Kaleidoscope World
by Swing Out Sister

Kaleidoscope World by Swing Out Sister
Year: 1989
Overall rank: 26,796th   Overall chart history
Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 15 votes)
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Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1989 (362nd)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (3,366th)
Award Best albums of all time (26,796th)

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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 9513 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 127.

Swing Out Sister album bestography « Higher ranked (9,513th)
It's Better To Travel
This album (26,796th)
Kaleidoscope World
Lower ranked (36,097th) »
Somewhere Deep In The Night

(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

  Track ratings The tracks on this album have an average rating of 78 out of 100 (10 out of 14 tracks have been rated).

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Rankings summary
Overall rank: 26,796th | 1980s rank: 3,366th | 1989 rank: 362nd

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Average Rating: 
77/100 (from 15 votes)
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09/23/2025 21:46 Olli  Ratings distribution  6,75563/100
 
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01/22/2024 23:39 r0b07  Ratings distribution  80183/100
 
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07/20/2022 16:42 TheDude85  Ratings distribution  9,53683/100
 
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08/05/2020 17:46 Albin2  Ratings distribution  4575/100
 
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07/22/2018 02:07 BrufordFreak  Ratings distribution  1,46176/100

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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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From 01/22/2024 23:50 | #301392
This is a really underrated gem of an album. "Waiting Game" is absolutely phenomenal.
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From 03/03/2018 22:45 | #210045
A great follow up to 'It's Better to Travel'. 'Tainted' and 'Masquerade' are personal favourites.
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