XTRMNTR - Reception

Reception

Professional ratings
Aggregate scores
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Metacritic 90/100
Review scores
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Allmusic
Alternative Press
Entertainment Weekly B+
NME (9/10)
Pitchfork Media (8.1/10)
Q
Rolling Stone

XTRMNTR was critically acclaimed upon release and is recognized as one of the two definitive Primal Scream albums - the other being Screamadelica. NME magazine (12/30/00, p. 77) rated XTRMNTR #2 in its "Top 50 Albums Of The Year 2000", and later at the NME Carling Awards 2001, it won "Best Album" of the year. Over the years, it has gathered more praise, including appearances on lists of the top albums of the 2000s: NME placed it at #3 of their top 50 albums of decade list and Pitchfork placed it at #142 in its Top 200 Albums of the 2000's list. Uncut, like NME, named it at #2 on their list of the best albums of 2000.

In 2001, Q magazine named it as one of the "50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time". Metacritic placed it at #20 of the 40 best reviewed albums released 2000-9.

In October 2011, NME placed "Swastika Eyes" at #45 and "Accelerator" at #114 on its list "150 Best Tracks of the Past 15 Years".

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