welcome to the cruel world

align="center" colspan="3" bgcolor="orange" style="color:black"\|Welcome to the Cruel World
lign="center" colspan="3"\|
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Album by Ben Harper
lign="left" valign="top"\|Released	align="left" colspan=2\|February 8, 1994
lign="left" valign="top"\|Recorded	align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|???
lign="left" valign="top"\|Genre	align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|Alternative Rock
lign="left" valign="top"\|Length	align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|50 min 25 sec
lign="left" valign="top"\|Record label	align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|Virgin
lign="left" valign="top"\|Producers	align="left" valign="top" colspan=2\|Ben Harper, J.P. Plunier
lign="center" bgcolor="orange" colspan="3"\|Professional reviews
lign="left" valign="top"\|AMG	valign="top" align=center\|3/5	valign="top"\|link
gcolor="orange" colspan="3" align="center" style="color:black;"\|Ben Harper Chronology
olspan="2"\|Welcome to the Cruel World (1994)	Fight for Your Mind (1995)

Welcome to the Cruel World (1994), Ben Harper's debut record from Virgin Records established Harper as a popular folk musican in the California area. After this release, Harper went on to add a permanent backing band, the Innocent Criminals, although they remained unnamed until the Fight for Your Mind album.

Track listing

"The Three of Us" (Harper) - 2:35
"Whipping Boy" (Darrow) - 5:31
"Breakin' Down" (Harper, Plunier) - 4:00
"Don't Take That Attitude to Your Grave" (Harper) - 4:25
"Waiting on an Angel" (Harper) - 3:53
"Mama's Got a Girlfriend Now" (Harper) - 2:29
"Forever" (Harper) - 3:23
"Like a King" (Harper) - 4:18
"Pleasure and Pain" (Harper) - 3:44
"Walk Away" (Harper) - 3:49
"How Many Miles Must We March" (Harper) - 3:07
"Welcome to the Cruel World" (Harper) - 5:36
"I'll Rise" (Maya Angelou, Harper) - 3:35
"...By and By I'm Going to See the King"

Personnel

Ben Harper - vocals, multiple instruments
Clyde Allen - background vocals
Clarence Butler - background vocals
Richard Cook - Uillean pipes
Rock Deadrick - percussion, drums, background vocals
Tom Freund
Clabe Hangan - background vocals
Jelani Jones - background vocals
Suzie Katayama - cello
Ken McDaniel - background vocals
John McKnight - bass, accordion
John Taylor - background vocals
Kevin Williams - background vocals

Production

Producers: Ben Harper, J.P. Plunier
Associate producer: Jeff Gottlieb, Mikal Reid
Engineer: Mikal Reid
Assistant engineer: Bradley Cook
Mixing: Mikal Reid
Mastering: Eddy Schreyer
Advisor: Ben Elder
Art direction: Tom Dolan, J.P. Plunier
Research: Ben Elder
Photography: Jeff Gottlieb

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