Welcome To The Cruel World
by Ben Harper
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Ben Harper bestography
Welcome To The Cruel World is ranked 4th best out of 16 albums by Ben Harper on BestEverAlbums.com.
The best album by Ben Harper is Fight For Your Mind which is ranked number 7512 in the list of all-time albums with a total rank score of 171.
(N.B. Bestographies include all albums by an artist (and their variations), but do not include albums ranked outside the top 100,000).
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Welcome To The Cruel World track list
The tracks on this album have an average rating of 77 out of 100 (all tracks have been rated).
Welcome To The Cruel World rankings
Calculated from aggregate positions across 60,000 charts (2 million album rankings). Click to see how the rankings are calculated (Last updated: 4 hours ago)
| Year | Source | Chart | Rank | Rank Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Johnnyo | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 84/100 | 1 |
| 2026 | fabm0 | List 1994 | 96/100 | - |
| 2026 |  Romanelli | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 42/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | joathome | Top 58 Music Albums of 1994 | 47/58 | 1 |
| 2026 |  EyeKanFly | Top 100 Music Albums of 1994 | 48/100 | 3 |
| 2026 | Juneof44 | Top 50 Music Albums of 1994 | 13/50 | 4 |
| 2026 |  DommeDamian | Scaruffi Best Albums of 1994 | 56/100 | - |
| 2026 | Romanelli | My Overall Chart: 901-1000 | 34/100 | - |
| 2026 |  rambleon80 | Top 20 Music Albums of 1994 | 17/20 | 1 |
| 2026 |  ERadio | Top 70 Music Albums of 1994 | 51/70 | 1 |
| Total Charts: The total number of charts that this album has appeared in. | 44 | |||
| Total Rank Score: The total rank score. | 91 | |||
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Welcome To The Cruel World ratings
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| Rating | Date updated | Member | Album ratings | Avg. album rating |
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| ! | 07/21/2026 07:43 | Charlesd | 111 | 83/100 |
| ! | 12/06/2025 04:40 |  Kingturtle | 7,579 | 73/100 |
| ! | 06/10/2025 15:16 | robertoveltri | 907 | 79/100 |
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This album has a Bayesian average rating of 72.9/100, a mean average of 72.3/100, and a trimmed mean (excluding outliers) of 73.0/100. The standard deviation for this album is 13.0.
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Romanelli 02/07/2017 13:17 in The Romanelli Music Diary: Sacred CowWelcome To The Cruel World comments
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Romanelli TOP 100 COMMENTER 11/26/2011 20:41 | #31449
I'd rate this much higher if it wasn't so damn snoozy...
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