Kaleidoscope World
by The Chills

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Kaleidoscope World by The Chills
(Compilation album)
Year: 1986
Overall rank: 5,462nd   
Average Rating: 
75/100 (from 45 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1986 (76th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (799th)
Award Best albums of all time (5,462nd)

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The Chills bestography

Kaleidoscope World is ranked 2nd best out of 13 albums by Martin Phillipps & The Chills on BestEverAlbums.com.

The best album by Martin Phillipps & The Chills is Submarine Bells which is ranked number 5101 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 267.

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Kaleidoscope World track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).

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Rolling Moon
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Pink Frost
Average Rating: 87 (22 votes)Comments: View 0
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Hidden Bay
Average Rating: 75 (6 votes)Comments: View 0
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Satin Doll
Average Rating: 78 (10 votes)Comments: View 0
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Doledrums
Average Rating: 78 (8 votes)Comments: View 0
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Kaleidoscope World
Average Rating: 80 (11 votes)Comments: View 0
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Purple Girl
Average Rating: 77 (7 votes)Comments: View 0
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Flame Thrower
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Kaleidoscope World rankings

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Overall rank: 5,462nd | 1980s rank: 799th | 1986 rank: 76th

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Kaleidoscope World ratings

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75/100 (from 45 votes)
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This album is rated in the top 7% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.3/100, a mean average of 76.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.8.

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Kaleidoscope World comments

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60/100
From 12/03/2020 21:28 | #261906
Interesting band. Mixed bag. 'I Love My Leather Jacket' being best track on it. Some good ones (Kaleidoscope World, Pink Frost, Doledrums) but overall I find the majority of songs pretty average and slightly blending into each other.
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From 06/16/2020 01:28 | #253614
I actually own the original 8 track 12” release of ‘Kaleidoscope World’ on vinyl and it remained one of my all time favourites for a very long time. It wasn’t until much later on I discovered it was actually a compilation of early of EP’s and singles

There’s actually 3 different versions of ‘Kaleidoscope World’

(1) The original 8 track released in 1986
(2) An expanded 17 track release from 1989 featuring the iconic “I Love My Leather Jacket”
(3) And finally a definitive 24 track edition which came out in 2016

All versions are great and which ever edition you check out your your on a winner
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85/100
From 05/25/2014 18:04 | #112913
A delicious slice of Kiwiana. Includes the all-time NZ classic "Pink Frost". Mandatory listening for any of us colonials.
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80/100
From 04/07/2012 13:51 | #39674
This is a great album. I don't know anybody else who has this album.
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