Editing XTRMNTR

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{{Infobox album
| name         = XTRMNTR
| type         = studio
| artist       = [[Primal Scream]]
| cover        = XTRMNTR_album_cover.jpg
| alt          = 
| released     = {{Start date|2000|01|31|df=yes}}
| recorded     = 
| studio       = 
| genre        = {{flatlist|
* [[Electronic rock|Electro-rock]]
* [[shoegazing]]
* [[noise rock]]
* [[alternative dance]]
* [[electro-industrial]]
* [[experimental music|experimental]]
}}
| length       = 60:24
| label        = {{flatlist|
* [[Creation Records|Creation]]
* [[Astralwerks]]
}}
| producer     = {{flatlist|
* [[Brendan Lynch (music producer)|Brendan Lynch]]
* Primal Scream
* [[Jagz Kooner]]
* [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]]
* [[Hugo Nicolson]]
* [[The Chemical Brothers]]
* [[Kevin Shields]]
* Tim Holmes
* [[Dan the Automator]]
}}
| prev_title   = [[Echo Dek]]
| prev_year    = 1997
| next_title   = [[Evil Heat]]
| next_year    = 2002
| misc         = {{Singles
| name = XTRMNTR
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Swastika Eyes]]
| single1date = 15 November 1999
| single2 = [[Kill All Hippies]]
| single2date = 20 March 2000
| single3 = Accelerator
| single3date = 11 September 2000
}}
}}
'''''XTRMNTR''''' (pronounced "Exterminator") is the sixth [[studio album]] by Scottish [[rock music|rock]] band [[Primal Scream]]. It was first released on 31 January 2000 in the United Kingdom by [[Creation Records]] and on 2 May 2000 in the United States by [[Astralwerks]].<ref>{{Cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/xtrmntr-mw0000260651/releases | title=XTRMNTR - Primal Scream &#124; Releases &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref> It peaked at number 3 on the [[UK Albums Chart]].<ref name="UKchart"/>

In a departure from their earlier, more hedonistic recordings, the band took a more political stance on the album, attacking government, police, and multinational corporations. Its sound is more aggressive and forceful than Primal Scream's previous output, with noisy, harsh, electronic sounds reminiscent of [[industrial music]] forming the basis for many of its songs. Although [[Gary Mounfield]] (aka Mani) joined the band in 1997 and recorded a selection of tracks on their previous album ''[[Vanishing Point (Primal Scream album)|Vanishing Point]]'' (1997), it marked the first time he shared songwriting credits with them, as well as his first full album since his time with [[The Stone Roses]].

[[Kevin Shields]] of [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|My Bloody Valentine]] was seen as a "semi-permanent member" of the band around the release of the album by performing live, helping producing the album and playing on songs. The album also features contributions from [[The Chemical Brothers]] and [[Bernard Sumner]] of [[New Order (band)|New Order]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-12-02 |title=Revisiting Kevin Shields' stint in Primal Scream |url=https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/kevin-shields-member-of-primal-scream/ |access-date=2022-09-19 |website=faroutmagazine.co.uk |language=en-US}}</ref>

The album is notable for being the final full-length release on Creation Records, with the track "Accelerator" later lifted to become the final single released on the label.

