Editing Slipknot (album) (section)

==Critical reception==
{{Music ratings
| rev1 = [[AllMusic]]
| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/slipknot-mw0000241229 | title=Slipknot - Slipknot Album Reviews, Songs & More &#124; AllMusic | website=[[AllMusic]] }}</ref>
| rev2 = ''[[Alternative Press (music magazine)|Alternative Press]]''
| rev2score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Alternative Press"/>
| rev3 = ''[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]''
| rev3score = 8/10<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bromley |first=Adrian |date=July 7, 1999 |title=CoC : Slipknot - Slipknot : Review |url=http://www.chroniclesofchaos.com/articles.aspx?id=2-1323 |access-date=2024-03-27 |website=[[Chronicles of Chaos (webzine)|Chronicles of Chaos]]}}</ref>
| rev4 = ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]''
| rev4score = 7/10<ref name="classic" />
| rev5 = ''[[Martin Popoff|Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal]]''
| rev5score = 7/10<ref>{{cite book |last1=Popoff |first1=Martin |author-link1=Martin Popoff |title=The Collector's Guide to Heavy Metal: Volume 3: The Nineties |publisher=[[Collector's Guide Publishing]] |year=2007 |location=[[Burlington, Ontario]], [[Canada]] |isbn=978-1-894959-62-9 |pages=409–410}}</ref>
| rev6 = ''[[Kerrang!]]''
| rev6score = {{rating|5|5}}<ref name="Kerrang!">{{cite journal |date=November 6, 1999|title=Slipknot|journal=[[Kerrang!]] |page=51}}</ref>
| rev7 = ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]''
| rev7score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref name="Q"/>
| rev8 = ''[[Rolling Stone]]''
| rev8score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="Rolling Stone"/>
| rev9 = ''[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]]''
| rev9score = {{rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |title=The new Rolling Stone album guide (pg. 744) |url=https://archive.org/details/newrollingstonea00brac/page/744/mode/2up |website=[[The Rolling Stone Album Guide]] |date=2004 |access-date=March 11, 2023}}</ref>
| rev10 = ''[[Sputnikmusic]]''
| rev10score = 4/5<ref>{{cite web |last1=Garland |first1=Robert |title=Slipknot - Slipknot |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/42875/Slipknot-Slipknot/ |website=Sputnikmusic |date=April 8, 2011 |access-date=March 11, 2023}}</ref>
}}

''Slipknot'' received acclaim by critics and fans; following its release the band gained popularity beyond their own expectations.<ref name="Voliminal">{{cite AV media |people=Crahan, Shawn (Director) |year=2006 |title=Voliminal: Inside the Nine |publisher=[[Roadrunner Records]] |medium=DVD}}</ref> Reviewing for [[AllMusic]], Rick Anderson called it "an auspicious debut" and proclaimed, "You thought [[Limp Bizkit]] was hard? They're [[The Osmonds]]. These guys are something else entirely. And it's pretty impressive."<ref name="AllMusic"/> The album's aggression and heavy sound was widely praised; ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' stated ''Slipknot'' is "metal with a capital ''m''"<ref name="Rolling Stone">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/slipknot/albums/album/256960/review/19175475/slipknot |title=[''Slipknot'' review] |last=Eliscu |first=Jenny |date=March 2, 2000 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080930074256/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/slipknot/albums/album/256960/review/19175475/slipknot |archive-date=September 30, 2008 |url-status=dead |access-date=July 4, 2013}}</ref> and that they were "the first death metal jam band".<ref>{{cite web |last1=Bozza |first1=Anthony |title=Slipknot Rage Against Everything |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/slipknot-rage-against-everything-190450/ |website=[[Rolling Stone (magazine)|Rolling Stone]] |access-date=9 September 2024 |date=6 July 2000}}</ref> ''[[Kerrang!]]'' called the album "raw and wholly uncompromising, each track delivered a powerful blow to the senses", and in 2001, ''[[Q (magazine)|Q]]'' included the album in their list "50 Heaviest Albums of All Time".<ref name="Q"/><ref name="Kerrang!"/> [[CMJ]] ranked the album as the twelfth highest "Editorial Pick" for 1999.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 10, 2000 |title=Editorial Picks |page=4 |publisher=[[CMJ]]}}</ref> The album was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]'' by Robert Dimery.<ref>{{cite book |last=Dimery |first=Robert |year=2006 |title=[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]] |publisher=Universe |isbn=0-7893-1371-5}}</ref> [[Jon Hotten]] of ''[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]]'' described Slipknot's "scary, genre-busting debut" as a "clever synthesis of a slasher movie aesthetics with some grindingly heavy metal" and judged the band as apparently not "built to endure".<ref name="classic" >{{cite magazine |title=Slipknot - Slipknot 10th Anniversary Edition |magazine=[[Classic Rock (magazine)|Classic Rock]] |date=November 2009 |last=Hotten |first=Jon |author-link= Jon Hotten |issue=138 |page=97}}</ref>

In 2011, ''Slipknot'' ranked at number 247 in ''Q''{{'}}s readers poll of the "250 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years".<ref>{{cite journal |title=250 Best Albums of the Last 25 Years |journal=Q |date=February 2011 |page=46 |publisher=Bauer London Lifestyle Ltd. |location=London}}</ref> In 2021, it was named one of the 20 best metal albums of 1999 by ''[[Metal Hammer]]''.<ref name="MHtop2099">{{cite web |title=The Top 20 best metal albums of 1999 |url=https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-top-20-best-metal-albums-of-1999/2 |website=[[Metal Hammer]] |publisher=[[Future plc]] |date=January 21, 2021 |access-date=March 6, 2021}}</ref>