liner notes
plural noun
: comments or explanatory notes about a recording printed on the jacket or an insert
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To date, 41 songs by 31 artists have reached the chart with HARDY’s name in the liner notes as a writer.
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Russ Penuell, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2025
Carol crafted the liner notes, Tokic produced, and friends like Luke’s former manager Brian Buchanan and Daly helped put things together.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
The liner notes served as a kind of poetic manifesto.
—Patti Smith, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2025
Recreating the original Mosaic Records presentation from 1995, the set comprises some seven hours of music and comes with archival photos and new liner notes by Syd Schwartz.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Oct. 2025
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Russ Penuell, Billboard, 21 Nov. 2025
Carol crafted the liner notes, Tokic produced, and friends like Luke’s former manager Brian Buchanan and Daly helped put things together.
—Marissa R. Moss, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025
The liner notes served as a kind of poetic manifesto.
—Patti Smith, New Yorker, 1 Nov. 2025
Recreating the original Mosaic Records presentation from 1995, the set comprises some seven hours of music and comes with archival photos and new liner notes by Syd Schwartz.
—Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 6 Oct. 2025
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“Liner notes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liner%20notes. Accessed 29 Nov. 2025.
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