Kaleidoscope World
by The Chills
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Kaleidoscope World is ranked 2nd best out of 14 albums by Martin Phillipps & The Chills on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Martin Phillipps & The Chills is Submarine Bells which is ranked number 5288 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 262.
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Kaleidoscope World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
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Kaleidoscope World rankings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 05/07/2026 22:38 | mrmcrook | 1,115 | 77/100 |
| ! | 03/19/2026 02:00 | Exist-en-ciel | 15,468 | 70/100 |
| ! | 01/29/2026 16:14 | JamesMowbray | 5,622 | 69/100 |
| ! | 11/21/2024 15:17 | cicadelic | 13,704 | 73/100 |
| ! | 09/03/2024 09:00 | TheHutts | 2,104 | 76/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 6% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 75.5/100, a mean average of 76.2/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 76.2/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.3.
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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.
Brad1770 06/16/2020 01:28 | #253614 | TOP COMMENT
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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
A delicious slice of Kiwiana. Includes the all-time NZ classic "Pink Frost". Mandatory listening for any of us colonials.
lancashirearab 04/07/2012 13:51 | #39674 | TOP COMMENT
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This is a great album. I don't know anybody else who has this album.
The Chills are pure pop at its very best - simple melodies and bittersweet lyrics. I love this album and I think it is at least partly responsible for me moving to NZ..
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