Curtain Call: The Hits

Curtain Call: The Hits
Compilation album of
Publication (s)	December 2, 2005
admission	1997-2005
Label (s)	Shady Records , Aftermath , Interscope
Format (s)	CD , download , vinyl
Genre (s)	Hip hop
Title (number)	CD 1: 17 / (CD 2: 7)
running time	CD 1: 77:57 / (CD 2: 32:59)
production	Eminem ( Executive Producer ) Dr. Dre Bass Brothers Mel-Man The 45 King Mike Elizondo DJ Head Chucky Thompson P. Diddy Mario Winans
Studio (s)	54 Sound Studio (Detroit) Eminem's House (Detroit) u. a.
chronology Encore (2004) Curtain Call: The Hits Eminem Presents: The Re-Up (2006)
Single releases December 6, 2005 When I'm gone January 17, 2006 Shake That

Curtain Call: The Hits (. Engl about for " bow: The Hits "), a best-of is album of American rapper Eminem . It was released on December 2, 2005 on his own label Shady Records, as well as Aftermath Entertainment and Interscope Records .

content

The songs included on the album are mainly previously released singles . These come from Eminem's four solo albums The Slim Shady LP (two songs), The Marshall Mathers LP (three songs), The Eminem Show (three songs) and Encore (three songs), which were released up to 2005, as well as the soundtrack album for the 2002 movie 8 Mile (one song). However, there are also three new songs on the album. The song Fack addresses sexual intercourse in a very ironic and exaggerated way. Shake That is a club banger specializing in women's butts. Only When I'm Gone is a serious song in which Eminem talks about the fact that his family, especially his daughter Hailie, is falling short because of his career and that he wants to take care of them more in the future. The song is also intended to symbolize the end of a section of his career.

In addition to the normal version, there is also a deluxe edition with seven additional tracks. The bonus CD ( Stan's Mixtape ) contains songs that Eminem counts as one of his favorite songs.

production

Most of the songs selected for the best of compilation were written by Eminem himself or Dr. Dre produces. Mel-Man and the Bass Brothers assisted in some productions . In addition, The 45 King, DJ Head and Mike Elizondo , as well as the trio Chucky Thompson, P. Diddy and Mario Winans each contributed to a beat. Eminem acted as executive producer and produced the beats for the three new songs Fack , Shake That and When I'm Gone .

Cover design

Cover of the album
Link to the picture (please note copyrights )

The album cover only shows Eminem up to his chest. He stands in a suit on the stage in front of a blue curtain and bows. The ground is covered with red roses. In the middle of the illustration are the words Eminem , Curtain Call and The Hits one below the other.

Guest Posts

Some of the selected songs contain features from other artists. So when is Stan the chorus of the British singer Dido sung (from their hit Thank You the chorus in the original dates), and Eminem's producer Dr. Dre has a guest part on the track Guilty Conscience . On the additional live version of Stan , Elton John sings the part of Dido, and Nate Dogg can be heard in the new song Shake That . The Deluxe Edition also features a guest contribution by Eminem's rap crew D12 ( Shit on You ). The bonus CD also includes the songs Dead Wrong from the album Born Again by Notorious BIG and Renegade from the album The Blueprint by Jay-Z , on which the aforementioned rappers have guest contributions.

Track list

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length	Original album (year)
1	Curtain Call (Intro)			0:33	previously unpublished
2	Fack		Eminem	3:25	previously unpublished
3	The Way I Am		Eminem	4:50	The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
4th	my name is		Dr. Dre	4:28	The Slim Shady LP (1999)
5	Stan	Dido	The 45 King and Eminem (Co)	6:44	The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
6th	Lose Yourself		Eminem and Jeff Bass (Co)	5:26	8 Mile EAST (2002)
7th	Shake That	Nate Dogg	Eminem	4:34	previously unpublished
8th	Sing for the moment		Eminem and Jeff Bass (Co)	5:40	The Eminem Show (2002)
9	Without me		Eminem and Jeff Bass (Co)	4:50	The Eminem Show (2002)
10	Like Toy Soldiers		Eminem	4:56	Encore (2004)
11	The Real Slim Shady		Dr. Dre and Mel-Man	4:45	The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
12	Mockingbird		Eminem	4:10	Encore (2004)
13	Guilty Conscience	Dr. Dre	Dr. Dre and Eminem	3:20	The Slim Shady LP (1999)
14th	Cleanin 'Out My Closet		Eminem and Jeff Bass	4:58	The Eminem Show (2002)
15th	Just Lose It		Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo	4:08	Encore (2004)
16	When I'm gone		Eminem	4:41	previously unpublished
17th	Stan (Live)	Elton John	Recording Academy	6:20	(2001)

