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.
Sandra Arslanian (musician, Sandmoon)
1- Grizzly Bear: Shields
2- Fiona Apple: The Idler Wheel Is Wiser Than The Driver Of The Screw And Whipping Cords Will Serve You More Than Ropes Will Ever Do
3- Patrick Watson: Adventures In Your Own Backyard
4- Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas
5- Other Lives: Mind The Gap EP
6- Lou Doillon: Places
7- Cat Power: Sun
8- Sarah Blasko: I Awake
9- Regina Spektor: What We Saw From The Cheap Seats
10- Evening Hymns: Spectral Dusk
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