XTRMNTR

Infobox Album | Name = XTRMNTR
Type = Album
Artist = 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
Reviews =
*Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://www.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=Aoorb28gu051a link]
*"Alternative Press" Rating|4|5 [http://www.altpress.com/apmag/142.htm May 2000 Issue p75]
*"Entertainment Weekly" (B+) (5/19/00, p.74)
*"NME" (9/10) [http://www.nme.com/reviews/primal-scream/3705 link]
*Pitchfork (8.1/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21047-primal-scream-xtrmntr 1May2000]
*"Q" Rating|4|5 [http://www.q4music.com/nav?page=q4music.review.redirect&fixture_review=118184&resource=118184&fixture_artist=146596 link]
*"Rolling Stone" Rating|4|5 [http://www.rollingstone.com/reviews/album/214171/xtrmntr link]
Last album = "Echo Dek" (1997)
This album = "XTRMNTR" (2000)
Next album = "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 its "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 from Primal Scream's earlier hedonistic recordings to take a more political stance attacking the government, transnational corporations and the police.

Track listing

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

Personnel

Band

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

Guests

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

References

* [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/21047-xtrmntr Pitchfork review]
* [http://www.creation-records.com/history/index.html Creation Records Official Site]
* [http://www.primalscream.org/flash.htm XTRMNTR official site]
* [http://www.primalscream.net Primal Scream Official Site]