Act (band)
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| Genre = [[synthpop]]
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| Years_active = 1987-1988
| Label = [[ZTT Records]]
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| Past_members = [[Thomas Leer]]<br/>[[Claudia Brücken]]
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'''Act''' were a short-lived [[synthpop]] group signed to [[ZTT Records]] in the late 1980s, and comprising [[Thomas Leer]] and ex-[[Propaganda (band)|Propaganda]] vocalist [[Claudia Brücken]]. Besides [[electropop]] and [[disco]] the group were also influenced by [[psychedelic rock]] and [[musical theatre]]. Lyrically their songs tended to be concerned with [[decadence]] and the moral bankruptcy of the world as they saw it, as summed up in the title of their debut single "[[Snobbery And Decay]]" — the cover of which, featuring pictures of [[Quentin Crisp]] and [[Liberace]], is pictured on the right. The band disolved shortly after the release of the album.
==Discography==
===Albums===
Act released only one album, ''[[Laughter, Tears and Rage]]'' in 1988.
It was reissued as a 3CD set ''[[Laughter, Tears and Rage - The Anthology]]'' in 2004 (ZTT185CDX)
[CD1 '(More) Laughter, Tears and Rage'] (expanded issue of the album - with 8 additional tracks)
*1 - Absolutely Immune
*2 - Chance
*3 - Laughter
*4 - I Can't Escape From You
*5 - Short Story (thinker)
*6 - Poison
*7 - Under the Nights of Germany
*8 - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now
*9 - The 3rd Planet
*10 - Gestures
*11 - Bloodrush
*12 - A Friendly Warning
*13 - Certified
*14 - Where Love Lies Bleeding
*15 - (Theme from) Laughter
*16 - Snobbery and Decay
*17 - I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You
*18 - (Theme from) Snobbery and Decay
*19 - Absolutely Immune (seven inch mix)
*20 - White Rabbit
*21 - Dear Life
*22 - (Theme from) I Can't Escape From You
[CD2 'Name Dropping (Songs from Beyond The Me-decade)'] (various remixes and alternative versions)
*1 - Snobbery and Decay (That's Entertainment!)
*2 - Absolutely Immune (Extended version)
*3 - Chance (Throbbin' Mix)
*4 - Winner 88 (Extended)
*5 - I Can't Excape from You (Love and Hate)
*6 - Snobbery and Decay (Extended, for Stephanie Beacham)
*7 - Strong Poison
*8 - Absolutely Immune (Trevor's Twelve Inch Mix)
*9 - States of Logic
*10 - (We Give You Another) Chance
*11 - Snobbery and Decay (The Naked Civil)
[CD3 'That's Entertainment! (Plundering the Vaults)'] (previously unreleased material and rarities)
*1 - Laughter (seven inch mix)
*2 - Chance (seven inch mix)
*3 - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (Lucky's Skank 2)
*4 - Absolutely Immune (take 4)
*5 - (Alternative) Gestures
*6 - Under the Nights of Germany (trial edit)
*7 - Body Electric
*8 - Heaven Knows I'm Miserable Now (Lucky's Skank 1
*9 - Laughter (instrumental seven inch)
*10 - Absolutely Immune (instrumental)
*11 - Certified (instrumental)
*12 - Under the Nights of Germany (instrumental)
*13 - Gestures (instrumental)
*14 - I'd Be Surprisingly Instrumental For You
*15 - Winner '88 (instrumental)
*16 - 3rd Planet (Altered)
*17 - Bloodrush (Silent)
*18 - Gestures (Improvised)
===Singles===
* [[Snobbery And Decay|Snobbery and Decay]] (1987) UK#60 (7" ZTAS28 / 12" 12ZTAS28 / 2nd 12" 12XACT28 / Cassette CTIS28 / CD single CID28)
* [[Absolutely Immune]] (1987) (7" IMM1 / 12" TIMM1 / 12" remix VIMM1)
* [[Chance (Act song)|Chance]] (1988) (7" BET1 / 12" BETT1) (single withdrawn prior to release due to copyright issues surrounding an Abba sample)
* [[I Can't Escape From You|I Can't Escape from You]] (1988) (7" IMM1 /12" TIMM1 /CD single CDIMM2)
All above released by ZTT Records Limited.
== External links ==
*[http://www.ztt.com/ ZTT Records official site]
*[http://www.ztt.com/shop ZTT Records official store]
*Ian Peel: ''[http://www.zttaat.com/article.php?title=172 Warriors of pop, 21 years of ZTT]'' [[Record Collector]], September 2004 (copy at ''Zang Tuum Tumb and all that'') Article about ZTT's history, contains info on Act
Additional reference
Act "Laughter Tears and Rage: The Anthology" sleeve-notes.
[[Category:German rock music groups]]
[[Category:British rock music groups]]
[[Category:ZTT Records artists]]
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