Hello Cruel World (Tall Dwarfs album)

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{{Infobox album

| name = Hello Cruel World

| type = Compilation

| artist = Tall Dwarfs

| cover = hellocruelworld.jpg

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| released = 1987
2005 (rerelease)

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| label = Flying Nun Records{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=7ctjc6UWCm4C&q=Hello+Cruel+World+%28Tall+Dwarfs+album%29&pg=PP1064|title=The Rough Guide to Rock|first=Peter|last=Buckley|date=December 29, 2003|publisher=Rough Guides|isbn=9781843531050|via=Google Books}}

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| prev_title = Dogma

| prev_year = 1987

| next_title = Weeville

| next_year = 1990

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{{Album ratings

| rev1 = AllMusic

| rev1Score = {{rating|4|5}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/hello-cruel-world-mw0000197271|title=Hello Cruel World - Tall Dwarfs | Songs, Reviews, Credits|website=AllMusic}}

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Hello Cruel World is an album by New Zealand band Tall Dwarfs, released in 1987.{{Cite web|url=http://www.trouserpress.com/entry.php?a=chris_knox|title=TrouserPress.com :: Chris Knox|website=www.trouserpress.com}} In 2005, the album was rereleased as an 18-track CD.

The songs on the album were compiled from the band's first four EPs; Three Songs, Louis Likes His Daily Dip, Canned Music and Slugbucket Hairybreath Monster.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ZHP-r9-eqdAC&q=Hello+Cruel+World+%28Tall+Dwarfs+album%29&pg=PA679|title=Alternative Rock|first=Dave|last=Thompson|date=December 29, 2000|publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation|isbn=9780879306076|via=Google Books}}