Bonus CD ("Stan's Mixtape"):

#	title	Guest Posts	producer	length	Original album (year)
1	Dead Wrong	The Notorious BIG	Chucky Thompson, P. Diddy, and Mario Winans	4:57	Born Again (1999)
2	Role model		Dr. Dre and Mel-Man	3:25	The Slim Shady LP (1999)
3	Kill you		Dr. Dre and Mel-Man	4:24	The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
4th	Shit on you	D12	DJ Head and Eminem (Co)	5:14	Devils Night (2001)
5	Criminal		Eminem and Bass Brothers	5:19	The Marshall Mathers LP (2000)
6th	Renegade	Jay-Z	Eminem	5:38	The Blueprint (2001)
7th	Just don't give a fuck		Bass Brothers	4:02	The Slim Shady LP (1999)

Individual songs

Shake That

→ Main article : Shake That

The song is a club hit and is about women, especially their butts.

When I'm gone

→ Main article : When I'm Gone

The song is one of Eminem's most personal. It is dedicated to his daughter Hailie Jade and tells of the fact that his rap career means he cannot be there for her enough.

Chart successes and singles

Chart positions Explanation of the data

Singles

When I'm gone   DE 6th 01/02/2006 (16 weeks)   AT 7th 12/30/2005 (19 weeks)   CH 7th 01/01/2006 (20 weeks)   UK 4th December 31, 2005 (13 weeks)   US 8th 12/17/2005 (17 weeks) Shake That   UK 90 06/08/2013 (1 week)   US 6th 06/25/2006 (15 weeks)

Cover of the single
Shake That

Curtain Call: The Hits entered the German charts at number 7 in the 51st calendar week of 2005 and was at number 11 and 10 in the weeks that followed, before settling at number 7 for two more weeks. Overall, the album stayed in the top 10 for nine weeks and in the top 100 for 36 weeks. The best-of album reached the top of the charts in several countries, including the USA, Great Britain, Canada, Denmark, Ireland and Australia and New Zealand. In Norway it reached number 2, in Austria, Switzerland and the Netherlands it reached number 5. At 495 weeks (as of July 2020), the album lasted longest in the US charts, which, however, have 200 positions. In the charts of the decade (2000–2009), Curtain Call: The Hits was ranked 161 in the United States.

Chart placements

Charts	Top ranking	Weeks
Chart placements
Germany (GfK)	7th (36 weeks)	36
Austria (Ö3)	5 (24 weeks)	24
Switzerland (IFPI)	5 (32 weeks)	32
United Kingdom (OCC)	1 (... Where.)	...
United States (Billboard)	1 (495 weeks)	495

Annual charts

Charts (2005)	placement
Annual charts (2005)
United Kingdom (OCC)	9

Charts (2006)	placement
Annual charts (2006)
Germany (GfK)	31
Austria (Ö3)	34
Switzerland (IFPI)	23
United Kingdom (OCC)	89
United States (Billboard)	6th

The only world-wide released single from the album When I'm Gone fueled speculation that Eminem would withdraw from the rap business and reached the top 10 in many countries. In Germany, the song rose to 6th place and stayed in the top 100 for 16 weeks and received a gold record in 2018 for over 150,000 units sold . The second single, Shake That , was only released in the USA, where it entered number 6 and stayed in the top 100 for 15 weeks.

Sales figures and awards

The album sold about 1.2 million times in the US in the first three weeks. Curtain Call: The Hits has sold 13 million copies worldwide. In the US, the album was certified seven times platinum for more than seven million sales . In Germany, it received a five-fold gold record for over 500,000 units sold in 2019 .

