Editing XTRMNTR (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| MC = 90/100<ref name="metacritic">{{cite web |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/xtrmntr/primal-scream |title=Reviews for XTRMNTR by Primal Scream |publisher=[[Metacritic]] |access-date=7 March 2016}}</ref>
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1Score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/xtrmntr-mw0000260651 |title=XTRMNTR – Primal Scream |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=7 March 2016 |last=Carlson |first=Dean}}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2Score = 4/5<ref>{{cite journal |title=Primal Scream: XTRMNTR |journal=[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]] |issue=142 |date=May 2000 |page=75}}</ref>
| rev3 = ''[[Entertainment Weekly]]''
| rev3Score = B+<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2000/05/19/xtrmntr |title=XTRMNTR |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |date=19 May 2000 |access-date=7 March 2016 |last=Weingarten |first=Marc}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[The Guardian]]''
| rev4Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite news |title=The sound and the fury |work=[[The Guardian]] |date=21 January 2000 |last=Cox |first=Tom}}</ref>
| rev5 = ''[[The List (magazine)|The List]]''
| rev5Score = {{Rating|5|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://archive.list.co.uk/the-list/2000-01-20/44/ |title=Primal Scream: Exterminator (Creation) |journal=[[The List (magazine)|The List]] |issue=378 |date=20 January 2000 |access-date=1 March 2017 |last=Robertson |first=Mark |page=42}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[NME]]''
| rev6Score = 9/10<ref>{{cite journal |url=https://www.nme.com:80/reviews/reviews/20000125155944.html |title=Primal Scream – Exterminator |journal=[[NME]] |date=25 January 2000 |access-date=7 March 2016 |last=Cameron |first=Keith |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20000229143549/http://www.nme.com/reviews/reviews/20000125155944.html |archive-date=29 February 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]''
| rev7Score = 8.1/10<ref>{{cite web |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/6474-xtrmntr/ |title=Primal Scream: XTRMNTR |work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]] |date=30 April 2000 |access-date=7 March 2016 |last=DiCrescenzo |first=Brent}}</ref>
| rev8 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev8Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite journal |url=http://www.qonline.co.uk:80/reviews/server.asp?id=18719 |title=Primal Scream: XTRMNTR |journal=[[Q (magazine)|Q]] |issue=162 |date=March 2000 |access-date=30 August 2018 |last=Maconie |first=Stuart |author-link=Stuart Maconie |page=110 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20001120181100/http://www.qonline.co.uk/reviews/server.asp?id=18719 |archive-date=20 November 2000 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev9 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev9Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=621 |title=Primal Scream: Xtrmntr |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |issue=840 |date=11 May 2000 |access-date=7 March 2016 |last=Hendrickson |first=Matt |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20020502160949/http://www.rollingstone.com/recordings/review.asp?aid=62148&cf=1123 |archive-date=2 May 2002 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev10Score = {{Rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite book |chapter=Primal Scream |last=Sheffield |first=Rob |author-link=Rob Sheffield |title=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide|The New Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |year=2004 |publisher=[[Simon & Schuster]] |edition=4th |editor1-last=Brackett |editor1-first=Nathan |editor2-last=Hoard |editor2-first=Christian |isbn=0-7432-0169-8 |page=[https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/654 654] }}</ref>
}}
At [[Metacritic]], which assigns a weighted average score out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the album received an average score of 90, based on 16 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref name="metacritic"/>

''[[NME]]'' magazine rated ''XTRMNTR'' #2 in its "Top 50 Albums of the Year 2000",<ref>''[[NME]]'' (30 December 2000, page 77)</ref> and later at the NME Carling Awards 2001, it won "Best Album" of the year. ''[[Uncut (magazine)|Uncut]]'', like NME, named it at #2 on their list of the best albums of 2000.<ref name="rocklistmusic">{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/uncut.htm#2000|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060209230455/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/uncut.htm#2000|url-status=usurped|archive-date=9 February 2006|title=Rocklist.net&nbsp;... Uncut Recordings of the Year Lists.&nbsp;... |publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref>

