My Head Is an Animal is the debut studio album by the Icelandic folk-pop band Of Monsters and Men, released through Record Records in Iceland in 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 in North America through Republic Records on 3 April 2012. The title of the album comes from the second line in "Dirty Paws".

The international version of the vinyl LP was pressed by United Record Pressing in Nashville, Tennessee.