I asked some of my favorite musician and artist friends, from Beirut and beyond, to list their 10 favorite albums of 2012…
Alternately, they could also provide me with a list of the records they listened to the most in 2012, regardless of date of release.
Zeid Hamdan (musician, Zeid & The Wings)
https://soundcloud.com/zeidhamdan
– Mayer Hawthorne: A Strange Arrangement
– Die Antwoord: TEN$ION
– Rover: Self-titled
– El Rass & Munma: Kachf el Mahjoub (Unveiling The Hidden)
– Alpha Blondy: Jah Glory
– Various Artists: Beirut Hotel OST
– Bassekou Kouyaté & Ngoni Ba: Segu Blue
– Sheikh Imam (various tracks)
– Oka W Ortega (various tracks)
– Zeid Hamdan: Roundtrip OST
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