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- ↑ Lindisfarne Discography - Sleepless Nights Archived 2011-07-25 at the Wayback Machine
- 1 2 Sleepless Nights at AllMusic
- ↑ Chart Stats - Lindisfarne - Sleepless Nights
- ↑ Wells, David (2006). Meet me on the Corner: Lindisfarne the collection (CD booklet). Lindisfarne. Sanctuary Records Group.
- ↑ The Daily Vault Music Reviews : Live At The Cambridge Folk Festival
- ↑ BBC Radio 2 - Folk and Acoustic reviews: The River Sessions