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SourceRating
Allmusic [1]
Entertainment WeeklyA− [2][3]
Pitchfork Media(6.9/10) [4]
IGN(6.3/10) [5]
NME(8/10) [6]
Sputnikmusic [7]
Uncut[2]
Rolling Stone [8]
Entertainment.ie [9]

Curtain Call: The Hits is the first greatest hits compilation album released by American rapper Eminem. It collects Eminem's most popular songs, as well as four new tracks, including a live version of "Stan" featuring Elton John from the 43rd Grammy Awards, plus new songs "Fack", "When I'm Gone" and "Shake That" featuring Nate Dogg. It was released on December 6, 2005, under Dr. Dre's Aftermath Entertainment. The album was certified double-platinum in the US, triple-platinum in Australia and the UK, and quadruple-platinum in New Zealand. It reached #1 on several charts, including the UK and US Albums Chart. Curtain Call: The Hits was released 9 years after Eminem's first studio album, Infinite. It includes the live version of "Stan", which was performed at the 2001 Grammy Awards and features Elton John, who fills in for Dido. The track was previously unreleased.

Success

Curtain Call: The Hits debuted at number 1 on the UK Albums Chart, after two sales days, in a similar fashion to Eminem's previous album Encore. The album racked up first-week sales of nearly 441,000 and with close to 324,000 scans the second week for a two week stay at number one. It slipped from no. 1 to no. 4 in its third week but surged 33 percent to finish with sales close to 430,000. The disc scored nearly 1.2 million scans in its first three weeks of release. It also gave Eminem his fifth straight number 1 album in the US and UK when including the 8 Mile soundtrack. Curtain Call was certified double-platinum by the RIAA in the United States.[10]

Censorship

A censored version of the album is also available. It removes both "Intro" and "Fack" and moves "My Name Is" to track one. The tracks appear exactly how they appeared on the clean versions of their respective albums except for the song "Guilty Conscience", which even adds a chorus. Despite the edited nature of the album, profanities can still be heard from several tracks as words including "shit", "bitch", and "ass" were not censored on The Slim Shady LP, and The Marshall Mathers LP. Also, on "Just Lose It", the clean version leaves "ass" uncensored, while on the album Encore, the word "ass" was replaced with "thing". "Stan" (The Live Grammy Version Feat. Elton John) on track 17 was censored and removed the profanities on both the clean and explicit versions.

