Curtain Call: The Hits
Curtain Call: The Hits is the first greatest hits album by American rapper Eminem. It was released on December 6, 2005, under Shady Records, Aftermath Entertainment, and Interscope Records. The album collects Eminem's most popular singles, as well as four new songs, including a live version of "Stan", featuring English singer-songwriter Elton John performed at the 43rd Grammy Awards, plus the songs "Fack", "When I'm Gone" and "Shake That" featuring Nate Dogg.
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Released | December 6, 2005 | |||
Recorded | 1997–2005 | |||
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Length | 77:55 | |||
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Producer | ||||
Eminem chronology | ||||
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Singles from Curtain Call: The Hits | ||||
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Review scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AllMusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Entertainment Weekly | A−[2] |
Entertainment.ie | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
IGN | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
NME | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
Pitchfork | 6.9/10[6] |
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Sputnikmusic | ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() |
The album was certified Diamond in the United States on March 8, 2022[9] 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.[10]
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.[11] Curtain Call was later certified Diamond by the RIAA in the United States.[12]
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 #4.
In August 2017, the album was declared the longest-running rap LP in the history of the Billboard 200.[13]
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, while on the album Encore, the word "ass" was replaced with "thing".
Track listing
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Intro" | 0:34 | ||
2. | "Fack" | 3:26 | ||
3. | "The Way I Am" (from The Marshall Mathers LP) | Mathers | Eminem | 4:50 |
4. | "My Name Is" (from The Slim Shady LP) |
| Dr. Dre | 4:28 |
5. | "Stan" (featuring Dido) (from The Marshall Mathers LP) |
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| 6:44 |
6. | "Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile) |
| 5:26 | |
7. | "Shake That" (featuring Nate Dogg) |
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| 4:33 |
8. | "Sing for the Moment" (from The Eminem Show) |
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| 5:40 |
9. | "Without Me" (from The Eminem Show) | 4:50 | ||
10. | "Like Toy Soldiers" (from Encore) |
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| 4:56 |
11. | "The Real Slim Shady" (from The Marshall Mathers LP) |
| Dr. Dre | 4:44 |
12. | "Mockingbird" (from Encore) |
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| 4:11 |
13. | "Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre) (from The Slim Shady LP) |
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| 3:19 |
14. | "Cleanin' Out My Closet" (from The Eminem Show) |
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| 4:57 |
15. | "Just Lose It" (from Encore) |
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| 4:09 |
16. | "When I'm Gone" |
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| 4:41 |
17. | "Stan" (Live) (featuring Elton John) |
| The Recording Academy | 6:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "My Name Is" | Mathers | Dr. Dre | 4:28 |
2. | "The Way I Am" |
| Eminem | 4:50 |
3. | "Stan" (featuring Dido) |
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| 6:43 |
4. | "Lose Yourself" |
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| 5:26 |
5. | "Shake That" (featuring Nate Dogg) |
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| 4:33 |
6. | "Sing for the Moment" |
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| 5:40 |
7. | "Without Me" |
| 4:50 | |
8. | "Like Toy Soldiers" |
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| 4:56 |
9. | "The Real Slim Shady" |
| Dr. Dre | 4:44 |
10. | "Mockingbird" |
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| 4:11 |
11. | "Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre) |
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| 3:19 |
12. | "Cleanin' Out My Closet" |
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| 4:57 |
13. | "Just Lose It" |
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| 4:09 |
14. | "When I'm Gone" |
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| 4:41 |
15. | "Stan" (Live) (featuring Elton John) |
| The Recording Academy | 6:17 |
No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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1. | "Dead Wrong" (with The Notorious B.I.G.) | 4:59 | ||
2. | "Role Model" (from The Slim Shady LP) |
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| 3:25 |
3. | "Kill You" (from The Marshall Mathers LP) |
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| 4:24 |
4. | "Shit on You" (featuring D12) |
| 5:29 | |
5. | "Criminal" (from The Marshall Mathers LP) |
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| 5:14 |
6. | "Renegade" (featuring Jay-Z) |
| Eminem | 5:37 |
7. | "Just Don't Give a Fuck" (from The Slim Shady LP) |
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| 4:02 |
Notes
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
Weekly charts
Chart (2005–06) | Peak position |
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Australian Albums (ARIA)[14] | 1 |
Australian Hip-Hop/R&B Albums (ARIA)[15] | 1 |
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[16] | 5 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[17] | 10 |
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[18] | 13 |
Canadian Albums (Billboard)[19] | 1 |
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[20] | 32 |
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[21] | 1 |
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[22] | 5 |
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[23] | 7 |
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[24] | 7 |
Greek Albums (IFPI)[25] | 1 |
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[26] | 24 |
Irish Albums (IRMA)[27] | 1 |
Italian Albums (FIMI)[28] | 8 |
Japanese Albums (Oricon)[29] | 3 |
New Zealand Albums (RMNZ)[30] | 1 |
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[31] | 2 |
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[32] | 35 |
Portuguese Albums (AFP)[33] | 27 |
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[34] | 48 |
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[35] | 6 |
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[36] | 5 |
UK Albums (OCC)[37] | 1 |
UK R&B Albums (OCC)[38] | 1 |
US Billboard 200[39] | 1 |
US Top Rap Albums (Billboard)[40] | 2 |
US Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums (Billboard)[41] | 1 |
US Top Tastemaker Albums (Billboard)[42] | 1 |
Year-end charts
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Certifications
Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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Australia (ARIA)[55] | 12× Platinum | 840,000‡ |
Austria (IFPI Austria)[56] | Gold | 15,000* |
Brazil (Pro-Música Brasil)[57] | Gold | 50,000* |
Denmark (IFPI Danmark)[58] | 6× Platinum | 120,000‡ |
France (SNEP)[59] | 2× Gold | 200,000* |
Germany (BVMI)[60] | 5× Gold | 500,000‡ |
Greece (IFPI Greece)[25] | Gold | 10,000^ |
Ireland (IRMA)[61] | 7× Platinum | 105,000^ |
Italy (FIMI)[62] sales since 2009 |
Platinum | 50,000‡ |
Japan (RIAJ)[63] | 2× Platinum | 500,000^ |
New Zealand (RMNZ)[64] | 5× Platinum | 75,000^ |
South Africa (RISA)[65] | Platinum | 50,000* |
Sweden (GLF)[66] | Gold | 30,000^ |
Switzerland (IFPI Switzerland)[67] | Gold | 20,000^ |
United Kingdom (BPI)[68] | 9× Platinum | 2,700,000‡ |
United States (RIAA)[12] | Diamond | 10,000,000‡ |
Summaries | ||
Europe (IFPI)[69] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000* |
* Sales figures based on certification alone. |
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