Pur (band)

Pur is a German pop band from Bietigheim-Bissingen.

Pur
L-R: Hartmut Engler, Ingo Reidl, Rudi Buttas, Joe Crawford (2009)
L-R: Hartmut Engler, Ingo Reidl, Rudi Buttas, Joe Crawford (2009)
Background information
OriginBietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
GenresPop, pop rock
Years active1975–present
MembersHartmut Engler (vocals)
Ingo Riedl (keyboards)
Joe Crawford (bass)
Rudi Buttas (guitar)
Frank Dapper (percussion)
Cherry Gehring (keyboards)
Past membersRoland Bless (percussion)
Martin Stoeck (percussion)
Martin Ansel (guitar, keyboards)

History

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
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
  • 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
  1. "Gold-/Platin-Datenbank (Pur)" (in German). Bundesverband Musikindustrie.
  2. Pur – Charts retrieved at offiziellecharts.de on 28 September 2018
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