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- ↑ "The Top 10 Tori Amos YouTube Moments". PopMatters . October 3, 2012.
- ↑ Parker, Chris (November 22, 2019). "Album Review: Come On Up to the House: Women Sing Waits". Variety . Retrieved December 1, 2022.
- ↑ "Costello's 500". Vanity Fair . November 1, 2000. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ↑ Creswell, Toby (2005). 1001 Songs: The Great Songs of All Time and the Artists, Stories and Secrets Behind Them. Hardie Grant. ISBN 1742731481 . Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ↑ "The 700 Best Songs of All Time (2014)". Musikexpress. 2014. Retrieved September 28, 2015.
- ↑ Rain Dogs (booklet). Tom Waits. London, United Kingdom: Island Records. 1985.
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