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2010 studio album by Jónsi
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.
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 film
Disconnect , at the closing scene and ending credits, which got overall positive critical praise.
Reception
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
References
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"Jónsi's new single, Animal Arithmetic released May 24" .
EMI Music . 15 April 2010. Archived from
the original on 2 July 2011. Retrieved 23 April 2010 .
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"Listen: Symphonic Solo Song From Sigur Rós Frontman Jónsi" . pitchfork.com . 4 December 2009. Retrieved 4 December 2009 .
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"Jónsi" . jonsi.com . Retrieved 4 December 2009 .
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"Sigur Ros Singer Jonsi Announces Debut Solo Album Details" . gigwise.com . Retrieved 7 December 2009 .
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"FIFA 11 soundtrack" . fifplay.com . Retrieved 13 August 2011 .
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"Go by Jonsi reviews" .
AnyDecentMusic? . Retrieved 21 December 2019 .
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a
b
"Reviews for Go by Jonsi" .
Metacritic . Retrieved 4 May 2019 .
^ Sendra, Tim.
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AllMusic . Retrieved 6 April 2010 .
^ Heller, Jason (6 April 2010).
"Jónsi: Go" .
The A.V. Club . Retrieved 8 September 2010 .
^ Brown, Helen (7 April 2010).
"Jónsi: Go, CD review" .
The Daily Telegraph . Retrieved 4 May 2019 .
^ Wood, Mikael (31 March 2010).
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Entertainment Weekly . Retrieved 4 May 2019 .
^ Dean, Will (1 April 2010).
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The Guardian . Retrieved 4 May 2019 .
^ Boyd, Brian (19 March 2010).
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The Irish Times . Retrieved 4 May 2019 .
^ Dombal, Ryan (5 April 2010).
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Rolling Stone . Archived from
the original on 10 April 2010. Retrieved 4 May 2019 .
^ Modell, Josh (21 March 2010).
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Spin . Archived from
the original on 11 August 2011. Retrieved 4 May 2019 .
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"Official UK Albums Top 100 – 17th April 2010" .
The Official UK Charts Company . Archived from
the original on 26 January 2012. Retrieved 15 April 2010 .
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a
b
"Jonsi Chart History (Billboard 200)" .
Billboard . Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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b
c
"Jónsi – Go (Album)" . Swisscharts.com . HungMedien. Retrieved 15 April 2010 .
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"FIMI – Federazione Industria Musicale Italiana – Classifiche" . Archived from
the original on 16 December 2013.
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"ヨンシー (Jónsi) GO" . emimusic.jp (in Japanese). Archived from
the original on 22 August 2011. Retrieved 14 August 2011 .
^ Ryan, Gavin (2011). Australia's Music Charts 1988–2010 (PDF ed.). Mt Martha, Victoria, Australia: Moonlight Publishing. p. 149.
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"Ultratop.be – Jónsi – Go" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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GfK Entertainment Charts . Retrieved 8 May 2020.
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Official Charts Company . Retrieved 8 May 2020.