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