liner notes
plural noun
: comments or explanatory notes about a recording printed on the jacket or an insert
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Start by checking out the liner notes on the back of all your albums to see who made them, then chase down those labels on Wikipedia and Google.
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Parker Hall, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2025
Included with the set, a tour guide with liner notes by Jesse Jarnow (author and co-host of the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast podcast) with a producer’s note from Lemieux, plus scores of photos.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Egoyan, who wrote the appreciative liner notes for Kouyoumdjian’s Kronos recording, is a talented opera director.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
The title and liner notes of the Jackson 5’s debut album that indicated that Ross discovered the group, however, were just marketing hype that Motown concocted after signing and recording the family band.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 Jan. 2025
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Parker Hall, WIRED, 17 Mar. 2025
Included with the set, a tour guide with liner notes by Jesse Jarnow (author and co-host of the Good Ol’ Grateful Deadcast podcast) with a producer’s note from Lemieux, plus scores of photos.
—Mike Snider, USA TODAY, 12 Mar. 2025
Egoyan, who wrote the appreciative liner notes for Kouyoumdjian’s Kronos recording, is a talented opera director.
—Mark Swed, Los Angeles Times, 28 Feb. 2025
The title and liner notes of the Jackson 5’s debut album that indicated that Ross discovered the group, however, were just marketing hype that Motown concocted after signing and recording the family band.
—Al Shipley, SPIN, 16 Jan. 2025
See All Example Sentences for liner notes
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“Liner notes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liner%20notes. Accessed 29 Mar. 2025.
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