''Kaleidoscope World'' is a
compilation album by
New Zealand
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group
The Chills
The Chills are a New Zealand rock band that formed in Dunedin in 1980. The band is essentially the continuing project of singer/songwriter Martin Phillipps, who is the group's sole constant member. For a time in the 1990s, the act was billed a ...
, released in 1986 on
Flying Nun Records
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in UK.
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
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with a bonus 7-inch single, "I'll Only See You Alone Again"/"Green Eyed Owl".Flying Nun
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and Captured Tracks with a further 7 bonus tracks.
Track listing
Original 12" vinyl release on Flying Nun Records
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#"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
1986 compilation albums
The Chills albums
Creation Records albums
Creation Records compilation albums
Flying Nun Records compilation albums
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