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(2012 end-of-year lists) – NADIM MAGHZAL

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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.

Nadim Maghzal (musician, Wake Island)

1- Moonface (With Siinai): Heartbreaking Bravery
2- Grizzly Bear: Shields
3- St. Vincent: Strange Mercy
4- Godspeed You! Black Emperor: ‘Allelujah! Don’t Bend! Ascend!
5- Dirty Projectors: Swing Lo Magellan
6- Here We Go Magic: A Different Ship
7- Flying Lotus: Until The Quiet Comes
8- Patrick Watson: Adventures In Your Own Backyard
9- Tame Impala: Lonerism
10- The Luyas: Animator

(2012 end-of-year lists) – PHILIPPE MANASSEH

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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.

Philippe Manasseh (musician, Wake Island)

– Moonface (With Siinai): Heartbreaking Bravery
– Grizzly Bear: Shields
– Chromatics: Kill For Love
– 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
– Here We Go Magic: A Different Ship
– The Antlers: Undersea EP
– Kendrick Lamar: Good Kid, M.A.A.D City
– Patrick Watson: Adventures In Your Own Backyard
– Tame Impala: Lonerism

(2012 end-of-year lists) – SERGE YARED

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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.

Serge Yared (musician, The Incompetents)

1- Scott Walker: Bish Bosch
2- Dr. John: Locked Down
3- Julia Holter: Ekstasis
4- 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
5- Beach House: Bloom
6- The Weeknd: Trilogy
7- Spiritualized: Sweet Heart Sweet Light
8- Sun Kil Moon: Among The Leaves
9- Ry Cooder: Election Special
10- Frank Ocean: Channel Orange

(2012 end-of-year lists) – TANIA SALEH

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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.

Tania Saleh (musician)
http://www.taniasaleh.com/

1- Beck: Beck Hansen’s Song Reader
2- Elbow: Dead In The Boot
3- Tania Saleh: Live At DRM
4- Archive: With Us Until You’re Dead
5- Björk: Biophilia
6- Who Killed Bruce Lee: Self-titled EP
7- Rufus Wainwright: Out Of The Game
8- Garbage: Not Your Kind Of People
9- Sigur Rós: Valtari
10- Bob Dylan: Tempest

(2012 end-of-year lists) – GHASSAN KHAYYAT

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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

(2012 end-of-year lists) – CARL GERGES

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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.

Carl Gerges (musician, Mashrou’ Leila)

1- Leonard Cohen: Old Ideas
2- Lana Del Rey: Born To Die
3- Jack White: Blunderbuss
4- Grizzly Bear: Shields
5- Passion Pit: Gossamer
6- The Shins: Port Of Morrow
7- Hot Chip: In Our Heads
8- Norah Jones: Little Broken Hearts
9- Killers: Battle Born
10- Metric: Synthetica

(2012 end-of-year lists) – JAD ATOUI

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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.

Jad Atoui (musician)
https://soundcloud.com/jad-atoui

1- Gaslamp Killer: Breakthrough
2- Dead Can Dance: Anastasis
3- Flying Lotus: Until The Quiet Comes
4- Sigur Rós: Valtari
5- Max Richter: The Four Seasons Recomposed
6- Actress: R.I.P
7- Swans: The Seer
8- El-P: Cancer For Cure
9- Grizzly Bear: Shields
10- Clark: Iradelphic

(2012 end-of-year lists) – JOHN IMAD NASR

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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.

John Imad Nasr (musician, Fareeq el Atrash)

– Edd Abbas: Al Moutarakam
– Edd Abbas, Qarar & Samer AK: Min Wara el 3adaseh EP
– Katibeh 5: Fassl
– El Murabba3: Self-titled
– El Rass & Munma: Kachf el Mahjoub (Unveiling The Hidden)
– Roc Marciano: Reloaded
– Karriem Riggins: Alone Together
– Ghostface & Sheek Louch: Wu-Block 2012
– OC & Apollo Brown: Trophies
– DJ Mitsu The Beats: Solid Black

(2012 end-of-year lists) – RADWAN GHAZI MOUMNEH

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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.

Radwan Ghazi Moumneh (producer, sound engineer & musician, Jerusalem In My Heart / Land Of Kush)

– Eric Chenaux: Guitar & Voice LP
– Laurie Spiegel: The Expanding Universe LP Re-Issue
– مصطفى ابو الفوز : Cassette 2012
– Maggi Payne: Ahh-Ahh Music For Ed LP Re-Issue
– Arlt: Feu La Figure LP
– Dariush Dolat-Shahi: Electronic Music, Tar & Sehtar Re-Issue LP
– رعد الناصري حفلات : Cassette 2012
– Ahmad Zahri: Hip 70’s Afghan Beats LP
– Suzanne Ciani: Lixiviation LP
– Le Révélateur: Horizon Fears Cassette
– Andrzej Korzynski: Possession OST LP

(2012 end-of-year lists) – ZEID HAMDAN

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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