Kaleidoscope World
by Swing Out Sister

Kaleidoscope World by Swing Out Sister
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 26,801st   
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 15 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (361st)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,383rd)
Award Best albums of all time (26,801st)

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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 9383 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 129.

Swing Out Sister album bestography « Higher ranked (9,383rd)
It's Better To Travel
This album (26,801st)
Kaleidoscope World
Lower ranked (35,994th) »
Somewhere Deep In The Night

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Kaleidoscope World track list

   The tracks on this album have an average rating of 79 out of 100 (10 out of 14 tracks have been rated).

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Kaleidoscope World rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 26,801st | 1980s rank: 3,383rd | 1989 rank: 361st

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Kaleidoscope World ratings

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77/100 (from 15 votes)
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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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This is a really underrated gem of an album. "Waiting Game" is absolutely phenomenal.
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A great follow up to 'It's Better to Travel'. 'Tainted' and 'Masquerade' are personal favourites.
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2. Disintegration by The Cure
3. The Stone Roses by The Stone Roses
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