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Album: Recovery [Explicit]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Cold Wind Blows Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 5:04
2)    Talkin’ 2 Myself Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 5:00
3)    On Fire Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 3:33
4)    Won't Back Down Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:26
5)    W.T.P. Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 3:58
6)    Going Through Changes Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:59
7)    Not Afraid Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:08
8)    Seduction Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:35
9)    No Love Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 5:00
10)    Space Bound Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:39
11)    Cinderella Man Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:39
12)    25 To Life Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:02
13)    So Bad Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 5:25
14)    Almost Famous Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:52
15)    Love The Way You Lie Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:23
16)    You’re Never Over Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 5:06
17)    Untitled Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 3:14
2)    Talkin' 2 Myself (Feat. Kobe) More Info... 0:05
3)    On Fire More Info... 0:03
4)    Won't Back Down (Feat. Pink) More Info... 0:04
5)    W.T.P. More Info... 0:04
6)    Going Through Changes More Info... 0:05
7)    Not Afraid More Info... 0:04
8)    Seduction More Info... 0:04
9)    No Love (Feat. Lil Wayne) More Info... 0:05
10)    Space Bound More Info... 0:04
11)    Cinderella Man More Info... 0:04
12)    25 to Life More Info... 0:04
13)    So Bad More Info... 0:05
14)    Almost Famous More Info... 0:05
15)    Love the Way You Lie (Feat. Rihanna) More Info... 0:04
16)    You're Never Over More Info... 0:05
 
Album: Recovery [Explicit]
# Song Title   Time
1)    Cold Wind Blows Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 5:04
2)    Talkin’ 2 Myself Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 5:00
3)    On Fire Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 3:33
4)    Won't Back Down Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:26
5)    W.T.P. Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 3:58
6)    Going Through Changes Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:59
7)    Not Afraid Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:08
8)    Seduction Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:35
9)    No Love Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 5:00
10)    Space Bound Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:39
11)    Cinderella Man Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:39
12)    25 To Life Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:02
13)    So Bad Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 5:25
14)    Almost Famous Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:52
15)    Love The Way You Lie Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 4:23
16)    You’re Never Over Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 5:06
17)    Untitled Album Version (Explicit) More Info... 3:14
2)    Talkin' 2 Myself (Feat. Kobe) More Info... 0:05
3)    On Fire More Info... 0:03
4)    Won't Back Down (Feat. Pink) More Info... 0:04
5)    W.T.P. More Info... 0:04
6)    Going Through Changes More Info... 0:05
7)    Not Afraid More Info... 0:04
8)    Seduction More Info... 0:04
9)    No Love (Feat. Lil Wayne) More Info... 0:05
10)    Space Bound More Info... 0:04
11)    Cinderella Man More Info... 0:04
12)    25 to Life More Info... 0:04
13)    So Bad More Info... 0:05
14)    Almost Famous More Info... 0:05
15)    Love the Way You Lie (Feat. Rihanna) More Info... 0:04
16)    You're Never Over More Info... 0:05
 
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  • Recording information: Ajax, Ontario; Area 51 Studio; Avex Honolulu Studios, Honolulu, HI; Black Chiney Studios, Ft. Lauderdale, FL; Effigy Studios; Encore Studios, Burbank, CA; Parkland Playhouse, Parkland, FL; Shake 'Em Down Studios, Queens, NY; Sun Studios, Temple Bar.
  • Photographer: Nigel Parry.
  • With Recovery, it becomes obvious that Eminem's richest albums aren't necessarily his most structurally sound, which isn't much of a surprise when considering the rapper's full-on embrace of flaws and contradictions. This lean, mean, bipolar machine began life as Relapse 2, but when Shady decided he wasn't really Shady at the moment, and that he was no longer keen on Relapse -- or the last two albums, as he states on "Talkin' 2 Myself" -- it became Marshall Mathers time again, so damn any 11th hour issues. This results in an album where a shameless but killer Michael J. Fox punch line ("The world will stop spinnin' and Michael J. Fox`ll come to a standstill" from "Cold Wind") is followed by a song with another, less effective MJF joke ("Make like Michael J. Fox in your drawers, playin' with an Etch-A-Sketch"), although that song is the lurching heavy metal monster "Won't Back Down" with P!nk, and it could be used as the lead-in to "Lose Yourself" on any ego-boosting mixtape. Ignoring these contradictions, fans can feed on the energy, the renewed sense of purpose, and Marshall doing whatever the hell he wants, up to and including shoehorning a grand, D12-like comedy number ("W.T.P.," which stands for "White Trash Party") into this emotionally heavy album. It's fascinating when Em admits "Hatred was flowin' through my veins, on the verge of goin' insane/I almost made a song dissin' Lil Wayne" and then "Thank God I didn't do it/I'da had my ass handed to me, and I knew it," before sparring with said Weezy on the Haddaway-sampling "No Love." When the recovery-minded "Going Through Changes" gets back on the wagon by sampling Black Sabbath's very druggy "Changes," it's a brilliant and layered idea that's executed with poignant lyrics on top. Add the man at his most profound (the gigantic hit "Not Afraid") and his most profane ("You wanna get graphic? We can go the scenic route/You couldn't make a bulimic puke on a piece of corn and peanut poop" from "On Fire") plus one of thickest lyric booklets out of any of his albums and the fans who really listen are instantly on board. It may be flawed and the rapper's attitude is sometimes one step ahead of his output, but he hasn't sounded this unfiltered and proud since The Marshall Mathers LP, so to hell with refinement -- bring on the hunger and spirit of 8 Mile. ~ David Jeffries
Professional Reviews
Rolling Stone - 4 stars out of 5 -- "RECOVERY is his most casual-sounding album in years...He sounds content to be rap's wittiest head case."

Spin - 3.5 stars out of 5 -- "[T]here's still no MC more capable of rapping a circle into a square, while making you enjoy his displays of sick lyrical imagination."

Entertainment Weekly (p.74) - "Eminem returns to the verbal acrobatics that defined his early work, showering these 17 songs with dazzling cadences and multisyllabic rhymes." -- Grade: B+

Billboard (p.32) - "Eminem certainly sounds recharged on 'Recovery,' delivering nearly every verse with the kind of breathless, amped-up energy that defined early hits like 'Lose Yourself.'"
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