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Artist: Eminem
Label: Polydor
Category: Music

List Price: £16.99
Buy New: £5.82
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New (59) Used (13) from £4.15

Seller: moviemars-usa
Rating: 4.0 out of 5 stars 84 reviews
Sales Rank: 288

Format: Explicit Lyrics
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Running Time: 76 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2
Dimensions (in): 5.6 x 4.9 x 0.4

MPN: 001286302
UPC: 602527032160
EAN: 0602527032160
ASIN: B00192M9FC

Release Date: May 18, 2009
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Tracks:

  • Dr. West
  • 3 a.m
  • My Mom
  • Insane
  • Bagpipes From Baghdad
  • Hello
  • Tonya
  • Same Song Dance
  • We Made You
  • Medicine Ball
  • Paul
  • Stay Wide Awake
  • Old Time's Sake
  • Must Be The Ganja
  • Mr. Mathers
  • Deja Vu
  • Beautiful
  • Crack A Bottle
  • Steve Berman
  • Underground/Ken Kaniff
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Editorial Reviews:

Amazon.co.uk Review
Guess whorsquo;s back? Yep, five years on from emEncore/em, and after successfully battling a lengthy prescription-pill addiction, Slim Shady has returned with a new album. Produced by long-time collaborator Dr. Dre, Eminem once again wears his heart on his sleeve, namedropping a slew of prescription drugs and describing their dire effects in no uncertain terms. Opening cuts "3am", "My Mom" (about how he turned into a pill junky like his mum), "Insane" (about paedophilia) and the quirky "Bagpipes From Baghdad" see Em firing on all cylinders, combining disturbing imagery and wry humour over solid (if slightly less-than-fresh) beats from Dre. The second half of the record fares less well. "Same Song Dance" sounds--ironically--tired; the singles "We Made You" and "Crack A Bottle" rely on obvious, glossy hooks; and the songs about smoking marijuana ("Old Time's Sake", "Must Be The Gangja") are generally unimaginative--the sound of boxes being ticked. Tunes like "Déjà Vu" and "Beautiful" raise the bar again though, and while emRelapse/em is a mixed bag, itrsquo;s genuinely good to be listening again to what is still one of raprsquo;s most potent voices. --emDanny McKenna/em

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5 out of 5 stars Guess Who's Back!   May 11, 2009
Josh Tusepack
56 out of 72 found this review helpful

I almost feel obliged to lay out my Eminem credentials before submitting this review. Like a great many, I was a huge fan until D12 World and Encore, both of which lost me with silly accents, juvenile subject matter and a fixation more on controversy and messing around than on creating great music. The first two singles didn't inspire me with much hope; 'Crack A Bottle' is a poor song, inflicting yet more Fiddy on us all and so radio friendly that the legends of rap must have been turning in their graves. 'We Made You' isn't much better, and it wasn't until '3AM' that I really started paying attention. I have no desire to run Eminem down for the sake of it, but I don't have any motivation to say he's great when he's not, either. I'll judge what he does on it's own merits. Besides, Eminem has traditionally released the worst songs first, and this time round is no exception. br / br /First of all, let's discuss the production. Dre really shines on this release; the production values and beats are crisp and drives the album on. Fingers crossed the long-awaited Detox will be as easy on the ears as the production on this release. We're mercifully spared a long list of Shady/Aftermath artists so it avoids becoming a promo CD for the label's latest cash cows. We do have to endure 50 Cent reminding us all why we jumped ship after 'Get Rich', but other than that, it's just Dre on one other track and that's it. br / br /Now, the all important question; has Em returned to the flow, the anger, the wordplay and the hook that got those with some roots in this game excited back in the day? The answer, yes and no. There are flashes of both persona's here. Yes, there are too many lyrics delivered in the ridiculous and unwelcome 'weird accent' thing he mistakenly thought was so funny throughout Encore. There's also moments during which he stretches too far to say something 'edgy' (come on - Hannah Montanna? It doesn't compare to dropping it on Moby when everyone loved him, for example). Tracks like 'My Mom' are a little try-hard too, as if he's trying to recreate the content, not just the spirit, of all those years ago. br / br /Yet there are also moments of true brilliance here, too. 3AM is exactly the kind of opener I was hoping for; it takes no prisoners, it's clever, it paints imagery and Em's flow is insane. 'Hello' is reminiscent of 'I'm Back' from The Marshall Mathers LP, and tracks like 'Same Song and Dance' and 'Underground' are Eminem on top form. So the question becomes, can the occasional drops in standards be overlooked, or are they part of what is ultimately an inconsistent, but promising, return to the spotlight? Well, that's for you to decide. From my perspective? It's brilliant. Even the songs that don't grab you first time around grow on you on repeated play. If you can overlook the two first singles and tedious fodder like 'Must Be The Ganja', what you have here is a solid release from one of the best lyricists in the game. Crucially, the answer to the question on every discerning rap fan's lips is: yes. It is much, much better than Encore. br / br /Relapse is Eminem giving us flashes of why he became as big as he did. Fortunately, there are more than enough flashes to make this not only worthwhile, but the return of someone who has long been missed.


