Omar Rodriguez (album)

Omar Rodriguez is the self-titled second studio album by The Mars Volta guitarist Omar Rodríguez-López and the first in the "Amsterdam series" (written and recorded in the city in early June 2005). Most of the overdubs and mixing were done on the road in September 2005. Gold Standard Laboratories began offering a limited edition vinyl picture disc of this release for mail order in December 2006.

Omar Rodriguez
Studio album by
Omar Rodríguez-López
ReleasedDecember 5, 2005
RecordedJune 2005
GenreJazz fusion, experimental
Length43:09
LabelWillie Anderson Recordings
ProducerOmar Rodríguez-López
Omar Rodríguez-López solo chronology
The Special 12 Singles Series
(2005)		 Omar Rodriguez
(2005)		 Please Heat This Eventually
(2006)
Omar Rodríguez-López chronology
Scabdates
(2005)		 Omar Rodriguez
(2005)		 Amputechture
(2006)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic[1]
Pitchfork Media(7.1/10)[2]

The Omar Rodriguez-Lopez Quintet, which formed in unison with the release of this record, toured briefly in the Netherlands in the fall of 2005 in support of this new release. Joining then on stage for one performance was Damo Suzuki, for the song "Please Heat This Eventually" which would resurface on the next two releases from the group.

The centerpiece of the album, Jacob van Lennepkade (which was later reworked on The Apocalypse Inside of an Orange)[3] is named after the street in which Omar lived during its recording in Amsterdam.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Omar Rodríguez-López.

No.TitleLength
1."Een Ode Aan Ed van der Elsken" (A Tribute to Ed van der Elsken)3:22
2."Regenbogen Stelen Van Prostituees" (Stealing Rainbows from Prostitutes)10:06
3."Jacob van Lennepkade"17:27
4."Vondelpark Bij Nacht" (Vondelpark by Night)7:11
5."Spookrijden Op Het Fietspad" (Wrong-way Driving on the Bicycle Path)5:03
Total length:43:09

Personnel

References
  1. Allmusic review
  2. Pitchfork Media review
  3. Archived October 22, 2008, at the Wayback Machine
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