No matter what way you look at it, The Final Curtain is a bit of a morbid title for a posthumous hits collection, but even with that burden, the compilation lives up to its billing as The Ultimate Best of Falco. Since this is a German release, it has a number of songs that were Eurohits but will be unfamiliar to American listeners. Consequently, it will seem like overkill to many casual fans, but for the dedicated, this an exhaustive overview of his career that borders on definitive.