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Welcome to the Cruel World | 
 enlarge | Artist: Ben Harper
Label: Virgin
Category: Music
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Avg. Customer Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 15665
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 5 x 0.5
MPN: 39320
UPC: 724383932023
EAN: 0724383932023
ASIN: B000000W4U
Release Date: July 11, 1994
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| Tracks:
| » | Three Of Us | | » | Whipping Boy | | » | Breakin' Down | | » | Don't Take That Attitude To Your Grave | | » | Waiting On An Angel | | » | Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now | | » | Forever | | » | Like A King | | » | Pleasure And Pain | | » | Walk Away | | » | How Many Miles Must We March | | » | Welcome To The Cruel World | | » | I'll Rise |
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| Customer Reviews: Read 4 more reviews...
 Please Harp on April 2, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
I stumbled on to his albums by mistake this being the first, It took the five listens rule before i fell but i fell and hard..I went to see the Red Hot Chilli's in sheff 2006 and he supported, what a gem, he upstaged them all, but to be honest the chilli's have sold out anyway... Slide Guitar and heartfelt lyric's with a western hillbilly egde..Good Record.
 emotional capture February 28, 2005
10 out of 15 found this review helpful
mr harper capture those feelings you get just before during and after a break-up, so perfectly its like he's the soundtrack to your break-up. but this album isnt slitting wrist music,each song has a different emotional attachment. he makes you smile, he makes it all worth it.
A lone voice? February 25, 2004
5 out of 11 found this review helpful
The full range of Harper's influences doesn't come to bear until some of his later albums, but this debut lays a strong foundation.
"Like a King" and "Take That Attitude to Your Grave" burn with a political conviction rarely heard during the 1990s. "Forever" has a tenderness which demonstrates Harper's emotional range. The guts to have a first track made entirely of simple guitar chords speaks volumes for how Harper resents pandering to a mass audience. If we dont have the patience, neither does he.
Ben closes the album with a song that frequently closes his concerts, "I'll Rise." This song, built around Maya Angelou's 1979 poem "And Still I Rise," reminds us of art's ability to pierce through society, self, and the soul.
An assured and poignant indictment of a modern way of living.
Wow - just wow January 6, 2004
4 out of 7 found this review helpful
After hearing a few songs by Ben Harper, I was amazed at how wonderful his music is, and how diverse his styles are. I promptly went and bought all of his albums, and I was not disappointed with any of them. My favorite would have to be Welcome to the Cruel World, simply for the amazingness of The Three Of Us, Waiting on an Angel, Forever and Walk Away. You can't just hear Ben Harper - you have to pay him all your attention and really listen to his music and you will realise how fantastic he is - the beauty of his songs make me want to cry - they will bring so many emotions to anyone who listens to them. Ben Harper is not someone to miss - he will go down in history for his fantasicness. I can not stress how brilliant Ben Harper is, and I am shocked that he is not better known - the rest of the world is missing out.
 moments of genius April 13, 2003
4 out of 5 found this review helpful
Two songs on this record are in my alltime top ten,walk away and forever, a few other tracks do well but if you like mr.harper you'll realise that you simply have to own all the albums and skip to your favourite tracks depending on your frame of mind.p.s roses from my friends on live from mars is outstanding.
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