Curtain Call: The Hits

Curtain Call: The Hits
Greatest hits album by Eminem
Released	December 6, 2005
Recorded	1998-2005
Genre	Hip hop
Length	77:55
Label	Aftermath Shady Interscope
Producer	Eminem Dr. Dre Jeff & Marky Bass Mike Elizondo The 45 King Mel-Man
Eminem compilation chronology
The Singles (2003) Curtain Call: The Hits (2005) Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (2006) Singles from Curtain Call: The Hits "When I'm Gone" Released: December 6, 2005 "Shake That" Released: January 3, 2006

Professional ratings
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[2][3]
Pitchfork Media	(7/10)[4]
IGN	(7/10)[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 by American rapper Eminem. It was released on December 6, 2005, under Aftermath Entertainment, Shady Records, 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 and songwriter Elton John from the 43rd Grammy Awards, plus new songs "Fack", "When I'm Gone" and "Shake That" featuring Nate Dogg.

The album was certified seven times platinum in the United States and quadruple platinum in New Zealand. It reached number one on several charts, including the UK and US Albums Chart.

Chart performance

Curtain Call: The Hits debuted at number 1 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 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 triple-platinum by the RIAA in the United States.^[10] As of November 2013, the record has sold 3,782,000 copies in the United States.^[11]

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.

Clean version

A clean version of the album is also available. It has 15 tracks with both "Intro" and "Fack" removed 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 adds a chorus. 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

Explicit version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Intro (Curtain Call)" (skit, not included on censored version) (previously unreleased)			0:34
2.	"Fack" (not included on censored version) (previously unreleased)	Marshall Mathers, Luis Resto, Steve King	Eminem, Resto (add)	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)	Mathers, Andre Young	Dr. Dre	4:27
5.	"Stan" (featuring Dido) (from The Marshall Mathers LP)	Mathers, Dido Armstrong, Paul Herman	The 45 King, Eminem (co)	6:44
6.	"Lose Yourself" (from 8 Mile)	Mathers, Jeff Bass, Resto	Eminem, Bass (add)	5:26
7.	"Shake That" (featuring Nate Dogg) (previously unreleased)	Mathers, Resto, King, Nathaniel Hale	Eminem, Resto (add)	4:33
8.	"Sing for the Moment" (from The Eminem Show)	Steven Tyler, Mathers, Bass, Resto, King	Eminem, Bass (co)	5:40
9.	"Without Me" (from The Eminem Show)	Mathers, Kevin Bell, Bass, Malcolm McLaren, Anne Dudley, Trevor Horn	Eminem, Bass (co), DJ Head (add)	4:50
10.	"Like Toy Soldiers" (from Encore)	Mathers, Resto, Marta Dawson, Michael Jay Margules	Eminem, Resto (add)	4:56
11.	"The Real Slim Shady" (from The Marshall Mathers LP)	Mathers, Young, Mike Elizondo, Tommy Coster	Dr. Dre	4:44
12.	"Mockingbird" (from Encore)	Mathers, Resto	Eminem, Resto (add)	4:11
13.	"Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre) (from The Slim Shady LP)	Mathers, Young	Dr. Dre, Eminem	3:19
14.	"Cleanin' Out My Closet" (from The Eminem Show)	Mathers, Bass	Eminem, Bass	4:57
15.	"Just Lose It" (from Encore)	Mathers, Young, Elizondo, Mark Batson, Chris Pope	Dr. Dre, Elizondo	4:09
16.	"When I'm Gone" (Outro) (previously unreleased)	Eminem, Resto	Eminem, Resto (add)	4:41
17.	"Stan (Live)" (featuring Elton John) (previously unreleased, bonus track)	Mathers, Armstrong, Herman	The Recording Academy	6:20

