Eminem, credited as Slim Shady, and Dr. Dre worked as executive producers, while a number of musicians produced individual songs. It met with mostly favorable reviews from critics, but for the use of a homophobic slur and other diss songs, it caused some controversy. In several parts of the world, the album topped the charts, including Australia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Ireland, Italy, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, the UK, and the USA.