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Kaleidoscope World (Swing Out Sister album)

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Released
  
25 May 1989

Artist
  
Swing Out Sister

Label
  
Fontana Records

Length
  
59:40

Release date
  
25 May 1989

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Producer
  
Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery, Paul Staveley O'Duffy

Kaleidoscope World (1989)
  
Get in Touch with Yourself (1992)

Genres
  
Jazz, Soul music, Sophisti-pop

Similar
  
It's Better to Travel, Get in Touch with Yourself, Shapes and Patterns, The Living Return, Filth and Dreams

Kaleidoscope World is the second studio album by the British band Swing Out Sister. It was released in 1989 and features the singles "Where in the World?" (UK #47), "You on My Mind" (a UK #28 hit), "Forever Blue" (UK #80), and "Waiting Game". With the addition of an orchestra, this album featured a more sophisticated, easy listening/retro sound than their previous synth-oriented debut album, 1987's It's Better to Travel. The album reached #9 on the UK Albums Chart.

Contents

The album was notable for being released on the newly reactivated Polygram subsidiary label Fontana Records, which had been a highly successful record label in the 1960s (something reflected in the stylised cover art for Kaleidoscope World). The album also features solos from the veteran harmonica player Tommy Reilly. Original band member Martin Jackson left Swing Out Sister during the making of this album. Although the liner notes give "special thanks to Martin Jackson" and his co-writing credits appear on the songs "Tainted" and "Between Strangers", they also point out that "Swing Out Sister are Corinne Drewery and Andy Connell." Jimmy Webb arranged and conducted the orchestra for "Forever Blue" and "Precious Words."

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Track listing

LP & Cassette Version

  1. "You on My Mind" - (3:32) (Andy Connell, Corinne Drewery, Paul Staveley O'Duffy)
  2. "Where in the World" - (5:33) (A. Connell, C. Drewery)
  3. "Forever Blue" - (4:17) (A. Connell, C. Drewery)
  4. "Heart For Hire" - (4:25) (A. Connell, C. Drewery)
  5. "Tainted" - (3:59) (A. Connell, C. Drewery, Martin Jackson)
  6. "Waiting Game" - (4:15) (A. Connell, C. Drewery)
  7. "Precious Words" - (4:13) (A. Connell/C. Drewery)
  8. "Masquerade" - (4:46) (A. Connell, C. Drewery)
  9. "Between Strangers" - (4:06) (A. Connell, C. Drewery, M. Jackson)
  10. "The Kaleidoscope Affair" - (3:09) (A. Connell, C. Drewery)

CD Version

  1. "You on My Mind" - (3:32)
  2. "Where in the World" - (5:33)
  3. "Forever Blue" - (4:17)
  4. "Heart For Hire" - (4:25)
  5. "Tainted" - (3:59)
  6. "Waiting Game" - (4:15)
  7. "Precious Words" - (4:13)
  8. "Masquerade" - (4:46)
  9. "Between Strangers" - (4:06)
  10. "The Kaleidoscope Affair" - (3:09)
  11. "Coney Island Man" - (3:43)
  12. "Precious Words (Instrumental) - (4:11)
  13. "Forever Blue (String Mix) - (4:13)
  14. "Masquerade (Instrumental) - (4:46)

Songs

1You on My Mind3:32
2Where in the World
3Forever Blue4:19

References

Kaleidoscope World (Swing Out Sister album) Wikipedia
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