One of the first things that we wanted to do was to first listen and learn.
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Hear a full-album preview of Beasts of Seasons on NPR Music, as an exclusive first listen.
Until then, you can hear the whole thing here as part of NPR Music's First Listen series.
You can also hear the entire album, beginning at midnight, Feb. 23 as part of our First Listen Series.
On first listen, the song could be mistaken for a whimsical ditty, with its pop theme of angst-ridden love.
Rivkin says that if the two men came to her for therapy, she'd first listen to their gripes about one another.
At first listen, her latest record, "Aerial, " has a muted, suppressed quality.
At least once a week, "First Listen" streams a forthcoming album in its entirety (among the most memorable of 2012 was Miguel's "Kaleidoscope Dreams").
"What I remember most about that first listen and that first look was how mysterious it all was, " says All Songs Considered host Bob Boilen.
For the rest of us, when an entrepreneur starts by sharing their idea on how they want to change the world, first listen and then help.
It was not tightly framed or focused on a single concept, nor was there a single clear phrase that summed up the speech, at least at first listen.
Since the inaugural "First Listen, " a nod from the series has become such a plum that NPR Music keeps record-label submissions in a secret computer file, accessible only to employees who have the password.
"We want to create the feeling you used to get in record stores when somebody would hand you something and say, 'You have to hear this, ' " says Amy Schriefer, who supervises "First Listen" and the live events.
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On May 20th, be the first to listen to a selection of songs from "Born This Way" before the album drops on May 23.
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First we listen, then we are lured, finally we are seduced.
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To understand what is best going to influence our targets we first have to listen to them.
"When I hear that young people have come to the theater for the first time to listen to opera, I'm very happy, " Bocelli says.
Here's what I do when a parent comes to me: First, I just listen.
Even if the victim doesn't listen the first or second or eighth time, it's important not to give up, Ray-Jones said.
" We'll hear Etta James recording of "At Last" later, but first let's listen to Beyonce Knowles' version recorded for the new film "Cadillac Records.
And I have no idea why I chose to listen to that first voice.
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Before you listen to that first voicemail, sit quietly for a minute, and think about what you most liked about yourself on vacation.
President GEORGE W. BUSH: Listen, the first thing that has to happen diplomatically for anything to be effective is that we all agree on the goal.
So my main purpose here today at this first meeting I think is to listen, to get a sense of where all of you think the economy is right now, what kinds of steps we need to be taking.
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"You have to listen for excellence and quality first, " he says of the network's development strategy.
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