==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>

==Track listing==
{{Track listing
| all_writing = [[Primal Scream]], except "Kill All Hippies", written with M. Nelson and Discovery Productions Inc.
| title1 = [[Kill All Hippies]]
| length1 = 4:57
| title2 = Accelerator
| length2 = 3:41
| title3 = Exterminator
| length3 = 5:49
| title4 = [[Swastika Eyes]]
| length4 = 7:05
| note4 = [[Jagz Kooner]] mix
| title5 = Pills
| length5 = 4:17
| title6 = Blood Money
| length6 = 7:03
| title7 = Keep Your Dreams
| length7 = 5:24
| title8 = Insect Royalty
| length8 = 3:35
| title9 = [[My Bloody Valentine (band)|MBV]] Arkestra ([[Vanishing Point (Primal Scream album)|If They Move Kill 'Em]])
| length9 = 6:41
| title10 = [[Swastika Eyes]]
| length10 = 6:33
| note10 = [[The Chemical Brothers|Chemical Brothers]] mix
| title11 = Shoot Speed/Kill Light
| length11 = 5:19
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2009 Japanese reissue (Expanded Edition): disc 1 additional track listing
| title12 = 5 Years Ahead of My Time
| note12 = [[The Third Bardo]] cover
| length12 = 4:08
| title13 = Swastika Eyes
| note13= [[Jagz Kooner|Spectre]] mix
| length13 = 8:10
| title14 = Swastika Eyes
| note14=[[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]] mix
| length14 = 6:01
}}
{{Track listing
| headline = 2009 Japanese reissue edition: Disc 2
| title1 = Kill All Hippies 
| note1=[[Two Lone Swordsmen]] #2
| length1 = 5:49
| title2 = Exterminator 
| note2=[[Massive Attack]] remix
| length2 = 5:10
| title3 = Exterminator 
| note3=Jagz Kooner remix
| length3 = 5:38
| title4 = When The Kingdom Comes
| length4 = 4:22
| title5 = Hammond Connection
| length5 = 3:40
}}
'''Note'''
*Digital versions follow the reissue track listing, cutting off at "5 Years Ahead of My Time". Spotify only includes the Expanded Edition.

==Personnel==
Credits adapted from liner notes.

'''[[Primal Scream]]'''
* [[Bobby Gillespie]] – vocals, guitar, samples
* [[Andrew Innes]] – guitar
* [[Robert Young (musician)|Robert Young]] – guitar, programming
* [[Martin Duffy (musician)|Martin Duffy]] – keyboards, programming
* [[Gary Mounfield|Gary 'Mani' Mounfield]] – bass
* [[Darrin Mooney]] – drums
* Jim Hunt – saxophone
* Duncan Mackay – trumpet

'''Additional musicians'''
* Marco Nelson
* [[Kevin Shields]]
* [[Bernard Sumner]]
* Phil Mossman
* Darren Morris
* Zac Danziger
* [[Brendan Lynch (music producer)|Brendan Lynch]]
* Greg Knowles
* Gay-Yee Westerhoff
* [[Keith Tenniswood]]

'''Production'''
* [[Primal Scream]] – production (1, 2, 3), recording
* [[Brendan Lynch (music producer)|Brendan Lynch]] – production (1, 2, 3, 11), co-production (1, 3), recording (2, 3, 11)
* [[Kevin Shields]] – production (11), mixing (2, 9)
* [[Adrian Maxwell Sherwood]] – recording (6, 7)
* [[Jagz Kooner]] – production (4), mixing (4), programming (7)
* [[David Holmes (musician)|David Holmes]] – production (6, 7), co-production (6)
* [[Hugo Nicolson]] – production (8), co-production (8), mixing (8)
* [[The Chemical Brothers]] – production (10), mixing (10)
* Tim Holmes – production (11)
* [[Dan the Automator]] – production (5), mixing (5)
* Andy Wilkinson – engineering (2, 9)
* Jon Weiner – engineering (6)
* Alan Branch – recording (6, 7)

==Charts==
{| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
|-
!scope="col"| Chart
!scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{album chart|Australia|17|artist=Primal Scream|album=Xtrmntr|rowheader=true|access-date=4 March 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Finland|27|artist=Primal Scream|album=Xtrmntr|rowheader=true|access-date=4 March 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|New Zealand|17|artist=Primal Scream|album=Xtrmntr|rowheader=true|access-date=4 March 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Norway|15|artist=Primal Scream|album=Xtrmntr|rowheader=true|access-date=4 March 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|Sweden|7|artist=Primal Scream|album=Xtrmntr|rowheader=true|access-date=4 March 2020}}
|-
{{album chart|UK2|3|date=20000206|rowheader=true|refname=UKchart|access-date=4 March 2020}}
|-
|}

== Certifications ==
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{Certification Table Entry|region=Japan|type=album|title=XTRMNTR|artist=Primal Scream|award=Gold|relyear=2000|certyear=2000|certmonth=11}}
{{Certification Table Bottom | nosales=true}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Discogs master|28150|XTRMNTR}}

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