ear-grabbing

adjective

1. informal.
   (of music) immediately capturing and holding the attention of listeners

Example Sentences

She loves ear-grabbing production, she adds — Healy’s processed backing vocals in “Please Don’t Leave Just Yet,” for instance, or the ticking new wave beat in “Scarlett,” about two young lovers who “go together like bad British weather on the one day I made plans.”

From Los Angeles Times

Despite being "less obviously ear-grabbing and immediate than its predecessor... the fact that it's a lower-key album than her debut shouldn't distract from Happier Than Ever's quality", Petridis concludes.

From BBC

Over the years, Street has advised The Cranberries and others, including Pete Doherty and The Kaiser Chiefs, when he thinks a song is too long, or needs of a more ear-grabbing intro.

From BBC

Nabors’ show business break came in the early 1960s when Andy Griffith saw him in a Los Angeles cabaret - singing in a sophisticated, ear-grabbing voice and telling stories between songs in a Deep South drawl - and offered him a part on “The Andy Griffith Show.”

From Reuters

Nabors’ show business break came in the early 1960s when Andy Griffith saw him in a Los Angeles cabaret - singing in a sophisticated, ear-grabbing voice and telling stories between songs in a Deep South drawl - and offered him a part on “The Andy Griffith Show.”

From Reuters