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- 1 2 Neill & Kent 2002, p. 179.
- ↑ DeRogatis 2003, p. 386.
- ↑ Kemp, Mark (2004). "The Who". In Brackett, Nathan; Hoard, Christian (eds.). The New Rolling Stone Album Guide (4th ed.). Simon & Schuster. pp. 871–873. ISBN 0-7432-0169-8.
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- ↑ "Petra Haden Sings: The Who Sell Out – Petra Haden – Songs, Reviews, Credits". AllMusic.
- ↑ "Liner notes of The Who Sell Out (1995 reissue)". Discogs . Retrieved 13 April 2019.
Sources
- Neill, Andy; Kent, Matt (2002). Anywhere Anyhow Anywhere: The Complete Chronicle of The Who. Virgin Books. ISBN 978-0-7535-1217-3.
- DeRogatis, Jim (2003). Turn on Your Mind: Four Decades of Great Psychedelic Rock. Milwaukee, Wisconsin: Hal Leonard Corporation. ISBN 978-0-634-05548-5.