5 out of 5 stars Staring The Devil Down   May 18, 2009
The Wolf (uk)
14 out of 21 found this review helpful

Welcome back Mr Mathers. Five years without you seems like an age. br / br /This return was always going to be a tortured listen. br /The best of what you have given us so far in your career br /has always been intelligently challenging and some of us, br /this old Wolf included, understood your motivation and lapped it up ! br / br /You are after all the finest wordsmith of your generation. br / br /The self-exorcism to which we have become accustomed continues br /here throughout the generous 20 tracks (skits included) laid br /out before us in your very fine new album 'Relapse'. br / br /Booze and pills aside (even though they are clearly central br /to its genesis) this project was never going to be a comfortable br /ride and I'm quite sure you wouldn't have wanted it any other way. br / br /Those demons just won't lay down. br / br /From the nightmare-in-a-clinic opening of 'Dr.West' to the br /epic closure of 'Underground' there is hardly an ounce of spare br /musical fat in evidence anywhere. Just lean, mean muscle. br / br /The existential bloodbath of '3 a.m.' grabs us by the throat br /with its horrorshow imagery. The machine-gun lyrics spat out br /with magisterial rhythmic venom. It's a small masterwork. br / br /Digging over highly disfunctional family relationships has always br /been a forte. Age and greater insight (together with, one suspects, br /not a little therapeutic intervention) focuses his anger with br /white-hot clarity in 'My Mom' and 'Insane'. br /Baring witness to this kind of disclosure is a deeply disturbing br /experience. Mr Mathers would appear to have looked the devil in br /the face and dared to stare him down. br / br /Many of the ideas are as dangerous as they ever were. br /'Hello', the 'Tonya' skit and 'Same Song Dance' will br /certainly not endear him to the denizens of bible-belt America br /and that is as it should be in every way. A cause forever just ! br / br /Penultimate track 'Steve Berman' with its "Another album about poor me" br /skit nails potential critics to the wall before they have a chance to br /set pen to paper (as no-doubt they will). Self-effacingly hillarious. br / br /The production is suberb throughout. br / br /The magical chemistry which clearly exists between Dr Dre br /and our hero has never sounded better. br /Were there a heaven this marriage would have been made there ! br /Challenging, focussed, refined and totally thrilling. br / br /A magnificent resurrection. br / br /Essential.


5 out of 5 stars Bizarre   May 11, 2009
Mr. T. Macdonald (UK)
8 out of 13 found this review helpful

The review before this i find most bizarre br / br /i too have been waiting for eminem to return to his earlier albums.....not that encore was too shabby......it just wasnt up to his usual standards. br / br /Eminem has returned here with not only the best release in the last 5 years but his greatest album so far.....its mind blowing br / br /the only worrying aspect is how can he match it with relapse 2?!


5 out of 5 stars BEST ALBUM EVER   May 11, 2009
Matthew
4 out of 6 found this review helpful

This is one of eminem best album ever out br /his best tracks are br / br /.Medicine Ball br /.Old Time Sake Feat Dr Dre br /.Deja Vu br /.Beautiful br /.Underground br /.Crack A Bottle br /.Must be the ganja br / br /The Rest are all decent and include good tracks but not the best ones has these they have real tunes and also the lyrics is strong and more westcoast style br / br / br / br /I Suggest this album to any new comers or eminem fans br /its a must Buy Album i pre order mine and download the whole album br / br /good luck you wont be let down by this album worth the money


5 out of 5 stars Beautiful   May 13, 2009
L. Walsh (london)
4 out of 7 found this review helpful

Relapse is a great album. Dre's beats are off the hook! but the Song Beautiful produced by eminem is gotta be one of his best ever he wrote the first verse in rehab and finished it after, its up there with 'sing for the moment''mockingbird' and 'stan' - i don't know why everyone hates Encore i thought it was a good album songs like yellow brick road, crazy in love, and mocking bird are awesome! br / br /other songs on relapse Medicine ball, and stay wide awake are genius plus the famous paul steve bernman and ken kannif skits are funny as usual.. br /watch out for insane which is dark but shows ems lyrical skill br / br /but if you guys want lyrical stuff listen to Infinite eminem is a genius rhyming nearly everything xD.

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