Go (Jónsi album)
2010 studio album by Jónsi
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Go is the debut studio album by Icelandic musician Jónsi, frontman of the post-rock band Sigur Rós. The album was released on 5 April 2010, through XL Recordings,[2] as reported by a downloadable track from the official site.[3] The fourth track of the album, "Boy Lilikoi", was released for free from Jónsi's website, available to those subscribing to the website's mailing list.
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| Released | 31 March 2010 | |||
| Recorded | Summer 2009 at Jónsi's house in Reykjavík, and at Tarquin Studios, in Connecticut | |||
| Genre | Post-rock, baroque pop | |||
| Length | 40:17 | |||
| Label | XL Recordings, Parlophone | |||
| Producer | Jónsi, Alex Somers, Peter Katis | |||
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The album features predominantly acoustic music and string arrangements from composer Nico Muhly. The album was co-produced by Alex Somers, Peter Katis and Jónsi himself, during summer 2009, in Reykjavík and Connecticut.[4] A worldwide tour across North America and Europe also took place upon the album's release from April–May 2010, featuring Jónsi performing songs from the album and a "unique, cinematic" performance stage designed by 59 Productions.
"Kolniður" was featured at the end of the Criminal Minds sixth-season episode "Lauren" and in a trailer for Real Steel. It also featured at the end of the first-season finale of the reality series Flying Wild Alaska. "Around Us" was included on the FIFA 11 and FIFA 23 soundtrack[5] and the trailer for the Disney dub of The Secret World of Arrietty.
"Tornado" was featured in the closing scene and end credits of the film Disconnect.
Reception
| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| AnyDecentMusic? | 7.7/10[6] |
| Metacritic | 76/100[7] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [8] |
| The A.V. Club | A−[9] |
| The Daily Telegraph | [10] |
| Entertainment Weekly | B+[11] |
| The Guardian | [12] |
| The Irish Times | [13] |
| Pitchfork | 8.1/10[14] |
| Q | [15] |
| Rolling Stone |  [16] |
| Spin | 8/10[17] |
Go has received mostly positive reviews from critics, scoring a 76/100 on the music review aggregator website Metacritic.[7] Most reviews praise Muhly's precise arrangements and Jónsi's flighty vocals, while a few lukewarm reviews discuss the album's lack of cohesion. The album has reached number twenty on the UK Albums Chart,[18] number twenty-three on the Billboard 200 in the United States,[19] number six on the Belgian (Flanders) Ultratop chart,[20] number thirty-one on the Swiss Albums Top 100,[20] number seventy-four on the Italian Music Chart[21] and number eighty-four on the Dutch Mega Album Top 100.[20]
Track listing
- "Go Do" – 4:41
- "Animal Arithmetic" – 3:24
- "Tornado" – 4:15
- "Boy Lilikoi" – 4:30
- "Sinking Friendships" – 4:42
- "Kolniður" – 3:56
- "Around Us" – 5:18
- "Grow till Tall" – 5:21
- "Hengilás" – 4:15
Japanese bonus tracks[22]
- "Sinking Friendships" (acoustic) – 4:00
- "Tornado" (acoustic) – 3:57
Personnel
- Jón Þór Birgisson – vocals, sampler, guitar, piano, ukulele, glockenspiel
- Samuli Kosminen – drums, percussion, kalimba, harp
- Nico Muhly – piano, celesta, glockenspiel, string arrangement, brass arrangement, wind arrangement
- Alex Somers – guitar, piano, celesta, glockenspiel, sampler
Additional musicians
- Hideaki Aomori – clarinet
- Edward Burns – bassoon
- Christa Robinson – oboe, English horn
- Alexandra Sopp – flutes
- William Lang – bass trombone
- David Nelson – trombone
- David Byrd-Marrow, Kate Sheeran – French horn
- Caleb Burhans, Courtney Orlando – violin
- Nadia Sirota, John Pickford Richards – viola
- Clarice Jenson, Brian Snow – cello
- Logan Coale – double bass
Technical
- Jón Þór Birgisson – writer, producer
- Alex Somers – producer
- Peter Katis – producer, engineer
- Greg Giorgio – assistant engineer
Charts
| Chart (2010) | Peak position |
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| Australian Albums (ARIA)[23] | 64 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[24] | 6 |
| Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[25] | 37 |
| Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[26] | 84 |
| French Albums (SNEP)[27] | 86 |
| German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[28] | 100 |
| Italian Albums (FIMI)[29] | 74 |
| Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[30] | 35 |
| Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[31] | 31 |
| UK Albums (OCC)[32] | 20 |
| US Billboard 200[19] | 23 |