Pur (band)
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Pur | |
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 L-R: Hartmut Engler, Ingo Reidl, Rudi Buttas, Joe Crawford (2009) | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany |
| Genres | Pop, pop rock |
| Years active | 1975–present |
| Members | Hartmut Engler (vocals) Ingo Reidl (keyboards) Joe Crawford (bass) Rudi Buttas (guitar) Frank Dapper (percussion) Cherry Gehring (keyboards) |
| Past members | Roland Bless (percussion) Martin Stoeck (percussion) Martin Ansel (guitar, keyboards) |
Pur is a German pop band from Bietigheim-Bissingen.
History
[edit]The group was initially founded in 1975 under the name Crusade by Roland Bless and Ingo Reidl. Their first releases came out under the name Opus, but after an Austrian band with the same name had a huge hit single in Germany in 1985, they switched to the name Pur. Pur's first hit single in Germany was "Lena", released in 1990. In the 1990s and 2000s they had a string of number 1 albums in Germany. The producer of Pur was Dieter Falk from 1990 to 1998.
Their song "Abenteuerland" is featured in commercials for ThyssenKrupp.
Discography
[edit]| Year | Title | Chart Positions | Sales | IFPI Certifications[1] |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GER[2] | ||||
| 1983 | Opus | |||
| 1985 | Vorsicht zerbrechlich | |||
| 1987 | PUR | |||
| 1988 | Wie im Film | |||
| 1990 | Unendlich mehr | 45 | 250.000+ | DE: Gold |
| 1991 | Nichts ohne Grund | 13 | 250.000+ | DE: Gold |
| 1992 | PUR Live | 7 | 1.000.000+ | DE: 2× Platinum |
| 1993 | Seiltänzertraum | 2 | 1.500.000+ | DE: 3× Platinum |
| 1995 | Abenteuerland | 1 | 2.075.000+ | DE: 3× Platinum |
| 1996 | Pur Live – Die Zweite | 1 | 500.000+ | DE: Platinum |
| 1998 | Mächtig viel Theater | 1 | 1.100.000+ | DE: 3× Platinum |
| 2000 | Mittendrin | 1 | 625.000+ | DE: 2× Platinum |
| 2001 | Hits PUR – 20 Jahre eine Band | 1 | 470.000+ | DE: 3× Gold |
| 2003 | Was ist passiert? | 1 | 400.000+ | DE: 2× Platinum |
| 2005 | PUR Klassisch | 2 | 200.000+ | DE: Platinum |
| 2006 | Es ist wie es ist | 1 | 300.000+ | DE: 3× Gold |
| 2009 | Wünsche | 1 | 200.000+ | DE: Platinum |
| 2010 | PUR Live – Die Dritte – Akustisch | 6 | n/a | DE: n/a |
| 2012 | Schein & Sein | 2 | 200.000+ | DE: Platinum |
| 2013 | Schein & Sein – Live aus Berlin | n/a | DE: n/a | |
| 2015 | Achtung | 1 | 200.000+ | DE: Platinum |
| 2018 | Zwischen den Welten | 2 | 100.000+ | DE: Gold |
| 2022 | Persönlich | 3 | 100.000+ | DE: n/a |
Further reading
[edit]- Larmann, Ralph, Pur: Unsere Geschichte in Fotografien & Texten. te Neues Buchverlag, Kempen 2001, ISBN 978-3-8238-5481-4. (in German)
- Larmann, Ralph: Pur - Das ist passiert! Der Bildband zur Tournee 2003. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, ISBN 978-3-89602-481-7. (in German)
References
[edit]- ^ "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Pur)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
- ^ Pur – Charts retrieved at offiziellecharts.de on 28 September 2018
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Pur.
- Official website (in German)
