Act (band) 736590 219614259 2008-06-16T02:24:10Z Lightbot 7178666 Units/dates/other {{Infobox musical artist <!-- See Wikipedia:WikiProject_Musicians --> | Name = Act | Img = | Img_capt = "Snobbery And Decay" 7" sleeve | Img_size = | Landscape = | Background = group_or_band | Birth_name = | Alias = | Born = | Died = | Origin = | Instrument = | Voice_type = | Genre = [[synthpop]] | Occupation = | Years_active = 1987-1988 | Label = [[ZTT Records]] | Associated_acts = [[Propaganda (band)|Propaganda]]<br/>[[Onetwo (band)|onetwo]] | URL = | Current_members = | Past_members = [[Thomas Leer]]<br/>[[Claudia Brücken]] | Notable_instruments = }} '''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]]" &mdash; 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]] {{UK-rock-band-stub}} {{Germany-band-stub}} [[no:Act]]