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Universal acclaim- based on 170 Ratings
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Positive: 162 out of 170
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Mixed: 1 out of 170
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Negative: 7 out of 170
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Mar 14, 2013This is a great debut album. The lyrics are well put and are not repetitive. Reminds me of Sigur Ros which is not strange since Icelanders know how to make music. Recommended for listening.
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Oct 6, 2012
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Oct 31, 2013
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Apr 22, 2012such a nice album. every song makes you feel so elated. i dont know why. its just amazing. with winding gorgeous duets and smooth acoustic guitar, the band really pulls it together in this debut album.
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Aug 13, 2013Here's a joyous album that'll make you feel like a kid again. The songs are so rich and colorful, they're practically about imagination itself. Safe to say, these Icelanders know what they're doing.
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May 15, 2012The band has nothing to say, and delivers. Cold and calculating where it should be genuine and warm. Like your friend saying they're completely random every day, it's pretension for the every-man.
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May 3, 2012In a crowded field of bands doing jangly guitar, two-vocal pop-folk, OMAM are still somehow special. It must be in the water in Iceland to make magical music. You read other reviews, and joy is the word you run into time and again. That's because this is a joy-filled endeavor, and listening to it will put on smile on your face; I promise.
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May 14, 2012A fantastic album despite sounding just like a combination of Edward Sharpe & the Magnetic Zeros and Mumford & Sons. Still, while not doing anything new, they do craft beautiful, jubilent songs.
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Jul 13, 2012
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Mar 21, 2013
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May 19, 2013A really happy and joyful LP. This album is full of some great folk-pop songs that really make you want to sing along, but there are some other songs on this album that are nothing more than mediocre. I good debut album for the band to get there name out there.
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Oct 7, 2013This is a great album. I love when I put in an album and get something I don't expect; a sound I haven't heard before. When listening to My Head Is an Animal I'm taking aback and find myself falling in love with a band again. This album encapsulates so many emotions in a sound complete unique to Of Monsters and Men. The ultimate chill album while studying.
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Jul 11, 2013
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Jul 29, 2014
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Jan 29, 2018I don't get why this album is reviewed so poorly. I think it is a great debut album.
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Mar 25, 2018
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Sep 5, 2019Moody and atmospheric indie rock. This band has introduced a unique sound that will forever be remembered. It's both intimate and grand at the same time.
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Sep 10, 2020the excellence of music. I love so much this band! Of Monsters and Men are incredible band.
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Jul 21, 2020A great debut album, every song in the album is written with care, emotion and hard-work. Loved every songs in this album.
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Apr 17, 2021great album, would marry if could.
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Oct 18, 2022Very good album, as more of an alternative grunge kid I wouldn't expect to find such a interest in this foriegn indie album. However there are 4 songs on this album that I really like, Dirty Paws, Little talk, King and Lionheart, Love Love Love. I would actually rank them in this order, but if you haven't heard this band or you've just heard little talks I HIGHLY recommend a tleast trying
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Jun 27, 2023A great album, with everything that could be asked: emotional resonance, delicious instrumentation, and great melodies. The formule is kind of repetitive, but that counts for the rest of the group´s trajectory, not for this amazing album. Is the kind of album I would have liked to listen as a kid. It is dark but sweet and symbolic. A children´s epic.
Awards & Rankings
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Sep 4, 2012'My Head Is An Animal' doesn't disappoint. Endearing, exciting, and downright enjoyable throughout, it is one of the finest debuts of the year so far.
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Sep 4, 2012My Head Is An Animal deserves the attention it is getting, because it is a well-crafted, spirited debut album with soaring choruses and delicious harmonies.
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UncutAug 30, 2012On cutesy likes of "King And Lionheart," they're closer in spirit to the plague of emoters loosed upon the world by the success of Mumford & Sons. [Sep 2012, p.81]