Laughter, Tears and Rage was the sole album produced by Act—the short musical collaboration between Thomas Leer and ex-Propaganda vocalist Claudia Brücken.

Originally scheduled to be titled Name Dropping: Songs for Young Sinners,[2] it was released on 27 June 1988 by ZTT Records.

The album featured three singles, "Snobbery and Decay", "Absolutely Immune" and "I Can't Escape from You".

Also a 3-CD box set version was released, titled Laughter, Tears and Rage – The Anthology, comprising almost four hours of material.

All songs written and composed by Thomas Leer and Claudia Brücken, except where noted Tracks A5 and B5 are listed on the labels only.