Kaleidoscope World (The Chills album)

Kaleidoscope World
Compilation album by
The Chills
ReleasedFebruary 1986
LabelCreation Records, Flying Nun Records
The Chills chronology
The Lost EP
(1985) 		Kaleidoscope World
(1986) 		Brave Words
(1987)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Melody Maker(favourable)[2]
New Musical Express7/10[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 the 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 re-released again in 2016 by Flying Nun and Captured Tracks with a further seven bonus tracks.

  1. ^ Unterberger, Ritchie. "Allmusic review". Allmusic. All Media Guide. Retrieved 15 June 2011.
  2. ^ Reynolds, Simon (2 January 1988). "Chilled Out". Melody Maker. Vol. 64, no. 1. p. 29. Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via Internet Archive.
  3. ^ Sinker, Mark (2 January 1988). "Kiwis on Ice". New Musical Express. p. 25.
  4. ^ a b Henderson, Dave (1988). "The Chills Kaleidoscope World". Underground (11): 19.
  5. ^ Mackie, John (1 August 1987). "The Grace Slick of the '60s still flies". Vancouver Sun. Vancouver. Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  6. ^ Jenkins, Mark (21 March 1990). "Raising Consciousness Down Under". Washington Post. Washington. Retrieved 5 March 2024 – via ProQuest.
  7. ^ "The Chills : Kaleidoscope World". Discogs.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.
  8. ^ "The Chills : Kaleidoscope World". Discogs.com. Retrieved 10 September 2024.