Track Listing

Disc 1:

1. (Curtains Up - Encore version)
2. We As Americans
3. Evil Deeds
4. Love You More
5. Never Enough
6. Ricky Ticky Toc
7. Yellow Brick Road
8. Like Toy Soldiers
9. Mosh
10. Puke
11. My 1st Single
12. Paul (skit)
13. Rain Man
14. Big Weenie
15. Em Calls Paul (skit)
16. Just Lose It
17. Ass Like That
18. Spend Some Time
19. Mockingbird
20. Crazy In Love
21. One Shot 2 Shot
22. Final Thought (skit)
23. Encore/Curtains Down

Disc 2:

1. We As Americans
2. Love You More
3. Ricky Ticky Toc

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #18674 in Music
• Released on: 2004-11-12
• Number of discs: 2
• Format: Explicit Lyrics
• Dimensions: .28 pounds

Amazon.co.uk Review
Marshall Mathers has always delighted in confounding expectations, so we should have guessed he'd respond to the title Most Important Artist Of His Generation with Encore – an album peppered with puerile humour, myriad references to his past career, and plenty of farts, burps and vomiting. Thankfully, even Slim Shady on a bad day can be a fairly mighty proposition: the seething "Mosh" is a rare moment of high seriousness--a trudging anti-Bush epic in the vein of "White America" that positively vibrates with bile – while the skittery "My 1st Single" proves that Mathers can be engaging even when he's rapping about basically nothing.

The key to understanding Encore is through its pursuit of sheer offensiveness for offence's sake, be it the comic accent on "Ass Like That", or the relentless gay jibes of "Rain Man" – all of which seem to be more about prodding the hornet's nest of controversy that any genuine prejudice. Still, it's occasionally hard to escape that there's a certain weariness to Em's delivery, an impression that sometimes extends to the arrangements – see "Like Toy Soldiers", a jaundiced account of rap feuding, rendered unnecessarily corny by a sample of "Toy Soldiers" by '80s two-hit wonder Martika. --Louis Pattison

CD Description
While Eminem has revealed levels of depth far beyond his Slim Shady persona, few could have anticipated "Mosh", the second single from his 2004 release, ENCORE. This song, by one of music's most controversial artists, features Em focusing his rage like never before, ultimately calling on the youth of America to rise up?and vote. While his brilliantly scathing tirade against President George W. Bush didn't lead to the politician's defeat, it certainly captured the country's attention and attempted to raise listeners' political awareness. It also effectively increased the already-huge stature of the expectation-defying Detroit rapper only a few weeks before his highly anticipated fourth record's release.
ENCORE is far from a letdown, as Eminem's twisted mind continuesto produce razor-sharp rhymes, whether examining the world (the aforementioned "Mosh"), venting his spleen ("Puke"), exploring his soul ("Like Toy Soldiers") or just being plain silly ("My 1st Single"). While Em's inclination towards the shocking is well documented, other than "Mosh", the record isrelatively toned-down; he even apologises for racist comments made on a 1993 underground tape. However, that's not to imply that the proceedings are low-key; ENCORE burns with thefire of a master lyricist letting his words loose on whatever crosses his mind.

Customer Reviews

Ok, but no masterpiece
Was really looking forward to buying this album. When i finally did and played it through, i had mixed thoughts of it. Tracks such as "like toy soldiers", "mosh" and "never enough" represent Em at the top of his game. But The main problem with alot of this album is there are'nt enough stand out tracks and therefore they're instantly forgetable. If you're big Eminem fan, it's still worth owning but if you're new to him, my advise would be to get "The Marshall Mathers LP" or "The Eminem Show" first and then decide after if you want this one. For me personally though, it's ok but Em can definately do better.

The greatest
This album truly deserves the title of my very favourite. It is an absolute masterpiece. It helped me get through some really tough times and many of the songs show Eminems love for his daughter. I would rate all of the songs 10/10, with the exeption of never enough, spend some time and one shot two shot. His solo work is a lot better. I don't know anybody else who could have a song like Just lose it AND puke on the same album. For anybody who has heard Crazy in love and can relate to the emotions in it, he portrays a love hate relationship perfectly. This album is simply awesome, and I would recommend it to anybody.
I'm sure that this may not make great sense, but I find it difficult to put in to words how much I love this album.

Still the real slim shady
Man, you've gotta get this one. It's tight - eminem is still on top of his game. Get it. It's better than The Eminem Show, and funnier.