Overview:

country	gold	platinum	2 × platinum	5 × gold	3 × platinum	5 × platinum	6 × platinum	7 × platinum
Germany awarded by BVMI	-	-	-	18th December 2019	-	-	-	-
Austria awarded by IFPI	December 6, 2005	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
Switzerland awarded by IFPI	2005	-	-	-	-	-	-	-
United States awarded by RIAA	January 27, 2006	January 27, 2006	January 27, 2006	-	October 21, 2016	October 21, 2016	October 21, 2016	October 21, 2016
United Kingdom awarded by BPI	December 9, 2005	December 9, 2005	December 9, 2005	-	December 16, 2005	22. July 2013	April 22, 2016	June 22, 2018
Europe awarded by IFPI	-	-	2005	-	-	-	-	-

Country / Region	Award	Sales
Awards for music sales (country / region, Award, Sales)
Australia (ARIA)	12 × platinum	840,000
Brazil (PMB)	gold	50,000
Denmark (IFPI)	6 × platinum	120,000
Germany (BVMI)	5 × gold	500,000
Europe (IFPI)	2 × platinum	(2,000,000)
France (SNEP)	2 × gold	200,000
Greece (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Hong Kong (IFPI / HKRIA)	gold	7,500
Ireland (IRMA)	7 × platinum	105,000
Italy (FIMI)	platinum	50,000
Japan (RIAJ)	2 × platinum	500,000
New Zealand (RMNZ)	5 × platinum	75,000
Austria (IFPI)	gold	10,000
Sweden (IFPI)	gold	20,000
Switzerland (IFPI)	gold	20,000
United States (RIAA)	7 × platinum	7,000,000
United Kingdom (BPI)	7 × platinum	2,100,000
All in all	9 × gold 51 × platinum	11,687,500

Main article: Eminem / Music Sales Awards

Reviews

Professional reviews
Reviews
source	rating
laut.de
cdstarts.de
Rolling Stone
allmusic
RapReviews
cnet.de

The reviews of the album were average to positive.

• In laut.de received Curtain Call: The Hits three out of a possible five points. It is a successful compilation of Eminem's best songs:

“In addition to popular hits, 'Curtain Call' contains three new pieces, a few rare tracks and personal favorite numbers of the white rap star, whom the black community more respects than loves. [...] In between the rap star sprinkles new tracks, like the hauntingly pathetic single 'When I'm Gone'. [...] 'Fack' presents the average Eminem flow, while 'Shake That' is the highlight of the newbies. The grainy, swinging club tune with G-Funk tenor Nate Dogg is one of the most obscene groovy numbers the Detroit-based artist has delivered recently. "

- Excerpt from the review by laut.de.

• The website cnet.de gave the CD eight out of ten possible points:

“ 'Curtain Call' [is] an opulent and tastefully compiled greatest hits album. You know them, the hits. 'My Name Is', […] 'Stan', 'Lose Yourself', 'Like Toy Soldiers' or 'The Real Slim Shady'. The bitter clips for the songs ran on the music channel in rotation, irritated and polarized. That one can marvel at this type of music, the raps, but also the beats, is perhaps all too often forgotten. [...] The three new pieces [are] all relatively firmly anchored in the typical Eminem cosmos. I especially like 'When I'm Gone'. "

- Extract from the review by cnet.de

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1. ↑ Explanations to "Fack". On: rapgenius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
2. ↑ Explanations for "Shake That". On: rapgenius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
3. ↑ Explanations for "When I'm Gone". On: rapgenius.com (English). Retrieved May 30, 2012
4. ↑ Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
5. ↑ Curtain Call: The Hits at musicline.de ( Memento of the original from November 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ international chart tracking Curtain Call: The Hits
7. ↑ Charts of the decade US # 161
8. ↑ ^{a b c d e} Chart sources: DE AT CH UK US
9. ↑ Annual charts 2005: DE AT CH UK US
10. ↑ ^{a b c d e} 2006 annual charts: DE AT CH UK US
11. ↑ Chart tracking When I'm Gone at musicline.de ( Memento of the original from October 20, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
12. ↑ IFPI : Search Results Gold and Platinum Awards from Eminem
13. ↑ Chart tracking Shake That at billboard.com
14. ↑ Eminem album sales on statisticbrain.com, July 11, 2015, English. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
15. ↑ RIAA : Search Results Gold and Platinum Awards from Eminem
16. ↑ musikindustrie.de: gold / platinum database
17. ↑ ifpi.at: gold platinum
18. ↑ swisscharts.com: Awards
19. ↑ riaa.com: RIAA database
20. ↑ Certified Awards Search. British Phonographic Industry , accessed September 15, 2014 . 
21. ↑ ifpi.org: Platinum Europe Awards
22. ↑ Rating: laut.de
23. ↑ Rating: cdstarts.de
24. ↑ Rating: Rolling Stone
25. ↑ Rating: allmusic.com
26. ↑ Review: RapReviews.com
27. ↑ ^{a b} Evaluation: Page no longer available , search in web archives: cnet.de
28. ↑ laut.de: Review of the sound carrier