Pur (band)
{{Short description|German pop band}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = Pur
| image = Pur (band) 38 cropped.jpg
| image_upright = 1.2
| caption = L-R: Hartmut Engler, Ingo Reidl, Rudi Buttas, Joe Crawford (2009)
| background = group_or_band
| origin = Bietigheim-Bissingen, Germany
| years_active = 1975–present
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| website =
| current_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
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
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! rowspan="2"| Year ! rowspan="2"| Title ! colspan="1"| Chart Positions ! rowspan="2"| Sales ! rowspan="2"| IFPI Certifications{{Certification Cite|region=Germany|artist=Pur|type=album}} |
| width="40"| GER[https://www.offiziellecharts.de/suche?artist_search=Pur&do_search=do Pur – Charts] retrieved at offiziellecharts.de on 28 September 2018 |
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| 1983
|Opus |align="center"| | | |
| 1985
|Vorsicht zerbrechlich |align="center"| | | |
| 1987
|PUR |align="center"| | | |
| 1988
|Wie im Film |align="center"| | | |
| 1990
|Unendlich mehr |align="center"|45 |250.000+ |DE: Gold |
| 1991
|Nichts ohne Grund |align="center"|13 |250.000+ |DE: Gold |
| 1992
|PUR Live |align="center"|7 |1.000.000+ |DE: 2× Platinum |
| 1993
|Seiltänzertraum |align="center"|2 |1.500.000+ |DE: 3× Platinum |
| 1995
|Abenteuerland |align="center"|1 |2.075.000+ |DE: 3× Platinum |
| 1996
|Pur Live – Die Zweite |align="center"|1 |500.000+ |DE: Platinum |
| 1998
|Mächtig viel Theater |align="center"|1 |1.100.000+ |DE: 3× Platinum |
| 2000
|Mittendrin |align="center"|1 |625.000+ |DE: 2× Platinum |
| 2001
|Hits PUR – 20 Jahre eine Band |align="center"|1 |470.000+ |DE: 3× Gold |
| 2003
|Was ist passiert? |align="center"|1 |400.000+ |DE: 2× Platinum |
| 2005
|PUR Klassisch |align="center"|2 |200.000+ |DE: Platinum |
| 2006
|Es ist wie es ist |align="center"|1 |300.000+ |DE: 3× Gold |
| 2009
|Wünsche |align="center"|1 | 200.000+ | DE: Platinum |
| 2010
|PUR Live – Die Dritte – Akustisch |align="center"|6 | n/a | DE: n/a |
| 2012
|Schein & Sein |align="center"|2 | 200.000+ | DE: Platinum |
| 2013
|Schein & Sein – Live aus Berlin |align="center"| | n/a | DE: n/a |
| 2015
|Achtung |align="center"|1 | 200.000+ | DE: Platinum |
| 2018
|Zwischen den Welten |align="center"|2 | 100.000+ | DE: Gold |
| 2022
|Persönlich |align="center"|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
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External links
{{Commons category|Pur (band)|Pur}}
- [http://www.pur.de Official website] {{in lang|de}}
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