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Act (band)

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Years active
  
1987–1988

Associated acts
  
Propaganda Onetwo

Active from
  
1987

Labels
  
ZTT

Active until
  
1988

Genres
  
Synthpop, Pop rock

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Past members
  
Thomas Leer Claudia Brücken

Members
  
Claudia Brücken, Thomas Leer

Albums
  
Laughter, Tears and Rage

Similar
  
Propaganda, Onetwo, Stephen Lipson, Paul Humphreys, Nate Wood

Act were a short-lived synthpop group signed to ZTT Records in the late 1980s, and comprising British musician Thomas Leer and German ex-Propaganda vocalist Claudia Brücken. Besides synthpop 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. The band dissolved shortly after the release of their first album Laughter, Tears and Rage in 1988.

Contents

Discography

All albums and singles were released by ZTT Records.

Albums

  • Laughter, Tears and Rage (1988, reissued in 2004 as CD and a 3CD box set)
  • Act - Love & Hate A Compact Introduction (2015) - a Retrospective 2-CD album featuring 30 Tracks

    • Singles

  • "Snobbery and Decay" (1987) UK No. 60, Italy No. 38
  • "Absolutely Immune" (1987)
  • "Chance" (1988) (single withdrawn prior to release, due to copyright issues surrounding an ABBA sample)
  • "I Can't Escape from You" (1988)

    • Songs

    Snobbery & DecayCombined · 2011
    Absolutely ImmuneAbsolutely Immune · 2014
    Absolutely Immune IIAbsolutely Immune · 2014

    References

    Act (band) Wikipedia
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