Beck's win for album of the year read as an overdue apology; the Recording Academy failed to reward his best work from previous decades, like 1996's "Odelay" and 2008's "Modern Guilt." Obviously ...

Like all award shows, the Grammys are always bound to satisfy, surprise, and rankle in equal measure. From visionary to out of touch, reactions vary wildly depending on whose horse is in the race.