Kaleidoscope World (The Chills album)
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Released | February 1986 | |||
Label | Creation Records, Flying Nun Records | |||
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Source | Rating |
Allmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Melody Maker | (favourable)[2] |
New Musical Express | 7/10[3] |
Underground | (favourable) [4] |
Vancouver Sun | (favourable)[5] |
Washington Post | (mixed)[6] |
Kaleidoscope World is a compilation album by New Zealand group The Chills, released in 1986 on Flying Nun Records[7] in New Zealand and on Creation Records in UK.[8] The album was a compilation of early singles, plus all the Chills' tracks which featured on the Dunedin Double EP and The Lost EP. It was reissued in 1987 by Flying Nun with a bonus 7-inch single, "I'll Only See You Alone Again"/"Green Eyed Owl".[4] It was rereleased again in 2016 by Flying Nun and Captured Tracks with a further 7 bonus tracks.
Track listing
[edit]Original 12" vinyl release on Flying Nun Records.[7]
Side A
- "Rolling Moon" - 3:50
- "Pink Frost" - 3:57
- "Hidden Bay" - 1:30
- "Satin Doll" - 4:23
Side B
- "Doledrums" - 3:06
- "Kaleidoscope World" - 3:40
- "Purple Girl" - 3:23
- "Flame-Thrower" - 3:15
Re-release CD on Flying Nun Records – FNE 13CD in 1989.[9]
- "Kaleidoscope World" - 03:40
- "Satin Doll" - 04:23
- "Frantic Drift" - 04:12
- "Rolling Moon" - 03:51
- "Bite" - 02:32
- "Flame Thrower" - 03:16
- "Pink Frost" - 03:57
- "Purple Girl" - 03:23
- "This Is The Way" - 02:31
- "Never Never Go" - 02:06
- "Don't Even Know Her Name" - 01:51
- "Bee Bah Bee Bah Bee Boe" - 02:44
- "Whole Weird World" - 03:25
- "Dream By Dream" - 05:20
- "Doledrums" - 03:10
- "Hidden Bay" - 01:44
- "I Love My Leather Jacket" - 02:54
- "The Great Escape" - 02:29
Re-release CD/2XLP/Digital on Flying Nun Records - FN567 in 2016
- "Kaleidoscope World"
- "Satin Doll"
- "Frantic Drift"
- "Rolling Moon"
- "Bite"
- "Flame Thrower"
- "Pink Frost"
- "Purple Girl"
- "This Is The Way"
- "Never Never Go"
- "Don't Even Know Her Name"
- "Bee Bah Bee Bah Bee Boe"
- "Whole Weird World"
- "Dream By Dream"
- "Doledrums"
- "Hidden Bay"
- "I Love My Leather Jacket"
- "The Great Escape"
- "Oncoming Day" (Early Version)
- "Dan Destiny and The Silver Dawn" (Unplugged)
- "Martyns Doctor Told Me"
- "I'll Only See You Alone Again"
- "Green Eyed Owl" (Live)
- "Smile From A Dead Dead Face" (Live)
References
[edit]- ^ Unterberger, Ritchie. "Allmusic review". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
- ^ Reynolds, Simon (2 January 1988). "Chilled Out". Melody Maker. Vol. 64, no. 1. p. 29. Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via Internet Archive.
- ^ Sinker, Mark (2 January 1988). "Kiwis on Ice". New Musical Express. p. 25.
- ^ a b Henderson, Dave (1988). "The Chills Kaleidoscope World". Underground (11): 19.
- ^ Mackie, John (1 August 1987). "The Grace Slick of the '60s still flies". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
- ^ Jenkins, Mark (21 March 1990). "Raising Consciousness Down Under". Washington Post. Washington. Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
- ^ a b Discogs.com
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