Curtain Call: The Hits

2005 greatest hits album by Eminem From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Curtain Call: The Hits is the first greatest hits album by the American rapper Eminem. It was released on December 6, 2005, under Shady Records, Goliath Artists, Aftermath Entertainment, WEB Entertainment, and Interscope Records. The album collects Eminem's most popular singles, as well as three new songs: "Fack", "When I'm Gone", and "Shake That" featuring Nate Dogg. A live version of "Stan" performed with English singer-songwriter Elton John at the 43rd Grammy Awards is also included as a bonus track.

ReleasedDecember 6, 2005
RecordedJuly 1997 – November 2005
Genres
Length77:57
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Curtain Call: The Hits
Greatest hits album by
Eminem
ReleasedDecember 6, 2005
RecordedJuly 1997 – November 2005
Genres
Length77:57
Labels
Producers
Eminem chronology
Encore
(2004)		 Curtain Call: The Hits
(2005)		 Relapse
(2009)
Singles from Curtain Call: The Hits
  1. "When I'm Gone"
    Released: December 6, 2005
  2. "Shake That"
    Released: January 17, 2006
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Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusicStarStarStarStarStar[1]
Entertainment WeeklyA−[2]
Entertainment.ieStarStarStarStar[3]
IGNStarStarStarHalf star[4]
The IndependentStarStarStarStarStar[5]
The Irish TimesStarStarStarStar[6]
NMEStarStarStarStar[7]
Pitchfork6.9/10[8]
Rolling StoneStarStarStarStar[9]
SputnikmusicStarStarStarStar[10]
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The album was certified Diamond in the United States on March 8, 2022,[11] and quintuple platinum in New Zealand. It reached number one on several charts, including the US Billboard 200 and UK Albums Chart.

On July 11, 2022, Eminem announced a sequel to the album titled Curtain Call 2, which would contain material from his later work. It was released on August 5, 2022.[12]

Chart performance

Curtain Call: The Hits debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart and Billboard 200, 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 number one to number four 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 including the 8 Mile soundtrack. As of November 2013, the record had sold 3,782,000 copies in the United States.[13] Curtain Call was later certified Diamond by the RIAA in the United States.[14]

The album's two singles, "When I'm Gone" and "Shake That", peaked at numbers 8 and 6 respectively in the US Billboard Hot 100. Only "When I'm Gone" qualified for the charts in the UK, where it peaked at number 4.

In August 2017, the album was declared the longest-charting rap LP in the history of the Billboard 200.[15]

Clean version

A clean version of the album is also available. It has 15 tracks with both "Intro" and "Fack" removed (due to the extreme sexual nature of the latter, and the former's connection to the song) and "My Name Is" put 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 uses the radio edit. Certain profanities remain on several tracks, as words including "shit", "bitch", and "ass" were not censored on The Slim Shady LP or The Marshall Mathers LP. However, on "Just Lose It", the clean version leaves "ass" uncensored, unlike on Encore, where the word "ass" was replaced with "thing".

Track listing

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Standard edition
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Intro" 
0:34
2."Fack"
3:25
3."The Way I Am" (from The Marshall Mathers LP)MathersEminem4:51
4."My Name Is" (from The Slim Shady LP)
Dr. Dre4:28
5."Stan" (featuring Dido; from The Marshall Mathers LP)
6:44
6."Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile)
5:26
7."Shake That" (featuring Nate Dogg)
4:34
8."Sing for the Moment" (from The Eminem Show)
5:40
9."Without Me" (from The Eminem Show)
4:51
10."Like Toy Soldiers" (from Encore)
4:55
11."The Real Slim Shady" (from The Marshall Mathers LP)
Dr. Dre4:44
12."Mockingbird" (from Encore)
  • Mathers
  • Resto
4:11
13."Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre; from The Slim Shady LP)
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Dr. Dre
  • Eminem[b]
3:20
14."Cleanin' Out My Closet" (from The Eminem Show)
  • Mathers
  • Bass
  • Eminem
  • Bass
4:59
15."Just Lose It" (from Encore)
  • Dr. Dre
  • Elizondo
4:08
16."When I'm Gone"
  • Mathers
  • Resto
4:41
17."Stan" (live; featuring Elton John)
  • Mathers
  • Armstrong
  • Herman
The Recording Academy6:20
Total length:77:57
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Stan's Mixtape: deluxe edition disc two
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Dead Wrong" (featuring The Notorious B.I.G.)
4:59
2."Role Model" (from The Slim Shady LP)
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Melvin Bradford
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mel-Man
3:25
3."Kill You" (from The Marshall Mathers LP)
  • Mathers
  • Young
  • Bradford
  • Dr. Dre
  • Mel-Man
4:24
4."Shit on You" (featuring D12)
5:29
5."Criminal" (from The Marshall Mathers LP)
  • Bass Brothers
  • Eminem
5:14
6."Renegade" (featuring Jay-Z)
Eminem5:37
7."Just Don't Give a Fuck" (from The Slim Shady LP)
  • Bass Brothers
  • Eminem[a]
4:02
Total length:111:07
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Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer.
  • ^[b] signifies a co-producer.
  • Clean version only includes 15 tracks with both "Intro" and "Fack" removed.

Personnel

  • Jeff Bass – bass, guitar, keyboard
  • Karin Catt – photography
  • Larry Chatman – project coordinator
  • Lindsay Collins – studio coordinator
  • Tommy Coster – keyboard
  • DJ Head – drum programming
  • Dr. Dre – producer, mixing
  • Eminem – 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 – guitar solo on "Sing for the Moment"
  • Kirdis Postelle – project coordinator
  • Luis Resto – keyboard, programming, producer
  • Tom Rounds – assistant engineer
  • Les Scurry – production coordination
  • Mike Sroka – assistant engineer
  • Urban Kris – assistant engineer
  • Nitin Vadukul – photography

Charts

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Certifications

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Certifications for Curtain Call: The Hits
Region CertificationCertified units/sales
Australia (ARIA)[169] 12× Platinum 840,000‡
Austria (IFPI Austria)[170] Gold 15,000*
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[171] Gold 50,000*
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[172] 7× Platinum 140,000‡
France (SNEP)[173] 2× Gold 200,000*
Germany (BVMI)[174] 3× Platinum 600,000‡
Greece (IFPI Greece)[27] Gold 10,000^
Ireland (IRMA)[175] 7× Platinum 105,000^
Italy (FIMI)[176]
sales since 2009 		2× Platinum 100,000‡
Japan (RIAJ)[177] 2× Platinum 500,000^
New Zealand (RMNZ)[178] 7× Platinum 105,000‡
South Africa (RISA)[179] Platinum 50,000*
Sweden (GLF)[180] Gold 30,000^
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[181] Gold 20,000^
United Kingdom (BPI)[182] 12× Platinum 3,600,000‡
United States (RIAA)[14] Diamond 10,000,000‡
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[183] 2× Platinum 2,000,000*

* Sales figures based on certification alone.
^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.
‡ Sales+streaming figures based on certification alone.

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