Track listing

All tracks are written by Eminem

No.TitleMusicProductionLength
1."Intro" (Original skit)  0:34
2."FACK" (Original track)
  • Mixed by Eminem, Mike Strange & Steve King
  • Keyboards by Luis Resto
  • Bass, guitar by Steve King
  • Produced by Eminem
  • Additional production by Luis Resto
  • Recorded by Mike Strange, Tony Campana
    		• 3:26
    3."The Way I Am" (from The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000)
  • Mixed by Eminem
  • Bass, guitar by Mike Elizondo
  • Keyboards by Mike Elizondo, Tommy Coster, Jr.
    		•
  • Produced by Eminem
  • Recording, mix engineers: Richard "Segal" Huredia, Urban Kris
  • Assistant engineer: Thomas Rounds
    		• 4:51
    4."My Name Is" (from The Slim Shady LP, 1999)
  • Mixed by Dr. Dre
    		•
  • Produced by Dr. Dre
  • Mix engineer: Richard "Segal" Huredia
  • Contains an interpolation from "I Got The", performed by Labi Siffre
    		• 4:29
    5."Stan" (featuring Dido) (from The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000)
  • Mixed by Eminem
  • Bass by Mike Elizondo
  • Guitar by Sean Cruise
    		•
  • Produced by The 45 King
  • Co-produced by Eminem
  • Recording, mix engineer: Richard "Segal" Huredia
  • Contains elements from "Thank You", performed by Dido
    		• 6:44
    6."Lose Yourself" (from Music from and Inspired by the Motion Picture 8 Mile, 2002)
  • Mixed by Eminem & Steve King
  • Drum programming by Eminem
  • Guitar, bass, keyboards by J. Bass
  • Keyboards, programming by Luis Resto
    		•
  • Produced by Eminem
  • Additional Production by J. Bass
  • Recorded by Steve King, Mike Strange
    		• 5:26
    7."Shake That" (Original track) (featuring Nate Dogg)
  • Mixed by Eminem & Steve King
  • Keyboards by Luis Resto
  • Bass, guitar by Steve King
    		•
  • Produced by Eminem
  • Additional production by Luis Resto
  • Recorded by Mike Strange, Tony Campana
    		• 4:34
    8."Sing for the Moment" (from The Eminem Show, 2002)
  • Mixed by Steve King
  • Drum Programming by D.J. Head
  • Guitar by Marti Frederiksen
  • Keyboards, guitars, bass by J. Bass
  • Guitar Solo by Joe Perry
    		•
  • Produced by Eminem
  • Co-produced by J. Bass
  • Recorded by Steve King
  • Assistant Engineer: Mike Strange
  • Contains elements from "Dream On", performed by Aerosmith
    		• 5:40
    9."Without Me" (from The Eminem Show, 2002)
  • Mixed by Dr. Dre
  • Keyboards, guitars, bass by J. Bass
    		•
  • Produced by Eminem
  • Co-produced by J. Bass, Urban Kris
  • Additional production by D.J. Head
  • Recorded by Steve King
  • Additional recording by Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri
  • Assistant engineers: Alex Reverberi, Mike Strange
  • Contains adapted elements from "Buffalo Gals", performed by Malcolm McLaren, Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn
    		• 4:51
    10."Like Toy Soldiers" (from Encore, 2004)
  • Mixed by Eminem & Steve King
  • Bass, guitar by Steve King
  • Keyboards by Luis Resto
    		•
  • Produced by Eminem
  • Additional Production by Luis Resto
  • Recorded by Steve King, Tony Campana, Mike Strange
  • Contains interpolation from "Toy Soldiers" performed by Martika
    		• 4:56
    11."The Real Slim Shady" (from The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000)
  • Mixed by Dr. Dre
  • Bass, guitar by Mike Elizondo
  • Keyboards by Tommy Coster, Jr.
    		•
  • Produced by Dr. Dre & Mel-Man
  • Recording, mix engineer: Richard "Segal" Huredia
    		• 4:45
    12."Mockingbird" (from Encore, 2004)
  • Mixed by Eminem & Steve King
  • Keyboards by Luis Resto
    		•
  • Produced by Eminem
  • Additional production by Luis Resto
  • Recorded by Steve King, Tony Campana, Mike Strange
    		• 4:11
    13."Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre) (from The Slim Shady LP, 1999)
  • Mixed by Dr. Dre
  • Narration by Mark Avery
    		•
  • Produced by Dr. Dre & Eminem
  • Mix Engineer: Richard "Segal" Huredia
  • Contains an interpolation from "Go Home Pigs", from film Getting Straight
    		• 3:20
    14."Cleanin' Out My Closet" (from The Eminem Show, 2002)
  • Mixed by Steve King
  • Keyboard, guitar, bass by J. Bass
  • Additional drum programming by D.J. Head
    		•
  • Produced by Eminem & J. Bass
  • Recorded by Steve King
  • Assistant engineers: Mike Strange
    		• 4:59
    15."Just Lose It" (from Encore, 2004)
  • Mixed by Dr. Dre
  • Guitars by Mike Elizondo
  • Keyboards by Mike Elizondo, Mark Batson
    		•
  • Produced by Dr. Dre & Mike Elizondo
  • Recorded by Mauricio "Veto" Iragorri, Steve Baughman, Steve King, Tony Campana , Mike Strange
  • Assistant engineers: Michael Sroka, Ben Jost, Rouble Kapoor, Scott Hays
  • Contains interpolations of "U Can't Touch This" performed by MC Hammer
  • Contains lyrical excerpts or references from Eminem's "Without Me", "The Real Slim Shady", "Lose Yourself" and "Superman"
    		• 4:09
    16."When I'm Gone" (Original track)
  • Mixed by Eminem, Mike Strange & Steve King
  • Keyboards by Luis Resto
    		•
  • Produced by Eminem
  • Additional production by Luis Resto
  • Recorded by Mike Strange, Tony Campana
    		• 4:41
    17."Stan" (Live from the 2001 Grammy Awards) (featuring Elton John) 
  • Censors the profanity on both the explicit and clean versions of Curtain Call: The Hits
  • Produced by The Recording Academy
    		• 6:20
    Stan's Mixtape: Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc
    No.TitleProducer(s)Length
    1."Dead Wrong" (featuring The Notorious B.I.G., from Born Again, 1999)Chucky Thompson, Mario Winans & Diddy4:59
    2."Role Model" ((from The Slim Shady LP, 1999))Dr. Dre & Mel-Man3:26
    3."Kill You" (from The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000)Dr. Dre & Mel-Man4:26
    4."Shit on You" (with D12, from Devil's Night, 2001)DJ Head; add. prod. Eminem5:29
    5."Criminal" (from The Marshall Mathers LP, 2000)F.B.T & Eminem5:14
    6."Renegade" (with Jay-Z, from The Blueprint, 2001)Eminem5:37
    7."Just Don't Give a Fuck" (from The Slim Shady LP, 1999)Marky & Jeff Bass; add. prod. Eminem4:02

