There was a lot of great music released in 2010 (much of which was overlooked by the Grammys). I appreciated The Arcade Fire’s The Suburbs, gave The National’s High Violet quite a few spins, and was in awe of the songwriting on display in Corinne Bailey Rae’s The Sea. But if I ask myself what album moved me the most, what got under my skin in a way nothing else could, the answer is, without a doubt, Jónsi’s Go. I love Sigur Rós as much as the next guy, but don’t assume that Go is just another Sigur Rós album. In fact, it’s strikingly different. There is more structure to the songs, it’s more melodic, and there are actual lyrics (mostly in English). With kitchen-sink drums beating full blast and Jonsi singing, “We should all be, oh, alive”, I dare you not to get chills.