Relapse> Recovery

[buffalo bill]

Recovery has more relatable content

not necessarily an advantage

anyway, as I've said before, I think in the future, with some perspective, Recovery will be considered to be pretty ordinary by Eminem's standards - and Relapse won't be considered to be one of his greatest works either, but it will still be held in very high regard because of the originality and incredibly creative concept.

[ChronicJon]

They're pretty close but Recovery has Cinderella Man.

[classthe_king]

Relapse is horrible

[ChronicJon]

Relapse is horrible

I was waiting for you to jump in and say that

[classthe_king]

Relapse is horrible

I was waiting for you to jump in and say that

Well you finally got it

[buffalo bill]

They're pretty close but Recovery has Cinderella Man.

yeah that's what decides it in relapse's favor

[ChronicJon]

They're pretty close but Recovery has Cinderella Man.

yeah that's what decides it in relapse's favor

Cinderella Man is better than anything on Relapse. Not even Deja Vu or SWA can compete with Cinderella Man.

[Him Shadow]

Look, Relapse was great but I like all Recovery tracks (like in MMLP & TES case), only weak song for me is WTP... and the rest... Won't Back Down, Going Through Changes, No Love, Space Bound, Cinderella Man, Almost Famous and other, this is fuckin awesome!

[Sam.]

Relapse was awesome. Recovery is even more awesome. End of story.

Wat he said

[Jimmy Conway]

for me recovery has way more replay value. when i 1st heard relapse i was sorta disapointed an completely satisfied with one listen. maybe its just and aquired taste

I was one of the people who said that relapse didn't have any replay value. But I listen to it more now than recovery. I think what threw me off about Relapse was that the SSLP,MMLP, and Eminem Show all jumped at me right off the bat. It was something I loved and wanted to listen to a lot. Relapse has taken longer to grow on me than the other albums of his has. But now that some time has pasted I don't mind listening to Relapse at all.

[buffalo bill]

I was one of the people who said that relapse didn't have any replay value. But I listen to it more now than recovery. I think what threw me off about Relapse was that the SSLP,MMLP, and Eminem Show all jumped at me right off the bat. It was something I loved and wanted to listen to a lot. Relapse has taken longer to grow on me than the other albums of his has. But now that some time has pasted I don't mind listening to Relapse at all.

[313]

Relapse is very good album, if you ask me. But Recovery is great-superb-amazing-classic

[dchen93]

I also agree with OP Relapse>>>Recovery.
The production on Recovery is just terrible. But how in the hell are CAB, OTS, and especially Beautiful duds? With no mention of We Made You
And Not Afraid a dud? Wow I can see why people dislike this song, but are you kidding me? And no mention of Won't Back Down

I said Wont Back Down's a dud (WBD). You obvioulsy thought I put WTP. (which I added in)

We Made You's a good track to me anyway. Concept was stupid but had some crazy rhyming, 5 syllable mutlies, nice beat and a smooth chorus.

Not Afraid is absolutely terrible. It's cliched, has a horrible chorus, irratating bridge and fan ass-kissing. His metaphors on this are cringe-worthy.

"Fuck the world, feed it beans, it's gassed up" - the first verse is poor but it could be the best verse of all time and that line alone would ruin it.

"Haters can make like bees with no stingers and drop dead"

"Quit playin with the scissors and shit and cut the crap"

Plus the beat is disgrace. Shitty tinny drums.

I'd go as far to say NA is the worst song since his comeback.

agreed with everything said about NA

aside from that though, idk about relapse, but over time recovery will surely approach classic album status, if not achieve it straight up.

[Evan C.]

They're pretty close but Recovery has Cinderella Man.

yeah that's what decides it in relapse's favor

Cinderella Man is better than anything on Relapse. Not even Deja Vu or SWA can compete with Cinderella Man.

Seriously?

What's so special about Cinderella Man? Cool song but Deja Vu is one of his best songs ever, not just on these two albums. Deja Vu is the Rock Bottom of the 2000s.

[SliK]

Anyone who says Relapse would be better without the accent is a fool. The accent was just a tool Em was using to bend words like crazy to make them rhyme so well. Without the accent the words wouldn't sound much alike, and your "lyrical masterpiece" wouldn't even rhyme.