Of Monsters and Men My Head Is an Animal Album Cover Art

2011 studio anthology past Of Monsters and Men

My Head Is an Creature
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Studio album past

Of Monsters and Men

Released 20 September 2011 (In Iceland)
iii Apr 2012 (Internationally)
Recorded 26–28 March 2011;
nine–25 January 2012
Studio Studio Syrland, Vatnagarðar, Reykjavík[1]
Genre
  • Indie folk
  • indie popular
  • indie rock
Length 59:38
Label Record, Republic
Producer Of Monsters and Men, Aron Arnarsson, Jacquire Rex
Of Monsters and Men chronology
My Head Is an Animal
(2011)
Alive from Vatnagarðar
(2013)
Icelandic release
Of Monsters and Men - My Head Is an Animal (Iceland).jpg
Singles from My Head Is an Beast
  1. "Trivial Talks"
    Released: twenty December 2011
  2. "Dirty Paws"
    Released: 12 April 2012
  3. "Mountain Sound"
    Released: 2 September 2012
  4. "King and Lionheart"
    Released: three March 2013

My Caput Is an Animal is the debut studio anthology by the Icelandic indie folk band Of Monsters and Men,[2] released through Record Records in Republic of iceland on 20 September 2011. After their success, topping the Icelandic charts with their debut unmarried, "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 2nd line in "Muddied Paws".

Encompass art [edit]

The front of the international release is a photo that Brynjar's grandfather took of his friend. The original was blackness and white; Arnar Hilmarsson added the coloring. The back is a family photograph that Ragnar found in his family pictures.[3]

The pictures on the front end and back of the Icelandic release depict men dressed for the Icelandic national sport of Glima.

Release and promotion [edit]

Singles [edit]

"Little Talks" was released as the debut single past the ring, and the lead single from My Caput Is an Brute on 20 December 2011,[4] after it had been released every bit a promo to radio stations in the United states of america and Europe in July 2011.[5] The single propelled the band to nationwide popularity in the US, and has so far sold a million copies there.[6] The success of the single in the US led to the ring's signing with Universal Music Grouping, and the single, along with a revised version of My Head Is an Brute was released in Due north America on 3 April 2012.[7] The music video for the song debuted in Feb 2012.

"Muddied Paws" served every bit the second single from My Head Is an Animal in the United kingdom and Ireland. It was released on 12 April 2012, in the pb up to the album's re-release in Europe. A promotional unmarried followed in June.[viii]

"Half dozen Weeks" was released as a promotional unmarried from the album in the UK and Ireland. It was released as a digital download on 27 August 2012.[ix]

"Mountain Audio" was released in the Us equally the second unmarried from the album, and the fourth overall. Seeing a release worldwide as the follow-up to "Little Talks" besides, it was released on two September 2012.[ten] A music video to accompany the single was released on 24 September.

Reception [edit]

Critical reception [edit]

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source Rating
Metacritic 66/100[eleven]
Review scores
Source Rating
AllMusic [12]
Beats Per Minute 81%[13]
Paste [14]
Rolling Stone [15]
Sputnikmusic [16]

The anthology received positive reviews from music critics. On Metacritic information technology currently holds a rating of 66/100, signifying generally favourable reviews.[17]

Commercial performance [edit]

The album debuted in the United States at number half-dozen on the Billboard 200, selling 55,000 units in its first calendar week alone.[18] This marked the best chart performance for an Icelandic musical artist in U.Southward. history.[eighteen] [19] The previous chart record was held past Björk's Volta, which peaked at number nine on the Billboard 200 in 2009.[18] In January 2014, the band announced via Facebook that the album had achieved platinum certification in the United states of america.[xx] Every bit of June 2015, the anthology has sold ane.1 meg copies in the U.s.a..[21]

Track listing [edit]

All songs are credited to Of Monsters and Men, merely were actually written by the band'southward individuals and/or others. The actual writers are listed alongside the tracks.[22]

