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- Welcome To The Cruel World
- - 348,904 plays
  - 99 favs
  - 60 shares
Ben Harper
Released 1994

Walk Away
03:47
81,982 plays

Forever
03:23
69,935 plays

Waiting On An Angel
03:52
35,824 plays

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- 1
- The Three Of Us
- 02:35
- 20,226 plays

- 2
- Whipping Boy
- 05:29
- 16,845 plays

- 3
- Breakin' Down
- 04:00
- 15,565 plays

- 4
- Don't Take That Attitude To Your Grave
- 04:25
- 14,611 plays

- 5
- Waiting On An Angel
- 03:52
- 35,824 plays

- 6
- Mama's Got A Girlfriend Now
- 02:29
- 14,570 plays

- 7
- Forever
- 03:23
- 69,935 plays

- 8
- Like A King
- 04:16
- 14,406 plays

- 9
- Pleasure And Pain
- 03:45
- 14,949 plays

- 10
- Walk Away
- 03:47
- 81,982 plays

- 11
- How Many Miles Must We March
- 03:08
- 14,739 plays

- 12
- Welcome To The Cruel World
- 05:35
- 14,784 plays

- 13
- I'll Rise
- 06:14
- 17,554 plays

- 14
- Going To See The King
- 00:41
- 2,810 plays

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album review

The full range of Ben Harper's influences would not come to bear until later albums, but his debut, Welcome to the Cruel World, 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. Lackluster hippie jams that cultivated his early following may have served a purpose but feel fluffy by comparison when compared to the meatier tracks. 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 one of art's ability to pierce through society, self, and the soul. ~ Ryan Randall Goble, All Music Guide