Kaleidoscope (Siouxsie album)

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Kaleidoscope

Studio album by Siouxsie & the Banshees
Released	1980
Recorded	1980
Genre	Gothic rock, Post-Punk
Length	40:44
Label	Polydor
Producer(s)	Nigel Gray, Siouxsie and the Banshees
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Siouxsie & the Banshees chronology
Join Hands (1979)	Kaleidoscope (1980)	Juju (1981)

For other uses of the term "Kaleidoscope", see Kaleidoscope (disambiguation)

Following the departure of several key band members, Siouxsie & the Banshees regrouped and redirected their sound for Kaleidoscope, their third album. Veering from a punkish, more guitar-oriented sound, the Banshees (reduced to a trio) began their experimentation with gothic and electronic soundscapes. This album also marks the debut of the Banshees' new drummer and songwriter Budgie, who would continue to record with the band throughout their remaining history. Polydor Records released this album in the UK in 1980. Kaleidoscope was remastered as a single disc digipack in May, 2006.

[edit] Track listing

All tracks by Sioux/Severin, unless noted otherwise

"Happy House"
"Tenant"
"Trophy" (Sioux/Severin/McGeoch)
"Hybrid"
"Clockface"
"Lunar Camel"
"Christine"
"Desert Kisses"
"Red Light"
"Paradise Place"
"Skin"

[edit] Remastered single disc digipack

"Happy House"
"Tenant"
"Trophy" (Sioux/Severin/McGeoch)
"Hybrid"
"Clockface"
"Lunar Camel"
"Christine"
"Desert Kisses"
"Red Light"
"Paradise Place"
"Skin"
"Christine" (demo version)
"Eve White/Eve Black" (demo version)
"Arabia (Lunar Camel)" (demo version)
"Sitting Room" (unreleased track)
"Paradise Place" (demo version)
"Desert Kisses" (demo version)
"Hybrid" (demo version)
"Happy House" (demo version)
"Israel" (7" A-Side)

[edit] Personnel

Siouxsie Sioux: vocals, acoustic & electric guitars, droma-derian, finger cymbals, camera, melodica
Steven Severin: bass, electric guitar, vocals, rhythm box, piano, synthesizers, electric sitar
Budgie: drums, harmonica, bass, percussion
Steve Jones: guitar
John McGeoch: guitar, ellaphone, sax, Farfisa organ, sitar, string synth
Nigel Gray and Siouxsie & the Banshees: producers

Siouxsie & the Banshees
Siouxsie Sioux \| Steven Severin \| Budgie Knox Chandler \| John Valentine Carruthers \| Peter Fenton \| Jon Klein \| Martin McCarrick \| John McGeoch \| John McKay \| Kenny Morris \| Marco Pirroni \| Robert Smith \| Sid Vicious
Siouxsie & the Banshees discography
Studio albums and extended plays: The Scream \| Join Hands \| Kaleidoscope \| Juju \| A Kiss in the Dreamhouse \| Hyæna \| The Thorn EP \| Tinderbox \| Through the Looking Glass \| Peepshow \| Superstition \| The Rapture
Compilations: Once Upon a Time: The Singles \| Twice Upon a Time: The Singles \| The Best of Siouxsie & the Banshees \| Downside Up
Live Albums: Nocturne \| Seven Year Itch
Peel Sessions: Voices on the Air: The Peel Sessions
Singles: Hong Kong Garden \| The Staircase (Mystery) \| Playground Twist \| Mittageisen / Love in a Void \| Happy House \| Christine \| Israel \| Spellbound \| Arabian Knights \| Fireworks \| Slowdive \| Melt! \| Dear Prudence \| Swimming Horses \| Dazzle \| Overground \| Cities in Dust \| Candyman \| This Wheel's on Fire \| The Passenger \| Song from the Edge of the World \| Peek-a-Boo \| The Killing Jar \| The Last Beat of My Heart \| Kiss Them for Me \| Shadowtime \| Fear (of the Unknown) \| Face to Face \| O Baby \| Stargazer
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