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Kaleidoscope
Artist:
Siouxsie And The Banshees
Format: CD
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Formats and Editions
1. Happy House
2. Tenant
3. Trophy
4. Hybrid
5. Clockface
6. Lunar Camel
7. Christine
8. Desert Kisses
9. Red Light
10. Paradise Place
11. Skin
More Info:
Kaleidoscope is the third studio album by English rock band Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1980 by record label Polydor. With the arrival of two new musicians, Budgie on drums and John McGeoch on guitars, the band changed their musical direction and offered an album containing a wide variety of colors. "It was almost a different band", said Siouxsie.Reviews:
''Kaleidoscope'' is the third studio album by Siouxsie and the Banshees, released in 1980. Following the departure of two band members, the band regrouped and redirected their sound for their third record. Departing from their previous work, the Banshees incorporated synthesizers and drums box for the first time. They particularly experimented in electronic music on a couple of numbers, the electro-dance minimalism "Red Light" and the synth-based piece "Lunar Camel". ''Kaleidoscope'' also marks the debut of guitarist John McGeoch from Magazine and new drummer Budgie from The Slits. The album hit number five in the UK album chart, the highest position the band has achieved.
Allmusic's David Cleary described it as a "strong record" with "extraordinarily imaginative production values featuring intricate synthesizer-flecked arrangements; psychedelic touches in "Christine," spaceship synthesizer swoops in "Tenant," and rhythmic camera clicks in "Red Light" all enliven their respective songs". Melody Maker's Paulo Hewitt also praised the album and qualified "Paradise Place" and "Skin" as "classic Banshee pieces. Hypnotic, relentless and incisive, both feature Steve Jones on guitar, revealing a hitherto unknown side of the (S)ex-Pistol".
''Kaleidoscope'' had an impact on several critically-acclaimed musicians. The Cure front man 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."
Johnny Marr from The Smiths, stated on the BBC radio 2 in February 2008 about John McGeoch's contribution on "Happy House" :
Santigold said that she took inspiration of the number "Red Light". "'My Superman' is an interpolation of a Siouxsie Sioux song, 'Red Light,'" she explained. "I love her song and I love this song." Santigold also later sampled another song of ''Kaleidoscope'', "Lunar Camel" on her ''Top Ranking'' remix album. Jeremy Jay covered the same song, "Lunar Camel" on his ''Airwalker'' E.P. - Wikipedia
