Visage (video)

Visage is a video compilation by British pop band Visage released in 1986.

Background

The compilation collects most of music videos from band's whole career, including songs from all three studio albums. The first part of the video consists of music clips directed by Godley & Creme, Midge Ure, Tim Pope and Jean-Claude Luyat interspersed with interludes by Luyat.^[2] The videos from "Can You Hear Me" onwards is a film material shot by Luyat in Egypt to promote The Anvil. Steve Strange announced the release of the video in 1985 in an interview for a German television show, saying that it was going to be "a documentary on the history of Visage".^[3]

The video was produced in 1985, according to end credits, and released in 1986 by Channel 5, when Visage had already disbanded. In 2006, Universal released Visage on DVD with a different cover and liner notes by a journalist and writer Paul Simper.^[4]

Track listing

The following is the VHS track listing. The DVD release does not list "The Steps", "The Dancer" and two parts of "Can You Hear Me" as separate titles, but adds jukebox and audio-only option as extra features.

1. "Visage"
2. "The Steps" (interlude)
3. "Fade to Grey"
4. "The Dancer" (interlude)
5. "Damned Don't Cry"
6. "Pleasure Boys"
7. "Mind of a Toy"
8. "Night Train"
9. "Can You Hear Me" (interlude)
10. "Casualty" (interlude)
11. "The Horseman"
12. "Yesterday's Shadow"
13. "Love Glove"
14. "Wild Life"
15. "Beat Boy"
16. "Can You Hear Me" (Reprise) (end credits)

Personnel

• Starring Steve Strange and Rusty Egan
• Executive Producers: Franz Auffray and Jean-Baptiste Donzella
• Directed and Filmed by: Jean-Claude Luyat
• Compilation Video Editor: Simon Brewster
• Compilation Produced and Directed by: Peter Olliff

References