Over the years, it has gathered more praise, including appearances on lists of the top albums of the [[2000s in music|2000s]]: ''NME'' placed it at #3 of their top 50 albums of decade list<ref>{{cite web|url= https://www.nme.com/news/the-strokes/48412/|work=[[NME]]|author=NME magazine staff|title=The Strokes' 'Is This It' tops NME albums of the decade list|date=17 November 2009 |access-date=22 November 2009}}</ref> and ''[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]'' placed it at #142 in its ''Top 200 Albums of the 2000s'' list.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101/|work=[[Pitchfork (website)|Pitchfork]]|author=Stuart Berman|title=STAFF LISTS: The Top 200 Albums of the 2000s: 150–101|date=29 September 2009|access-date=30 October 2012|archive-date=2 October 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002221423/http://pitchfork.com/features/staff-lists/7707-the-top-200-albums-of-the-2000s-150-101|url-status=dead}}</ref> [[Metacritic]] placed it at #20 of the 40 best reviewed albums released 2000–9.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/feature/best-music-of-the-decade?page=1|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|author=Jason Dietz|title=Ten Years of Metacritic: The Best Music of the Decade|date=15 December 2009|access-date=16 October 2011}}</ref> In 2001, [[Q (magazine)|''Q'' magazine]] named it as one of the "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time".<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage2.html|archive-url= https://archive.today/20060115062759/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/qlistspage2.html|url-status= usurped|archive-date= 15 January 2006|work=[[Q (magazine)|Q magazine]]|author=Q magazine staff|title=Q 50 Heaviest Albums of All Time|date=July 2001|access-date=22 November 2009}}</ref> Praising the production, ''[[Stylus Magazine]]'' included the album on their 2006 list of the "Top Ten Best Sounding Records, 1997–Present",<ref name="stylusmagazine">{{cite web|url=http://www.stylusmagazine.com/articles/staff_top_10/top-ten-best-sounding-records-1997-present.htm|title=Top Ten Best Sounding Records, 1997–Present – Staff Top 10 – Stylus Magazine|publisher=stylusmagazine.com|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> and later ranked the album at number 10 on their "Stylus Decade" list of the "Top 100 Albums of the 2000s".{{CN|date=December 2023}}

In October 2011, ''NME'' placed "[[Swastika Eyes]]" at #45 and "Accelerator" at #114 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".<ref name="nme">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/list/150-best-tracks-of-the-past-15-years/248648/page/11|title=150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years &#124; NME.COM|work=NME|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref><ref name="nme2">{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/list/150-best-tracks-of-the-past-15-years/248648/page/4|title=150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years &#124; NME.COM|work=NME|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref> In 2014, they ranked "Shoot Speed/Kill Light" at #190 and "Accelerator" at #497 and in their list of the "500 Greatest Songs of All Time".<ref name="rocklistmusic2">{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_songs_2014.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140325220723/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_songs_2014.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=25 March 2014|title=Rocklist.net&nbsp;... NME The 500 Greatest Songs Of All Time.. 2014|publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref>

Referring to the 2013 update, the album ranks at number 160 in [[NME's The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time]].<ref name="rocklistmusic3">{{cite web|url=http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm|archive-url=https://archive.today/20131124170335/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/nme_500_greatest_albums_2013.htm|url-status=usurped|archive-date=24 November 2013|title=Rocklist.net&nbsp;... NME: The 500 Greatest Albums Of All Time : October 2013|publisher=rocklistmusic.co.uk|access-date=28 July 2016}}</ref>

In 2019, the album was ranked 65th on ''[[The Guardian]]''{{'}}s 100 Best Albums of the 21st Century list.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2019/sep/13/100-best-albums-of-the-21st-century |title=The 100 best albums of the 21st century |work=The Guardian |date=13 September 2019 |access-date=18 September 2019 }}</ref>