- folk rock, rock, indie rock, pop
- 54 min
- 12 tracks
- Island
My Head Is an Animal is the debut studio album by the Icelandic indie rock band Of Monsters and Men, released through Record Records in Iceland on 20 September 2011. After their success, topping the Icelandic charts with their debut single, "Little Talks", the band signed with Universal Music Group and the album was released internationally through Republic Records on 3 April 2012. The title of the album comes from the second line in "Dirty Paws".
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Classical in form, spare, character-led and grave.
- classical in formformally daring
- sparerichly built
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- contemporarynostalgic
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Metacritic 66/100
- AllMusic3.5/5 ★
- Beats Per Minute81%
- Paste7.5/10 ★
- Rolling Stone3/5 ★
- Sputnikmusic4/5 ★
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Tracks
- 1Dirty Paws4:38
- 2King and Lionheart4:34
- 3Mountain Sound3:35
- 4Slow and Steady5:02
- 5From Finner3:43
- 6Little Talks4:27
- 7Six Weeks5:34
- 8Love Love Love3:59
- 9Your Bones4:09
- 10Sloom4:44
- 11Lakehouse4:35
- 12Yellow Light4:53
12 tracks, 54 minutes.
About the album
- Artist
- Of Monsters and Men
- Label
- Island
- Type
- Album
- Format
- CD
- Country
- PL
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