Notes and the Like is the second studio album by German indie electronic band Ms. John Soda. It was released on 3 March 2006 by Morr Music.[2]

Notes and the Like
Studio album by
Released3 March 2006 (2006-03-03)
Recorded2005
StudioUphon (Weilheim in Oberbayern)
Genre
Length39:37
LabelMorr
Ms. John Soda chronology
No P. or D.
(2002)
Notes and the Like
(2006)
Loom
(2015)

Reception

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Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
SourceRating
Metacritic66/100[3]
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic     [4]
Pitchfork5.4/10[5]
PopMatters6/10[6]

At Metacritic, which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, Notes and the Like received an average score of 66 based on seven reviews, indicating "generally favorable reviews".[3]

Track listing

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All lyrics are written by Stefanie Böhm; all music is composed by Micha Acher and Böhm

No.TitleLength
1."A Nod on Hold"2:44
2."Hands"4:16
3."Scan the Ways"3:23
4."A Million Times"4:11
5."No. One"5:00
6."Outlined View"4:27
7."Line by Line"5:52
8."Sometimes Stop Sometimes Go"5:52
9."Plenty Of"3:52
Total length:39:37

Personnel

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Credits are adapted from the album's liner notes.[7]

Ms. John Soda

  • Micha Acher
  • Stefanie Böhm

Additional musicians

  • Thomas Geltinger
  • Elias Giggenbach
  • Johanna Giggenbach
  • Carl Oesterhelt
  • Andreas Gerth – additional programming
  • Aqua Luminus III – Akai MPC
  • Mathis Mayr – cello
  • Wolfgang Schönwetter – horns
  • Stefan Schreiber – flute, saxophone
  • Tobi Weber – viola

Production

Design

  • Jan Kruse – artwork
  • Gerald von Foris – photography

References

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  1. ^ a b Megens, René (14 February 2006). "Ms. John Soda – Notes And The Like". OOR (in Dutch). Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Ms. John Soda: Notes And The Like". Morr Music. Retrieved 22 January 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Notes And The Like by Ms. John Soda Reviews and Tracks". Metacritic. Retrieved 27 February 2021.
  4. ^ Brown, Marisa. "Notes and the Like – Ms. John Soda". AllMusic. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  5. ^ Ubl, Sam (23 March 2006). "Ms. John Soda: Notes and the Like". Pitchfork. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  6. ^ Keefe, Michael (20 April 2006). "Ms. John Soda: Notes and the Like". PopMatters. Retrieved 18 March 2021.
  7. ^ Notes and the Like (liner notes). Ms. John Soda. Morr Music. 2006. MM064.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
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