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Welcome to the Cruel World

album by Ben Harper
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Welcome to the Cruel World

Summary

Welcome to the Cruel World is an album[1]. It ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Welcome to the Cruel World's instance of is recorded as album[3].
  • Welcome to the Cruel World's genre is blues[4].
  • Welcome to the Cruel World was produced by Ben Harper[5].
  • Welcome to the Cruel World was performed by Ben Harper[6].
  • Welcome to the Cruel World's record label is recorded as Virgin Records[7].
  • Welcome to the Cruel World is part of Ben Harper's albums in chronological order[8].
  • Welcome to the Cruel World was distributed by music streaming[9].
  • Welcome to the Cruel World was released on January 1, 1994[10].

Product Details

The following facts are restated verbatim from public-domain and CC0 open-data sources — every line is independently verifiable against the named source's catalog.

MusicBrainz — CC0 open music encyclopedia

  • Release type: Album[11]

  • First release date: 1994-02-08[12]

  • Genre(s): alternative rock, blues, folk rock, rock[13]

  • Community tags: acoustic, alternative, alternative rock, blues, folk rock, rock[14]

  • MusicBrainz ID: 19275b23-b00f-38c2-9728-9f57e8af8995[15]

Body

Authorship and Creation

Among the performers on Welcome to the Cruel World was Ben Harper[6]. It was produced by Ben Harper[5].

Publication

Welcome to the Cruel World was published on January 1, 1994[10]. Its genre is blues[4]. It is part of Ben Harper's albums in chronological order[8]. It was distributed by music streaming[9].

Why It Matters

Welcome to the Cruel World ranks in the top 2% of album entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (144 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 5 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16]

Related Entities

Ben Harper Virgin Records

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Product details (FDA / USDA / NHTSA public-domain catalog data)

  1. [11] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  2. [12] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  3. [13] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  4. [14] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.
  5. [15] ↑ . MusicBrainz (MetaBrainz Foundation). musicbrainz.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.

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