The album "Closer" from "Purple Schulz and the new home" was just one year on the market, when suddenly the single "Longing" Airplay got on the radio and has developed into one of the hit singles of 1984, which eventually also the album moved up the charts. The Cologne band renamed itself from now on only after their singer and was able to land in the next few years a few hits like the beautiful "Ponds" (also included on this album), or the "popular song" "in love guys" , Since the late 80s the band, however, is more noticed by successful albums because by single hits. A successful attempt to get back in the singles chart, the Group undertook in 1999 with a stylish revamped version of their biggest hits "Sehnsucht", which are supported by the former base singer Kami under the title "I want out" published , This 99 version was also the hanger for the release of the compilation "The Ballads 1984-1999". The Fan German pop music can on the "soft" songs of the band, however, discover in this (first) review many beautiful songs that prove German lyrics that need not be embarrassed and give a great overview of the previous work of Purple Schulz and Josef Piek. For me z. B. is an absolute highlight of the song "Together", which derives from the in my opinion best Purple Schulz CD "Ha Ha" and in the Purple friendship with Dieter Hoff worked up, who was drummer of the band until 1987. What has always interested me here, he really was the text to "Together" involved or was meant to mention rather ideally also of "HaHa" comes another out tip: the song "Missing" or hear it out in "Give me. "(from the album" The State of Things "). Finally there will be pure (mandatory) of the song" Always live ", that's kind of the motto of Purple Schulz - and I think, as everyone can learn a lot of them! Also worth mentioning is the beautiful presentation of the CD, with notes of Purple Schulz on the individual titles, always worth reading.
