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
Year Title Chart Positions Sales IFPI Certifications GERPur – Charts retrieved at offiziellecharts.de on 28 September 20181983Opus1985Vorsicht zerbrechlich1987PUR1988Wie im Film1990Unendlich mehr45250.000+DE: Gold1991Nichts ohne Grund13250.000+DE: Gold1992PUR Live 71.000.000+DE: 2× Platinum1993Seiltänzertraum21.500.000+DE: 3× Platinum1995Abenteuerland12.075.000+DE: 3× Platinum1996Pur Live – Die Zweite1500.000+DE: Platinum1998Mächtig viel Theater11.100.000+DE: 3× Platinum2000Mittendrin1625.000+DE: 2× Platinum2001Hits PUR – 20 Jahre eine Band1470.000+DE: 3× Gold2003Was ist passiert?1400.000+DE: 2× Platinum2005PUR Klassisch2200.000+DE: Platinum2006Es ist wie es ist1300.000+DE: 3× Gold2009Wünsche1 200.000+ DE: Platinum2010PUR Live – Die Dritte – Akustisch6 n/a DE: n/a2012Schein & Sein2 200.000+ DE: Platinum2013Schein & Sein – Live aus Berlin n/a DE: n/a2015Achtung1 200.000+ DE: Platinum2018Zwischen den Welten2 100.000+ DE: Gold2022Persönlich3 100.000+ DE: n/a
Further reading Larmann, Ralph, Pur: Unsere Geschichte in Fotografien & Texten. te Neues Buchverlag, Kempen 2001, . (in German) Larmann, Ralph: Pur - Das ist passiert! Der Bildband zur Tournee 2003. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf, Berlin 2003, . (in German)
References
External links
Official website