liner notes
plural noun
: comments or explanatory notes about a recording printed on the jacket or an insert
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Stone is listed by her birth name, Emily Jean Stone, in the liner notes of Taylor Swift's new album The Tortured Poets Department.
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Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2024
Starting in an era when midcentury jazz experienced a resurgence of interest, his name showed up in the fine print on over 2,600 albums, most of them reissues, many of which included his painstaking liner notes.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
Swift sings in a breathy, theatrical tone that calls to mind better work by her buddies Lana Del Rey and Stevie Nicks, the latter of whom wrote a poem for the liner notes.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
Musician and professor Chris Waterman's liner notes to the 1985 compilation album, Juju Roots 1930s - 1950s (Rounder), describes how British companies brought banjos (as well as guitars, mandolins and country music records) to Nigeria.
—Aaron Cohen, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
Moreover, in the liner notes for the band’s first album, Sinclair used the F-word, prompting the important J.L. Hudson department store chain to refuse to carry the record.
—Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024
Bob Dylan wrote the liner notes for Blues with Friends.
—Arsenio Orteza, SPIN, 25 Mar. 2024
In addition to the audio Blu-Ray, the collection is rounded out with two books: a reproduction of Bowie’s notebooks from the era and a 112-page book featuring liner notes, photographs, and more.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
Physical editions of the compilation come with new liner notes by Erik Flannigan.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 1 Mar. 2024
Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 26 Apr. 2024
Starting in an era when midcentury jazz experienced a resurgence of interest, his name showed up in the fine print on over 2,600 albums, most of them reissues, many of which included his painstaking liner notes.
—Giovanni Russonello, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2024
Swift sings in a breathy, theatrical tone that calls to mind better work by her buddies Lana Del Rey and Stevie Nicks, the latter of whom wrote a poem for the liner notes.
—Spencer Kornhaber, The Atlantic, 19 Apr. 2024
Musician and professor Chris Waterman's liner notes to the 1985 compilation album, Juju Roots 1930s - 1950s (Rounder), describes how British companies brought banjos (as well as guitars, mandolins and country music records) to Nigeria.
—Aaron Cohen, NPR, 5 Apr. 2024
Moreover, in the liner notes for the band’s first album, Sinclair used the F-word, prompting the important J.L. Hudson department store chain to refuse to carry the record.
—Bill McGraw, Detroit Free Press, 2 Apr. 2024
Bob Dylan wrote the liner notes for Blues with Friends.
—Arsenio Orteza, SPIN, 25 Mar. 2024
In addition to the audio Blu-Ray, the collection is rounded out with two books: a reproduction of Bowie’s notebooks from the era and a 112-page book featuring liner notes, photographs, and more.
—Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 21 Mar. 2024
Physical editions of the compilation come with new liner notes by Erik Flannigan.
—Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 1 Mar. 2024
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“Liner notes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liner%20notes. Accessed 6 May. 2024.
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