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- ↑ Strong, Martin C. (2003) The Great Indie Discography, Canongate, ISBN 1-84195-335-0, p. 732
- ↑ Larkin, Colin (1998) The Encyclopedia of Popular Music, Palgrave Macmillan, p. 1783
- ↑ Damas, Jason "Strange Review", Allmusic, retrieved 2011-01-22
- ↑ Official UK Charts - Ether
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