Original Iceland release
No. Championship Writer(south) Length
1. "Dingy Paws" Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson 4:26
2. "King and Lionheart" Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir 4:35
iii. "Numb Bears" Ragnar Þórhallsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson ii:45
four. "Sloom" Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson 4:42
five. "Piddling Talks" Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson four:24
6. "From Finner" Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson, Brynjar Leifsson three:41
seven. "Vi Weeks" Ragnar Þórhallsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson 5:32
8. "Love Dear Love" Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir 4:02
9. "Your Bones" Ragnar Þórhallsson four:07
10. "Lakehouse" Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Brynjar Leifsson 5:42
11. "Yellowish Light" (ends at 4:52; hidden song "Sinking Man" starts at 13:04) Ragnar Þórhallsson xv:45
Total length: 59:38
Universal Music Group re-outcome
No. Title Author(south) Length
i. "Dirty Paws" four:38
2. "King and Lionheart" 4:33
3. "Mountain Audio" Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Arnar Rósenkranz Hilmarsson iii:35
4. "Deadening and Steady" Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson, Hilmarsson, Árni Guðjónsson, Brynjar Leifsson, Kristján Páll Kristjánsson 5:01
five. "From Finner" three:43
6. "Footling Talks" iv:26
vii. "Six Weeks" 5:34
8. "Love Love Love" 3:58
9. "Your Bones" 4:09
ten. "Sloom" 4:43
11. "Lakehouse" four:35
12. "Yellow Light" iv:52
Total length: 53:47
Universal Music Group re-event; iTunes bonus tracks
No. Title Length
13. "Numb Bears" 2:44
xiv. "Little Talks" (music video) 4:eleven
Full length: threescore:42
tenth ceremony edition
No. Title Writer(s) Length
1. "Dingy Paws" 4:38
two. "King and Lionheart" (2011 Iceland release version) 4:44
3. "Numb Bears" (2011 Iceland release version) 2:45
4. "Sloom" 4:44
5. "Little Talks" iv:26
half dozen. "From Finner" iii:42
7. "6 Weeks" 5:32
8. "Dear Love Beloved" 3:57
9. "Your Bones" 4:07
ten. "Lakehouse" (2011 Republic of iceland release version) 5:56
11. "Yellow Light" 4:53
12. "Sinking Man" (2011 Republic of iceland release version) Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson two:49
13. "Phantom" Ragnar Þórhallsson, Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir four:42
fourteen. "Sugar in a Bowl" Nanna Bryndís Hilmarsdóttir, Ragnar Þórhallsson 2:48
Total length: 59:50

Personnel [edit]

Music and lyric videos [edit]

All music and lyric videos (except for the "Mountain Sound" music video, filmed alive in Iceland) were produced and directed by Canadian product house WeWereMonkeys. To create the video series, WeWereMonkeys drew inspiration from Nordic Mythology, suggestions from the band members and lyrics of the songs, to which they listened "over and over". They also travelled to Republic of iceland, where they studied the landscape, in order to get ideas for the videos' settings. Several techniques were employed in the production, from live action to CGI, from terminate-motion to digital painting.[23] [24] The videos were praised, with the "Little Talks" music video receiving a nomination in the 2012 MTV Video Music Awards for "Best Art Direction in a Video".[25] [26]

Music videos [edit]

No. Title Music Date of release Length
1. "Picayune Talks" The male person members of the band portray a group of heaven-sailors, who are joined by a female person brute, played by Nanna, and together they travel across an Iceland-inspired fantastical mural, facing difficulties and mythical creatures, before reaching their destination. 2 February 2012 iv:fourteen
two. "Mountain Audio" The official music video was filmed on 7 July 2012 and features the band performing live in Reykjavík. fourteen September 2012 4:00
3. "King and Lionheart" The video follows the story of two imperial siblings in a war-torn kingdom. After having been captured and separated past the invaders, they are rescued by two animal-like spirits, and try to reach out to each other. The video ends in a cliffhanger, with their sorts remaining unknown. 12 April 2012 iv:26

Lyric videos [edit]

No. Title Lyrics Date of release Length
1. "Dirty Paws" The lyric video features a black-furred beast conveying a flag through a blizzard while mythical birds fly overhead. 29 July 2014 four:34
2. "King and Lionheart" The lyric video features the aforementioned setting of the official music video. The majuscule urban center of a prosperous kingdom beingness observed from distance by the hereafter invaders. While the vocal plays a heavy rain starts to autumn on the city. 29 July 2014 4:29
3. "Mount Sound" The lyric video features horses galloping through a rocky landscape covered with snow. 30 July 2014 3:31
4. "Wearisome and Steady" The lyric video features a bird flying over a snowy landscape. 31 July 2014 4:58
five. "From Finner" The lyric video features a huge sea monster carrying a village on its back. 31 July 2014 three:43
half dozen. "Petty Talks" The lyric video features the same scenery of the music video, with the same airship carrying the six ring members. 2 Baronial 2014 iv:22
seven. "Half dozen Weeks" The lyric video features a forest on a wintertime night with a behemothic occasionally walking past. 3 Baronial 2014 v:31
8. "Love Beloved Dearest" The lyric video features a Minotaur on a boat, staring at the water, during a rainstorm while a body of water dragon, beneath the surface, stares at him. 4 August 2014 3:55
9. "Your Bones" The lyric video features a boat fabricated out of basic sailing away into the sunset and eventually bursting into flames. v August 2014 four:07
10. "Sloom" The lyric video features a swamp with various creatures occasionally breaking the surface. 29 August 2014 4:41
11. "Lakehouse" The lyric video features a very alpine house with fur and eyes. 7 Baronial 2014 4:33
12. "Yellow Lite" The lyric video features beasts walking through a windy landscape at sunset, carrying other creatures on their dorsum. viii August 2014 4:47
xiii. "Numb Bears" The lyric video features an Anteater-similar animal walking through what seems to exist tall grass but at the cease is revealed to be the fur on the back of an enormous Bull-like animate being. 9 August 2014 two:42
fourteen. "Sinking Man" The lyric video features Jellyfish swimming away from the camera as it sinks. 29 August 2014 ii:45

Charts [edit]

Certifications and sales [edit]

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