Hello Cruel World (Sole and the Skyrider Band album)

Hello Cruel World
Studio album by Sole and the Skyrider Band
Released	July 19, 2011 (2011-07-19)
Recorded	2010-2011
Genre	Alternative hip hop
Length	52:58
Label	Fake Four Inc.
Producer	Sole, Skyrider
Sole and the Skyrider Band chronology
Plastique (2009) Hello Cruel World (2011) The Challenger EP (2011)

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	66/100
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Exclaim!	mixed
Pitchfork Media	6.1/10
Potholes in My Blog
The Skinny
Westword	favorable

Hello Cruel World is the third studio album by Sole and the Skyrider Band. It was released on Fake Four Inc. in 2011.

Hello Cruel World received generally favorable reviews from critics. Metacritic gave the album a score of 66/100, based on 6 reviews.

David Jeffries of AllMusic said, "the album's title references Sole's desire to bring the underground angst to the masses, injecting a little ugliness and art into your everyday programming." Tom Briehan of Pitchfork Media felt that "Sole has largely curbed his frantic, out-of-control, sometimes-arrhythmic rap style, going for a measured and controlled thing instead." Thomas Quinlan of Exclaim! called it "Sole's most accessible work so far."

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