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It worked. And when Recovery hit stores on June 18, the pieces fell into place. Then came the trickiest part. Even Relapse , with its far less savvy singles, had been rewarded with a heavy first week of , units moved. But Relapse had dropped steeply from there, sinking past the , sold mark in just its fourth frame.

That Rihanna duet is far from my favorite song on Recovery , but it was a fiendishly smart choice for a second single. By enlisting a mainstream marquee name as his collaborator, Eminem repeated one of his signature moves from the old days, getting his single played on pop and rap radio at once.

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Neil McCormick of The Daily Telegraph commended him for addressing more mature, introspective subject matter and successfully "framing his misogyny, homophobia and all-round bigotry with an undeniable sense of empathy and humanity. Sean O'Neal of The A. Club felt that his lively raps make up for the "endless atonement metaphors" that occasionally weigh down the album.

Kitty Empire, writing in The Observer, said that it is "better than average" as a "latterday Eminem album" that shows, "in bursts, Eminem's health is very nearly rude. His most confessional as well". In a mixed review, Jon Caramanica of The New York Times regarded Eminem as "frustratingly limited in his topical range" and called Recovery "the most insular of all his releases".

Andy Gill of The Independent commented that "there's nothing here quite as witty or engaging as" on his previous work. Pitchfork Media's Jayson Greene perceived a lack of lyrical depth and wrote "for the first time in his career, he actually sounds clumsy".

Chicago Tribune writer Greg Kot said that it lacks hooks and fun: "The subversive humor is long gone, and his cultural references Richards also found Eminem's pop culture references "inane" and called the album's material "unsurprisingly hollow" with punchlines that "rarely resonate". Los Angeles Times writer Jeff Weiss found his rhyme schemes "dazzling" and wordplay "clever", but panned its production as "monochromatic and monotonous". The Guardian's Paul MacInnes said that the music lacks consistency because of a "piecemeal approach to production" and "fashionable soft-rock samples".

The album debuted at number one on the US Billboard chart, with first-week sales of , copies. It became Eminem's sixth album to debut at number one in the United States. In its second week of release it remained at number-one and sold , copies. In its ninth week of release the album remained at number one for its seventh non-consecutive week and sold , copies. By March , the album was number one on the all-time list of albums with the most digital sales, with over , copies digitally sold at the time.

As of July , the album broke the digital record and became the first album to sell one million digital copies. It held the record for most digital albums sold, but was later outsold by Adele's 21 album.

On August 18, , the album was certified triple platinum by the Recording Industry Association of America in shipments and sales. As of November 13, , the album has sold 4,, copies in the United States. Since it's United States release, the album spent a total of 27 weeks in the top 10 of the Billboard , which is more than any other hip-hop album since The album debuted at number one on the UK Albums Chart, selling , copies in its first week in the United Kingdom.

In Canada, the album sold 85, copies in its first week and debuted at number one on Canada's Albums Chart. The album spent six consecutive weeks at number one, and retook the top spot after one week at number two.

As of August 18, , the album has sold , copies in Canada. In Japan, Oricon recorded a debut of number six with 20, units sold. It also went gold in its first week in New Zealand and Australia, debuting at number one in both countries. The album has since sold over , copies in Australia, certifying it triple platinum. By the end of its release year, Recovery had sold over 5. It was one of the best-selling album of in the United States with 3. According to the International Federation of the Phonographic Industry, it was also the best-selling album of worldwide.

The album was the best-selling album in Canada in selling , copies; more than double the album in second place. Recovery was the third best-selling album of in Australia. Since its release in , the album has sold 4.

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