XTRMNTR

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XTRMNTR
Studio album by Primal Scream
Released	January 31, 2000 (UK)
Recorded	???
Genre	Indie Rock Alternative Rock Electronica
Length	60:24
Label	Creation
Producer	Primal Scream Brendan Lynch Adrian Maxwell Sherwood
Professional reviews
All Music Guide link Alternative Press May 2000 Issue p75 Entertainment Weekly (B+) (5/19/00, p.74) NME (9/10) link Q link Rolling Stone link
Primal Scream chronology
Echo Dek (1997) XTRMNTR (2000) Evil Heat (2002)

XTRMNTR is a 2000 album by Primal Scream.

In 2001 Q magazine named it as one of the 50 Heaviest Albums Of All Time. NME magazine (12/30/00, p.77) rated the album #2 in it's "Top 50 Albums Of The Year 2000".

The album is also notable for being the final LP release on the influential British label Creation Records. The track "Accelerator" was later lifted from the album to become the last single to be released on the label. Although Gary Mounfield joined the band in 1997 and recorded a selection of tracks on the album Vanishing Point it was the first time he shared songwriting credits with the band and his first full album since his time in The Stone Roses.

XTRMNTR saw a departure earlier hedonistic recordings and take a more political stance attacking the government, transnational corporations and the police.

[edit] Track listing

1. "Kill All Hippies" – 4:57
2. "Accelerator" – 3:41
3. "Exterminator" – 5:49
4. "Swastika Eyes [Jagz Kooner Mix]" – 7:05
5. "Pills"– 4:17
6. "Blood Money" – 7:03
7. "Keep Your Dreams" – 5:24
8. "Insect Royalty" – 3:35
9. "MBV Arkestra (If They Move Kill 'Em)" – 6:41
10. "Swastika Eyes [ Chemical Brothers Mix]" – 6:33
11. "Shoot Speed/Kill Light" – 5:19
12. "I'm 5 Years Ahead of My Time" – 4:08 (US bonus track)

[edit] Personnel

[edit] Band

• Bobby Gillespie
• Andrew Innes
• Robert Young
• Gary 'Mani' Mounfield
• Martin Duffy
• Darrin Mooney
• Jim Hunt
• Duncan Mackay

[edit] Guests

• Marco Nelson
• Kevin Shields
• Bernard Sumner
• Phil Mossman
• Darren Morris
• Zac Danziger
• Brendan Lynch
• Greg Knowles
• Gay-Yee Westerhof

[edit] References

• Pitchfork review
• Creation Records Official Site
• XTRMNTR official site
• Primal Scream Official Site