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==Release and promotion== ''Calculating Infinity'' was released on September 28, 1999,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/calculating-infinity-mw0000695657/releases |title=Calculating Infinity β The Dillinger Escape Plan: Releases |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905150545/http://www.allmusic.com/album/calculating-infinity-mw0000695657/releases |archive-date=September 5, 2017 }}</ref> with [[Relapse Records]] issuing it on CD and [[Hydra Head Records]] releasing a [[LP record|vinyl]] edition.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://exclaim.ca/music/article/dillinger_escape_plan_give_first_three_albums_vinyl_reissues |title=Dillinger Escape Plan Treat Their First Three Albums to Deluxe Vinyl Reissues |last=Adams |first=Gregory |magazine=[[Exclaim!]] |date=October 6, 2015 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905182603/http://exclaim.ca/music/article/dillinger_escape_plan_give_first_three_albums_vinyl_reissues |archive-date=September 5, 2017 }}</ref> The album was released later in Japan on April 5, 2000, featuring bonus tracks "The Mullet Burden", "Sandbox Magician" and "Abe the Cop"<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/calculating-infinity-japan-bonus-tracks-mr0000951573 |title=Calculating Infinity (Japan Bonus Tracks) β The Dillinger Escape Plan: Release Info |last=Hundey |first=Jason |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905150543/http://www.allmusic.com/album/release/calculating-infinity-japan-bonus-tracks-mr0000951573 |archive-date=September 5, 2017 }}</ref> (the three tracks comprising ''Under the Running Board'').<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/under-the-running-board-mw0000601946 |title=Under the Running Board β The Dillinger Escape Plan: Songs, Reviews, Credits |last=Hundey |first=Jason |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829203147/http://www.allmusic.com/album/under-the-running-board-mw0000601946 |archive-date=August 29, 2017 }}</ref> To promote the album, The Dillinger Escape Plan opened for [[Mr. Bungle]] on the first leg of their [[California (Mr. Bungle album)|''California'']] tour on Mr. Bungle frontman [[Mike Patton]]'s invitation, and appeared on the [[Warped Tour]] and at various rock festivals.<ref name="exclaim"/> Patton was reportedly introduced to the band after being given the album, but he had been "one of the first people" to hear the album according to Weinman.<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://loudwire.com/the-dillinger-escape-plan-ben-weinman-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/ |title=The Dillinger Escape Plan's Ben Weinman Plays 'Wikipedia: Fact or Fiction?' |last=Hartmann |first=Graham |magazine=[[Loudwire]] |date=September 14, 2016 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170830201253/http://loudwire.com/the-dillinger-escape-plan-ben-weinman-wikipedia-fact-or-fiction/ |archive-date=August 30, 2017 }}</ref> ''Calculating Infinity'' was reissued on vinyl alongside 2004's ''[[Miss Machine]]'' and 2007's ''[[Ire Works]]'' on November 27, 2015, marking the first time in more than ten years the album had been released on the format.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/the-dillinger-escape-plan-announces-deluxe-vinyl-reissues-of-first-three-relapse-albums/ |title=The Dillinger Escape Plan Announces Deluxe Vinyl Reissues Of First Three Relapse Albums |work=[[Blabbermouth.net]] |date=October 6, 2015 |access-date=September 5, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905142256/http://www.blabbermouth.net/news/the-dillinger-escape-plan-announces-deluxe-vinyl-reissues-of-first-three-relapse-albums/ |archive-date=September 5, 2017 }}</ref> The album reportedly sold in excess of 100,000 units worldwide, which made The Dillinger Escape Plan the best-selling artist on Relapse at the time.<ref name="exclaim" />
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