liner notes

plural noun

: comments or explanatory notes about a recording printed on the jacket or an insert

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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 The reissue was done in full cooperation with Yoshimura’s estate, and the new editions feature liner notes from the writer and professor Junichi Konuma. Matthew Strauss, Pitchfork, 17 Jan. 2025 The accompanying booklet includes the original liner notes by jazz scholar Dan Morgenstern and an insightful new essay by the award-winning Davis author Ashley Kahn. George Varga, The Mercury News, 16 Dec. 2024 Any director would have fun making sense of Dylan’s attempt at a druggy non-musical narrative, where the hero turns into a literal tarantula attempting to write the liner notes to Highway 61 Revisited. Brady Gerber, Vulture, 16 Dec. 2024 See all Example Sentences for liner notes 

Word History

First Known Use

1955, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of liner notes was in 1955

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“Liner notes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/liner%20notes. Accessed 22 Feb. 2025.

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