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.
Ghassan Khayyat (musician, The Banana Cognacs)
1- Beck: Beck Hansen’s Song Reader
2- Soundgarden: King Animal
3- The Flaming Lips: The Flaming Lips & Heady Fwendz
4- Spiritualized: Sweet Heart Sweet Light
5- Snoop Lion: Reincarnated
6- Simon White: Silver Silver
7- Norah Jones: Broken Little Hearts
8- Groundation: Building Ark
9- Jack White: Blunderbuss
10- The Banana Cognacs: Self-titled EP