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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a second listen" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when referring to the act of listening to something again, often to gain a better understanding or appreciation.
Example: "After a second listen, I realized how much I had missed in the lyrics."
Alternatives: "another listen" or "a follow-up listen."
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If this was a new Hard-Fi single no one would bat an eyelid, or give it a second listen.
It sounds like pretentious, new-age gunk, yet on a second listen it does make a kind of sense.
The Kimmel Center has made adjustments and is trying to get naysayers back for a second listen.
I didn't want the record to be pretend classical music, but something that's worthy of a second listen.
That's Nik — the songs sound off and unexpected, yet after a second listen, you are hooked and craving their delicate circles and little returns and secret crevices".
Since the founding of the festival, in 1990, Bard has prided itself on offering "rediscoveries" — pieces that have dropped from circulation but may be worth a second listen.
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You'd be forgiven if you didn't hear the ukulele on a first listen.
On a first listen, a flurry of adjectives flow: ghostly, hazy, ethereal, mystical, angelic, spectral, sensual.
"It gets me a first listen because there is a certain novelty to it.
A first listen turns up nods to Curtis Mayfield, Ann Peebles, the Temptations, Honey Cone, and the O'Jays.
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