Name: Curtain Call: The Hits [Vinyl]
Brand: Interscope Records (USA)
SKU: 518065
Price: 38.58 USD
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Curtain Call: The Hits [Vinyl]

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Album: Curtain Call: The Hits [Vinyl]
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Intro (Curtain Call)	More Info...
2)	Fack	More Info...	0:03
3)	The Way I Am	More Info...	0:05
4)	My Name Is	More Info...	0:04
5)	Stan (Feat. Dido)	More Info...	0:06
6)	Lose Yourself	More Info...	0:05
7)	Shake That (Feat. Nate Dogg)	More Info...	0:04
8)	Sing for the Moment	More Info...	0:05
9)	Without Me	More Info...	0:05
10)	Like Toy Soldiers	More Info...	0:05
11)	The Real Slim Shady	More Info...	0:04
12)	Mockingbird	More Info...	0:04
13)	Guilty Conscience (Feat. Dr. Dre)	More Info...	0:03
14)	Cleanin' Out My Closet	More Info...	0:05
15)	Just Lose It	More Info...	0:04
16)	When I'm Gone	More Info...	0:04
17)	Stan (Feat. Elton John)	More Info...	0:06

Album: Curtain Call: The Hits [Vinyl]
#	Song Title		Time
	Disc 1
1)	Intro (Curtain Call)	More Info...
2)	Fack	More Info...	0:03
3)	The Way I Am	More Info...	0:05
4)	My Name Is	More Info...	0:04
5)	Stan (Feat. Dido)	More Info...	0:06
6)	Lose Yourself	More Info...	0:05
7)	Shake That (Feat. Nate Dogg)	More Info...	0:04
8)	Sing for the Moment	More Info...	0:05
9)	Without Me	More Info...	0:05
10)	Like Toy Soldiers	More Info...	0:05
11)	The Real Slim Shady	More Info...	0:04
12)	Mockingbird	More Info...	0:04
13)	Guilty Conscience (Feat. Dr. Dre)	More Info...	0:03
14)	Cleanin' Out My Closet	More Info...	0:05
15)	Just Lose It	More Info...	0:04
16)	When I'm Gone	More Info...	0:04
17)	Stan (Feat. Elton John)	More Info...	0:06

Performer Notes

It's hard to believe, given his gargantuan impact on popular culture, that Eminem had only released four full-length albums by 2004. That year's ENCORE showed the rapper's artistic vitality fading just a bit, but 2005's CURTAIN CALL, an overdue greatest-hits collection, helps remind audiences that Eminem produced a stunning string of singles in a short span of time. Naturally, CURTAIN CALL eschews the artist's most controversial material ("'97 Bonnie and Clyde," for example, from THE SLIM SHADY LP), focusing instead on his highest charters, like 8 MILE's "Lose Yourself" and introspective confessionals like "Cleanin' Out My Closet" (a rant against his mother) and "Mockingbird" (a tribute to his daughter).
But even at his most sentimental and dramatic, Eminem displays a level of artistry that surpasses nearly anyone in hip-hop, if not pop music in general. Satirical, vicious, funny, and energizing, Eminem's material is never less than absorbing. CURTAIN CALL is packed wall-to-wall with winners (except maybe "Sing For the Moment," which reworks Aerosmith's "Dream On" in tiresome fashion), and at its most brilliant (like the self-reflexive romps "The Real Slim Shady" and "Stan") it's as era-defining as anything by N.W.A, Public Enemy, or even Bob Dylan. Though his individual albums are all pretty essential, CURTAIN CALL provides a valuable overview of an artist whose skills are unassailable, and whose role as a social gadfly remains as complex as ever.

Professional Reviews

Entertainment Weekly (p.81) - "This hits package captures the half-decade moment when the tortured Detroit MC ruled the zeitgeist with whip-smart gross-out humor and jolting family confessions." -- Grade: A-

Uncut (p.86) - 4 stars out of 5 -- "CURTAIN CALL sizzles with profane pop genius..."