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Ben Harper, Welcome to the Cruel World
Audio CD
Disk ID: 1780702
Disk length: 53m 45s (13 Tracks)
Original Release Date: 1993
Label: Unknown
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Tracks & Durations
| 1. The Three Of Us | 2:37 |
| 2. Whipping Boy | 5:33 |
| 3. Breakin' Down | 4:02 |
| 4. Don't Take That Attitude To Your Grave | 4:27 |
| 5. Waiting On An Angel | 3:55 |
| 6. Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now | 2:31 |
| 7. Forever | 3:26 |
| 8. Like A King | 4:20 |
| 9. Pleasure And Pain | 3:49 |
| 10. Walk Away | 3:51 |
| 11. How Many Miles Must We March | 3:10 |
| 12. Welcome To The Cruel World | 5:39 |
| 13. I'll Rise | 6:17 |
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Review
Ben Harper sounds good on paper. He's a 24-year-old Californian devoted to vintage acoustic guitars, original political songs and the unusual blend of calypso and Mississippi Delta blues--an inspired blend of David Lindley, Tracy Chapman, and Taj Mahal. Unfortunately, Harper's execution of this original conception on his debut album, "Welcome to the Cruel World," is distinctly underwhelming.
Harper's singing is the biggest problem. He mumbles his vocals with so little articulation and within such a narrow range that he makes Bob Dylan sound like Al Green by comparison. Moreover, Harper's overall performance is so low in energy that he makes the laid-back Cowboy Junkies sound like the Sex Pistols. His songwriting and guitar picking reveals hints of a modest talent, but they aren't nearly special enough to compensate for the narcotic effect of his singing. The heavy-handed Rodney King song, the adaptation of a Maya Angelou poem and the broken-hearted love songs are more likely to recall Chapman's disappointing second album rather than her exhilarating first. --Geoffrey Himes
Other Versions
Albums are mined from the various public resources and can be actually the same but different in the tracks length only. We are keeping all versions now.
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 53m 45s
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 53m 22s (-1m 37s)
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 53m 21s (-1m 36s)
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 53m 21s (-1m 36s)
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 53m 20s (-1m 35s)
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 53m 20s (-1m 35s)
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 54m 11s (+0m 26s)
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 53m 13s (-1m 28s)
Tracks: 12 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 50m 57s (-3m 12s)
Tracks: 13, Disk length: 50m 37s (-4m 52s)
Tracks: 12 (-1 tracks), Disk length: 47m 25s (-7m 40s)
Tracks: 16 (+3 tracks), Disk length: 1h 13m 39s (+19m 54s)
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