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Icelandic Album Of The Year 2011...

This list was compiled from 84 votes. 27 different records got some love, Iceland is truly full of wonderful music-makers and some lovely fans too. Here's our best of 2011 list...

1.    Sóley - We Sink

2=    FM Belfast - Don't Want to Sleep
2=    Björk - Biophilia

 

4=    Sin Fang - Summer Echoes
4=    Of Monsters & Men - My Head Is An Animal

6.    Reykjavik! - Locust Sounds

 

7=    GusGus - Arabian Horse
7=    Lockerbie - Ólgusjór

 

 

9=    Hellvar - Stop That Noise
9=    Snorri Helgason - Winter Sun
9=    Mugison - Haglél
9=    HAM - Svik, harmur og Dauði

 

 

 

 

Icelandic album of the year 2011. The results are (nearly) in!

Thanks to everybody who took part. I've counted up 84 music-loving votes. I've checked and I've double-checked my maths.

27 different records (including a couple of E.P.s) received some love - I guess that underlines the breadth of talent around right now in Iceland. In a shock (!) development, 12 records have made it into the Top 10 (because 4 tied in 9th place). And, thank the lord, we had a clear cut winner and I do not need to make a casting vote. Tomorrow, here, I'll post the top 12 records as voted by lovers of Icelandic music. It's an exciting time!

For now, just as a tease, some of the albums which did not make the dozen most popular were by such awesome talents as Ólafur Arnalds, Vicky, Lay Low & some band called Sigur Rós.

The 2011 experiment

So here's the plan. You lovely fans of Iceland, music and therefore Icelandic Music email me at markollard AT googlemail.com with up to 5 of your favourite albums of the year by Icelandic artists. We'll have a deadline of Monday December 19th, then I'll do some sums and report back on the top ten and we will crown the inaugural people's choice for the Icelandic album of the year.

Oh go on, please...

xxx