Act
Laughter, tears and rage
Type: Album
Format: 12" vinyl
Label: Zang Tuum Tumb
Catalogue ref.: ZQLP1
Release date: 27 June 1988
Country: United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
Sleeve design: T&CP associates
Side 1
Side 2
Occasionally the tracklisting printed on the sleeve art of a release isn’t 100% accurate. Tracks may be missing, mixes unspecified or misnamed. For this reason a more accurate actual tracklisting is shown alongside the printed tracklisting.
Outer sleeve: Front
Claudia Brücken · Thomas Leer
(Act logo)
Laughter, Tears and Rage
Outer sleeve: Back
ZQLP1
Laughter, Tears and Rage
(Act logo)
one
Absolutely immune
Chance
Laughter
I can’t escape from you
Under the nights of Germany
pause
two
Gestures
A friendly warning
Certified
Where love lies bleeding
Snobbery and decay
I had made up my mind not to lift a finger
He’s lying now and I know it, but what the hell
grace under pressure
’sur la férocité des blondes’
performed by Claudia Brücken and Thomas Leer
produced by Stephen Lipson except Chance produced by Trevor Horn, Laughter produced by Greg Walsh and A friendly warning produced by Act
listen, we’ve got to do —
grace under pressure
weiss der himmel, warum ich mich so elend fühle
how else has the world changed
cover photography by Russell Young
(ZTT logo)
Manufactured in Germany. Pressé en Allemagne. Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf
(Warner logo) A Warner Communications Company
Inner sleeve: Back
side one
Absolutely immune
sung by Claudia Brücken and Thomas Leer
produced by Stephen Lipson
a starting point: our hero chooses to live and discover the enemy
Chance
produced by Trevor Horn
“how else has the world changed”
Laughter
produced by Greg Walsh
then this happens
I can’t escape from you
sung by Claudia Brücken
produced by Stephen Lipson
“who do you go on making dreams?”
Under the nights of germany
produced by Stephen Lipson
what language did I speak
pause
end of part one
side two
Gestures
sung by Claudia Brücken and Thomas Leer
produced by Stephen Lipson
caught in a cage between heaven and hell
A friendly warning
produced by Act
“all happiness consists of a certain quantity of something —
Certified
produced by Stephen Lipson
then this happens
Where love lies bleeding
produced by Stephen Lipson
“I had made my mind up —
Snobbery and decay
sung by Claudia Brücken and Thomas Leer
produced by Stephen Lipson
strings arranged by David Bedford
“lifestyles of the rich and famous/look at them, who can blame us…”
Laughter Tears and Rage
(Act logo)
ZCLP 1
engineers: Bob Kraushaar, Heff Moraes and Renny Hill
photography: Russell Young, Tobi Corney and Patrick Lichfield
design: David A. Jones, Mark A. Higenbottam, Martyn Atkins T&CP Assoc.
copy: Peter Frith, Tim Wiedner
hats: Petra Wüstner
additional music: Andy Gill, Betsy Cook, Luis Jardim, Pablo Cook, Phil Palmer, Neil Hubbard and Michael Dempsey
contact: Zang Tuum Tumb, 111 Talbot Road, London W11
Label: Side 1
Absolutely immune
(Brücken-Leer)
Chance
(Leer-Brücken)
Laughter
(Brücken-Leer)
I can’t escape from you
(Brücken-Leer)
Short story
Under the nights of germany
(Brücken-Leer)
ZQLP 1
(Act logo)
(ZTT logo)
Laughter, Tears and Rage
side one
performed by Claudia Brücken and Thomas Leer
produced by Stephen Lipson except Chance produced by Trevor Horn and Laughter produced by Greg Walsh. published by Perfect Songs Ltd. except Chance published by Perfect Songs Ltd./Complete Music
℗ 1988 ZANG TUMB TUUM
© 1988 ZANG TUMB TUUM
except Absolutely immune
℗ 1987 ZANG TUMB TUUM
© 1988 ZANG TUMB TUUM
33⅓ RPM Stereo
Manufactered in Germany, Pressé en Allemange, Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf
Label: Side 2
Gestures
(Brücken-Leer)
A friendly warning
(Brücken-Dempsey-Leer)
Certified
(Leer-Brücken)
Where love lies bleeding
(Brücken-Leer)
Theme from laughter
Snobbery and decay
(Leer-Brücken)
ZQLP 1
(Act logo)
(ZTT logo)
Laughter, Tears and Rage
side two
performed by Claudia Brücken and Thomas Leer
produced by Stephen Lipson, except A friendly warning produced by Act
published by Perfect Songs Ltd.
℗ 1988 ZANG TUMB TUUM
© 1988 ZANG TUMB TUUM
except Snobbery and decay
℗ 1987 ZANG TUMB TUUM
© 1988 ZANG TUMB TUUM
33⅓ RPM Stereo
Manufactered in Germany, Pressé en Allemange, Record Service GmbH, Alsdorf
Claudia Brücken
Thomas Leer