Kaleidoscope World (The Chills album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Kaleidoscope World

| type = Compilation

| artist = The Chills

| cover = Kaleidoscopeworld.jpg

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| released = February 1986

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| label = Creation Records, Flying Nun Records

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| prev_title = The Lost EP

| prev_year = 1985

| next_title = Brave Words

| next_year = 1987

}}{{Music ratings

| rev1 = Allmusic

| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}} {{cite web | url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r3893|pure_url=yes}} | title=Allmusic review | work=Allmusic | publisher=All Media Guide | first=Ritchie | last=Unterberger | access-date=2011-06-15}}

| rev2 = Melody Maker

| rev2score = (favourable){{Cite magazine |last=Reynolds |first=Simon |author-link=Simon Reynolds |title=Chilled Out |magazine=Melody Maker |date=1988-01-02 |volume=64 |issue=1 |page=29 |url=https://archive.org/details/sim_melody-maker_1988-01-02_64_1/mode/2up |url-access=registration |access-date=2024-03-05 |via=Internet Archive}}

| rev3 = New Musical Express

| rev3score = 7/10{{cite magazine|title=Kiwis on Ice |last=Sinker |first=Mark |date=2 January 1988 |magazine=New Musical Express |page=25}}

| rev4 = Underground

| rev4Score = (favourable) {{cite journal |last1=Henderson |first1=Dave |year=1988 |title=The Chills Kaleidoscope World |journal=Underground |issue=11 |pages=19 }}

| rev5 = Vancouver Sun

| rev5score = (favourable){{Cite news |last=Mackie |first=John |title=The Grace Slick of the '60s still flies |newspaper=Vancouver Sun |date=1987-08-01 |location=Vancouver |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/grace-slick-60s-still-flies/docview/243754518/se-2 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-03-05 |via=ProQuest}}

| rev6 = Washington Post

| rev6score = (mixed){{Cite news |last=Jenkins |first=Mark |title=Raising Consciousness Down Under |newspaper=Washington Post |date=1990-03-21 |location=Washington |url=https://www.proquest.com/newspapers/records-raising-consciousness-down-under/docview/307254154/se-2 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2024-03-05 |via=ProQuest}}

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Kaleidoscope World is a compilation album by New Zealand group The Chills, released in 1986 on Flying Nun Records{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Chills-Kaleidoscope-World/release/1431022|title=The Chills : Kaleidoscope World|website=Discogs.com|access-date=10 September 2024}} in New Zealand and on Creation Records in the UK.{{Cite web|url=http://www.discogs.com/Chills-Kaleidoscope-World/release/572707|title=The Chills : Kaleidoscope World|website=Discogs.com|access-date=10 September 2024}}

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 with a bonus 7-inch single, "I'll Only See You Alone Again"/"Green Eyed Owl". It was re-released again in 2016 by Flying Nun and Captured Tracks with a further seven bonus tracks.