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My Head Is an Animal | |||
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Studio album by | |||
Released | 20 September 2011 (Icelandic release) 3 April 2012 (International release) | ||
Recorded | 26–28 March 2011; 9–25 January 2012 Studio Syrland, Vatnagarðar, Reykjavík[1] | ||
Genre | Indie folk, indie pop, indie rock | ||
Length | 59:38 | ||
Label | Record, Republic | ||
Producer | Of Monsters and Men, Aron Arnarsson, Jacquire King | ||
Of Monsters and Men chronology | |||
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Icelandic release | |||
Singles from My Head Is an Animal | |||
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Source | Rating |
Metacritic | 66/100[10] |
Review scores | |
Source | Rating |
AllMusic | [11] |
Beats Per Minute | 81%[12] |
Rolling Stone | [13] |
Paste Magazine | [14] |
Sputnik Music | [15] |
Original Iceland release | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | 'Dirty Paws' | Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson | 4:26 |
2. | 'King and Lionheart' | Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir | 4:35 |
3. | 'Numb Bears' | Ragnar Þórhallsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson | 2:45 |
4. | 'Sloom' | Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson | 4:42 |
5. | 'Little Talks' | Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson | 4:24 |
6. | 'From Finner' | Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson, Brynjar Leifsson | 3:41 |
7. | 'Six Weeks' | Ragnar Þórhallsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson | 5:32 |
8. | 'Love Love Love' | Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir | 4:02 |
9. | 'Your Bones' | Ragnar Þórhallsson | 4:07 |
10. | 'Lakehouse' | Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Brynjar Leifsson | 5:42 |
11. | 'Yellow Light' (ends at 4:52; hidden song 'Sinking Man' starts at 13:04) | Ragnar Þórhallsson | 15:45 |
Total length: | 59:38 |
Universal Music Group re-issue | |||
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No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
1. | 'Dirty Paws' | 4:38 | |
2. | 'King and Lionheart' | 4:33 | |
3. | 'Mountain Sound' | Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson | 3:35 |
4. | 'Slow and Steady' | Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Hilmarsson, Árni Guðjónsson, Brynjar Leifsson, Kristján Páll Kristjánsson | 5:01 |
5. | 'From Finner' | 3:43 | |
6. | 'Little Talks' | 4:26 | |
7. | 'Six Weeks' | 5:34 | |
8. | 'Love Love Love' | 3:58 | |
9. | 'Your Bones' | 4:09 | |
10. | 'Sloom' | 4:43 | |
11. | 'Lakehouse' | 4:35 | |
12. | 'Yellow Light' | 4:52 | |
Total length: | 53:47 |
Universal Music Group re-issue; iTunes bonus tracks | ||
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No. | Title | Length |
13. | 'Numb Bears' | 2:44 |
14. | 'Little Talks' (music video) | 4:11 |
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No. | Title | Lyrics | Date of Release | Length |
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1. | 'Little Talks' | 20 December 2011 | 4:26 | |
2. | 'King and Lionheart' | March 3, 2013 | 4:34 | |
3. | 'Dirty Paws' | The lyric video features a black-furred beast carrying a flag through a blizzard while birds fly overhead. | 12 April 2012 | 4:26 |
4. | 'Mountain Sound' | 2 September 2012 | 3:31 | |
5. | 'Slow and Steady' | The lyric video features a bird flying over a snowy landscape. | 2011 | 4:59 |
6. | 'From Finner' | The lyric video features a sea monster carrying a village on its back. | 2011 | 3:44 |
7. | 'Six Weeks' | The lyric video features a forest on a winter night with a giant occasionally walking past. | 2011 | 5:32 |
8. | 'Love Love Love' | The lyric video features a Minotaur on a boat during a rainstorm while a sea serpent stares at him from the sea. | 2011 | 3:56 |
9. | 'Your Bones' | The lyric video features a boat made out of bones sailing away into the sunset and eventually bursting into flames. | 2011 | 4:08 |
10. | 'Sloom' | The lyric video features a swamp with various creatures occasionally breaking the surface. | 2011 | 4:42 |
11. | 'Lakehouse' | The lyric video features a very tall house with fur and eyes. | 2011 | 4:34 |
12. | 'Yellow Light' | The lyric video features beasts walking through the night, carrying people. | 2011 | 4:48 |
13. | 'Sinking Man' | The lyric video features Jellyfish swimming away from the camera as it sinks. | 2011 | 2:46 |
14. | 'Numb Bears' | The lyric video features an Anteater-like creature walking across the back of a Bull-like creature. | 2011 | 2:43 |
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