Kaleidoscope (Siouxsie & the Banshees album)

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Kaleidoscope
Kaleidoscope cover
Studio album by Siouxsie & the Banshees
Released 1 August 1980
Recorded 1980
Genre New Wave
Post-Punk
Length 40:44
Label Geffen/Warner Bros. (USA)
Polydor (UK)
Producer Nigel Gray, Siouxsie and the Banshees
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Siouxsie & the Banshees chronology
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(1979)		 Kaleidoscope
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Following the departure of two 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 electronic soundscapes and Middle Eastern exotica. This album also marks the debut of the guitarist John McGeoch from Magazine and the brand new drummer and composer Budgie from The Slits, 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

  1. "Happy House"
  2. "Tenant"
  3. "Trophy" (Sioux/Severin/McGeoch)
  4. "Hybrid"
  5. "Clockface"
  6. "Lunar Camel"
  7. "Christine"
  8. "Desert Kisses"
  9. "Red Light"
  10. "Paradise Place"
  11. "Skin"

[edit] Remastered single disc digipack

  1. "Happy House"
  2. "Tenant"
  3. "Trophy" (Sioux/Severin/McGeoch)
  4. "Hybrid"
  5. "Clockface"
  6. "Lunar Camel"
  7. "Christine"
  8. "Desert Kisses"
  9. "Red Light"
  10. "Paradise Place"
  11. "Skin"
  12. "Christine" (demo version)
  13. "Eve White/Eve Black" (demo version)
  14. "Arabia (Lunar Camel)" (demo version)
  15. "Sitting Room" (unreleased track)
  16. "Paradise Place" (demo version)
  17. "Desert Kisses" (demo version)
  18. "Hybrid" (demo version)
  19. "Happy House" (demo version)
  20. "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
  • John McGeoch: guitar, ellaphone, sax, Farfisa organ, sitar, string synth
  • Steve Jones: lead guitar on "Paradise Place" and "Skin"


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