Kaleidoscope (studio album)
by Siouxsie And The Banshees

Kaleidoscope by Siouxsie And The Banshees
Year: 1980
Overall rank: 2,245th   
Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 205 votes)
     
Accolades:
Award Top albums of 1980 (44th)
Award Top albums of the 1980s (343rd)
Award Best albums of all time (2,245th)

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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 572 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 2,975.

Siouxsie And The Banshees album bestography « Higher ranked (1,698th)
The Scream
This album (2,245th)
Kaleidoscope
Lower ranked (2,468th) »
A Kiss In The Dreamhouse

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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).

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Kaleidoscope rankings

Rankings summary
Overall rank: 2,245th | 1980s rank: 343rd | 1980 rank: 44th

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Kaleidoscope ratings

Average Rating: 
78/100 (from 205 votes)
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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 78.0/100, a mean average of 77.0/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 78.3/100. The standard deviation for this album is 14.4.

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90/100
From 07/24/2019 16:43 | #240328
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.
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From 01/13/2018 22:29 | #205425
Kaleidoscope is a dizzying journey through a surrealistic environment. Parts feel a little robotic but it is still fantastically written.
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From 01/17/2017 22:12 | #183100
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.
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From 10/28/2014 18:54 | #125651
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).
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From 07/06/2012 12:36 | #46025
It's rather average album
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