    Personnel

    • Jeff Bass – Bass, Guitar, Keyboards,
    • Karin Catt – Photography
    • Larry Chatman – Project Coordinator
    • Lindsay Collins – Studio Coordinator
    • Tom Coster, Jr. – Keyboards
    • DJ Head – Drum Programming
    • Dr. Dre – Producer, Mixing
    • Marshall Mathers III – Producer, Executive Producer, Drum Programming, Mixing
    • The 45 King & Louie – Producer
    • Marti Frederiksen – Engineer
    • Brian "Big Bass" Gardener – Mastering
    • Scott Hays – Assistant Engineer
    • Richard "Segal" Herredia – Engineer
    • Mauricio Iragorri – Engineer
    • Ben Jost – Assistant Engineer
    • Rouble Kapoor – Assistant Engineer
    • Steven King – Bass, Guitar, Engineer, Mixing
    • Anthony Mandler – Photography
    • Jonathan Mannion – Photography
    • Joe Perry Project – Solo Instrumental
    • Kirdis Postelle – Project Coordinator
    • Luis Resto – Keyboards, Programming, Producer
    • Tom Rounds – Assistant Engineer
    • Les Scurry – Production Coordination
    • Mike Sroka – Assistant Engineer
    • Urban Kris – Assistant Engineer
    • Nitin Vadukul – Photography

    Album chart positions

    Year Chart Peak
    position
    2005 Australia ARIA Albums Chart[11] 1
    2005 Ireland IRMA Album Charts[12] 1
    2005 UK Albums Chart 1
    2005 US Billboard 200[13] 1
    2006 Australia ARIA Albums Chart[11] 1
    2006 Greek Albums Chart[14] 7
    2006 Norway Albums Chart "VG-Lista"[15] 2
    2006 Polish Albums Chart[16] 35
    2010 US Billboard 200[13] 1

    Singles chart positions

    Year Song Chart peak positions
    US Hot 100
    [17]     		US R&B/Hip-Hop
    [18]     		US Rap
    [19]     		US Top 40 Mainstream
    [20]     		US Rhythmic Top 40 US Pop 100 UK
    [21]
    2005 "When I'm Gone" 8 96 22 13 18 7 4
    2006 "Shake That" 6 – 11 13 8 6 –
    "—" denotes the single failed to chart or was not released

    Certifications

    Country Certifications
    Argentina[22] Gold
    Australia (ARIA)[23] 4× Platinum
    Austria (IFPI)[24] Gold
    Brazil (ABPD)[25] Gold
    Canada (CRIA)[citation needed] 3× Platinum
    Denmark (IFPI)[26] Platinum
    Europe (IFPI)[27] 2× Platinum
    France (SNEP)[28] 2× Gold
    Greece (IFPI Greece)[14] Gold
    Hong Kong[29] Gold
    Ireland (IRMA)[30] 7× Platinum
    Italy (FIMI)[31] Gold
    Japan (RIAJ)[32] 2×Platinum
    Korea[citation needed] Platinum
    New Zealand (RIANZ)[33] 4× Platinum
    Sweden (IFPI Sweden)[34] Gold
    Switzerland (IFPI)[35] Gold
    United Kingdom (BPI)[36] 3× Platinum
    United States (RIAA)[10] 2× Platinum

    Procession and succession

    Preceded by
    Now 20 by Various artists
    		 Billboard 200 number-one album
    December 18, 2005 – December 31, 2005     		Succeeded by
    Preceded by UK number one album
    December 3, 2005 – January 7, 2006     		Succeeded by
    Preceded by Australian ARIA Albums Chart number-one album
    December 12, 2005 – December 18, 2005
    January 2, 2006 – January 8, 2006     		Succeeded by

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