Kaleidoscope World
by Swing Out Sister
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Swing Out Sister bestography
Kaleidoscope World is ranked 2nd best out of 8 albums by Swing Out Sister on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Swing Out Sister is It's Better To Travel which is ranked number 9954 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 122.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Kaleidoscope World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (10 out of 14 tracks have been rated).
Kaleidoscope World rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 80 Music Albums of 1989 | 47/80 | 2 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 71/100 | 2 |
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 33 Music Albums of 1989 | 26/33 | 1 |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 1501-1600 | 95/100 | - |
| 2022 | MARTINBORS | Top 36 Music Albums of 1989 | 25/36 | 2 |
| 2020 | panapsal | My Top 100 albums of the years 1985 - 1990 | 95/100 | - |
| 2020 | panapsal | Top 100 Music Albums of 1989 | 32/100 | 3 |
| 2018 | AlienCinema | Top 50 Music Albums of 1989 | 39/50 | 1 |
| 2018 |  NoisyBeast | Top Albums of 1989... #301-400 | 84/100 | - |
| 2016 | seanie542 | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 33/100 | 14 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 14 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 34 | |||
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Kaleidoscope World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ! | 09/23/2025 21:46 | Olli | 7,912 | 62/100 |
| ! | 01/22/2024 23:39 | r0b07 | 801 | 83/100 |
| ! | 07/20/2022 16:42 |  TheDude85 | 9,536 | 83/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 3% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 76.9/100, a mean average of 80.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 80.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 11.5.
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Forum mentions
Romanelli 09/04/2024 17:28 in What album are you listening to? (cont.) Romanelli 12/17/2022 20:45 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Beethoven's Last Night Romanelli 10/29/2022 22:16 in Instrumental ThreadKaleidoscope World comments
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This is a really underrated gem of an album. "Waiting Game" is absolutely phenomenal. (Edited)
A great follow up to 'It's Better to Travel'. 'Tainted' and 'Masquerade' are personal favourites.
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