Clean version
No.	Title	Writer(s)	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"My Name Is"	Mathers	Eminem	4:27
2.	"The Way I Am"	Mathers, Young	Dr. Dre	4:50
3.	"Stan" (featuring Dido)	Mathers, Armstrong, Herman	The 45 King, Eminem (co)	6:44
4.	"Lose Yourself"	Mathers, Jeff Bass, Resto	Eminem, Bass (add)	5:26
5.	"Shake That" (featuring Nate Dogg) (previously unreleased)	Mathers, Resto, King, Hale	Eminem, Resto (add)	4:33
6.	"Sing for the Moment"	Tyler, Mathers, Bass, Resto, King	Eminem, Bass (co)	5:40
7.	"Without Me"	Mathers, Bell, Bass, McLaren, Dudley, Horn	Eminem, Bass (co), DJ Head (add)	4:50
8.	"Like Toy Soldiers"	Mathers, Resto, Dawson, Margules	Eminem, Resto (add)	4:56
9.	"The Real Slim Shady"	Mathers, Young, Elizondo, Coster	Dr. Dre	4:44
10.	"Mockingbird"	Mathers, Resto	Eminem, Resto (add)	4:11
11.	"Guilty Conscience" (featuring Dr. Dre)	Mathers, Young	Dr. Dre, Eminem	3:19
12.	"Cleanin' Out My Closet"	Mathers, Bass	Eminem, Bass	4:57
13.	"Just Lose It"	Mathers, Young, Elizondo, Batson, Pope	Dr. Dre, Elizondo	4:09
14.	"When I'm Gone" (Outro) (previously unreleased)	Eminem, Resto	Eminem, Resto (add)	4:41
15.	"Stan (Live)" (featuring Elton John) (previously unreleased, bonus track)	Mathers, Armstrong, Herman	The Recording Academy	6:20

Stan's Mixtape: Deluxe Edition Bonus Disc
No.	Title	Producer(s)	Length
1.	"Dead Wrong" (The Notorious B.I.G. featuring Eminem)	Chucky Thompson, Mario Winans & Diddy	4:59
2.	"Role Model"	Dr. Dre & Mel-Man	3:26
3.	"Kill You"	Dr. Dre & Mel-Man	4:26
4.	"Shit on You" (D12)	DJ Head; add. prod. Eminem	5:29
5.	"Criminal"	F.B.T & Eminem	5:14
6.	"Renegade" (Jay-Z featuring Eminem)	Eminem	5:37
7.	"Just Don't Give a Fuck"	Marky & Jeff Bass; add. prod. Eminem	4:02

Personnel

• Jeff Bass – Bass, Guitar, Keyboards
• Karin Catt – Photography
• Larry Chatman – Project Coordinator
• Lindsay Collins – Studio Coordinator
• Tommy Coster – Keyboards
• 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 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

Charts

Weekly charts

Chart (2005)	Peak position
Australia ARIA Albums Chart[12]	1
Greek Albums Chart[13]	7
Ireland IRMA Album Charts[14]	1
Norway Albums Chart "VG-Lista"[15]	2
Polish Albums Chart[16]	35
South Africa RISA Albums Chart[17]	1
UK Albums Chart	1
US Billboard 200[18]	1

Year-end charts

Chart (2006)	Position
US Billboard 200[19]	6
Chart (2011)	Position
US Billboard 200[20]	145
Chart (2015)	Position
US Billboard 200[21]	107

Singles chart positions

Year	Song	Chart peak positions
		US Hot 100 [22]	US R&B/Hip-Hop [23]	US Rap [24]	US Top 40 Mainstream [25]	US Rhythmic Top 40	US Pop 100	UK [26]
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

Region	Certification	Certified units/Sales
Argentina (CAPIF)[27]	Gold	20,000
Australia (ARIA)[28]	6× Platinum	420,000
Austria (IFPI)[29]	Gold	7,500
Brazil (ABPD)[30]	Gold	40,000
Canada (CRIA)	4× Platinum	320,000
Denmark (IFPI)[31]	Platinum	20,000
France (SNEP)[32]	Platinum	100,000
Greece (IFPI Greece)[13]	Gold	10,000
Hong Kong[33]	Gold	15,000
Ireland (IRMA)[34]	7× Platinum	105,000
Italy (FIMI)[35]	Gold	30,000
Japan (RIAJ)[36]	2× Platinum	500,000
Korea	Platinum	10,000
New Zealand (RIANZ)[37]	5× Platinum	75,000
Sweden (IFPI Sweden)[38]	Gold	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI)[39]	Gold	10,000
United Kingdom (BPI)[40]	6× Platinum	1,800,000
United States (RIAA)[10]	7× Platinum	7,000,000
Summaries
Europe (IFPI)[41]	3× Platinum	3,000,000^*
^*sales figures based on certification alone ^^shipments figures based on certification alone

Procession and succession

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External links

• Official website