Kaleidoscope (Siouxsie & the Banshees album)

Infobox Album |
Name = Kaleidoscope
Type = Album
Artist = 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
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:bc851vgjzzua link]
Last album = "Join Hands"
(1979)
This album = "Kaleidoscope"
(1980)
Next album = "Juju"
(1981)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. The record hit #5 in the UK charts ( it's the highest position the band reached in the albums charts)."Kaleidoscope" was remastered as a single disc digipack in May, 2006 with unreleased material in the bonus.

The Cure leader Robert Smith named that record to Steve Sutherland in 1985 to describe "The Head on the Door": "It reminds me of the "Kaleidoscope" album, the idea of having lots of different sounding things, different colors." [ "A suitable case of treatment" interview of Robert Smith by Steve Sutherland in "Melody Maker" 17 August 1985 ]

Santogold was highly infuenced by the Banshee track "Red Light" to compose and record "My Superman" on her first album. The tune and the production are so close on these two songs that a copyright issue might take place in the future.

Track listing

"All tracks by Sioux/Severin, unless noted otherwise"

Original release

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

2006 remastered reissue

* Includes original track listing plus:
#

"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)

Singles

* "Happy House"
* "Christine"

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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