Ben Harper - Welcome to the Cruel World
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Artist: Ben HarperEdition: Music CD
CD Release Date: 1994-02-08
Music Label: Virgin Records Us
Soundtracks:
- The Three of Us
- Whipping Boy - Ben Harper, Darrow, Chris
- 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 - Ben Harper, Angelou, Maya
Music reviews of Welcome to the Cruel World
Music Review: Very Good 5/ out of 5 stars
Rating: 4 Stars
Very Good and enjoyed listening to Welcome to the Cruel World by Ben Harper but unfortunate when I first rated it I accidently confused it with another CD by Ben Harper so I'd like to apologize to you readers and liked to change my rating to 5 / out of 5 stars for Welcome to the Cruel World .
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More from Ben Harper
 Fight for Your Mind |  Diamonds on the Inside |  Both Sides of the Gun |
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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
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