to see what he puts out next!

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Everything Omar Touches Turns to Gold, July 24, 2008

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Jonathan D. Kotrla "Derek" (Austin, TX) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Calibration (is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) (Audio CD)

Seriously, I don't know why everything Omar makes does this to me, and I often wonder if it's just me, but here we go:

I bought Calibration, and gave it a listen. I went through the entire album and it was spacey and weird (like I expected). It was okay, but I didn't think I would listen to it too much. 5 days later, I put together a playlist real fast to work to and realize that every single track from this album had grown on me so much in 5 days that they are all on this list. TMV and Omar's side project concept albums are more than just music for me. They are basically all I listen to, they never get old, and since they cover 4 different genres at some point in their albums so far I have songs that sound great no matter what mood I am in.

Calibration is no different. I could seriously put this album on repeat for a few days straight and the thought of it getting old would never enter my head.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Calibrating excess with genius, June 3, 2009

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IRate - See all my reviews

This review is from: Calibration (Is Pushing Luck and Key Too Far) [Vinyl] (Vinyl)

3 1/2

Investing in Omar's stuff can be a mixed bag, albeit one inherently more satisfying by eccentric rock guitar enthusiasts. There are always brilliantly fluid jams but also always heavy indulgences (rarely ever combining as effortlessly as this blissful closer). Thankfully this overwhelming creative source has been refining the latter, making his many yearly outputs, aside from heavy MV recording, still so intriguing; the man continues to own minor-key electric articulation as one of our few visionary stringers.