Kaleidoscope
by Siouxsie And The Banshees
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Siouxsie And The Banshees bestography
Kaleidoscope is ranked 3rd best out of 16 albums by Siouxsie And The Banshees on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Siouxsie And The Banshees is Juju which is ranked number 556 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 3,068.
(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 track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 81 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Top-rated track as rated by BestEverAlbums.com members.
Kaleidoscope rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 6 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | blueandthemoon | Top 26 Music Albums of 1980 | 3/26 | 5 |
| 2026 |  zags7000 | Overall 201-300 | 96/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Tamthebam | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 24/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | Olli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1980 | 33/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1980 Pt 2 | 3/29 | - |
| 2026 |  ExTeaSea | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 82/100 | 4 |
| 2026 | matterhornrider | Top 76 Music Albums of 1980 | 25/76 | 3 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 41 Music Albums of 1980 | 6/41 | 4 |
| 2026 | stangetzaway | Top 100 Music Albums of the 1980s | 60/100 | 8 |
| 2026 |  RasmV | Top 50 Music Albums of 1980 | 34/50 | 2 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 172 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 687 | |||
Kaleidoscope collection
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Kaleidoscope ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 09/19/2026 16:15 | Yazeed | 58 | 65/100 |
| ! | 07/15/2026 22:24 |  teague | 4,366 | 78/100 |
| ! | 05/07/2026 09:37 |  MetalMan67 | 6,250 | 71/100 |
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This album is rated in the top 2% of all albums on BestEverAlbums.com. This album has a Bayesian average rating of 78.2/100, a mean average of 76.8/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.5/100. The standard deviation for this album is 15.0.
Kaleidoscope favourites
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Kaleidoscope forum mentions
BestEverAlbums 09/07/2026 08:00 in Chart of the day (#5428): By ExTeaSeaView latest topic →
Rhyner 06/09/2026 17:13 in What album are you listening to? (cont.)
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Kaleidoscope comments
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Brandon8 TOP 100 COMMENTER 07/24/2019 16:43 | #240328 | TOP COMMENT
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I’d recommend people getting into the band to start here. They finally deliver some very good songs such as Happy House, Hybrid, Christine which is the best track & Red Light and the whole album is worth a listen. (Edited)
Tamthebam TOP 100 COMMENTER 01/17/2017 22:12 | #183100 | TOP COMMENT
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This their 3rd album was the weakest up to that point however tracks like Christine, Happy House, Skin & Clockface prove that it has stood the test of time. Not their best but not bad.
A mature and experimental progression. Probably my 4th favorite from Siouxsie and the Banshees (Juju and The Scream tying in first place, and Join Hands being third).
Kaleidoscope is a dizzying journey through a surrealistic environment. Parts feel a little robotic but it is still fantastically written.
timtooky 05/09/2014 19:00 | #111306
they hadn't found their style yet.
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