b"\n_START_ARTICLE_\nFuneral (album)\n_START_SECTION_\nMottagelse\n_START_PARAGRAPH_\nDen kritiske responsen p\xc3\xa5 Funeral var ekstremt positiv. P\xc3\xa5 Metacritic, en side som gir en gjennomsnittspoengsum av 100 basert p\xc3\xa5 kjente kritikere, fikk albumet 90 poeng, basert p\xc3\xa5 30 anmeldelser. James Christopher Monger fra Allmusic gav albumet 4,5 stjerner av 5. Han beskrev albumet som \xc2\xabbrave, empowering, and dusted with something that many of the indie-rock genre's more contrived acts desperately lack: an element of real danger.\xc2\xbb Rockekritikeren Robert Christgau gav albumet A-, og sa at Funeral var \xc2\xab...too fond of drama, but aware of its small place in the big world, and usually beautiful.\xc2\xbb Pitchfork rangerte albumet p\xc3\xa5 en andreplass p\xc3\xa5 deres liste over de beste 200 albumete p\xc3\xa5 2000-tallet, etter Radioheads Kid A._NEWLINE_Drowned in Sound lovpriset ogs\xc3\xa5 Funeral. Anmelderen Jesus Chigley sa at albumet var \xc2\xab...empowering and hopeful and euphoric all at once\xc2\xbb, og sa at \xc2\xabit says everything there is to say about mortality and it does it in 10 tracks.\xc2\xbb Stylus' Josh Drimmer gav Funeral en A, og kalte albumet for \xc2\xabcelebratory, emotionally rich and life-affirming\xc2\xbb Dave Simpson far The Guardian kalte det \xc2\xabone of the year's best already, by a mile.\xc2\xbb Zeth Lundy fra PopMatters komplimenterte Funeral p\xc3\xa5 at det var s\xc3\xa5 eksentrisk, og kalte det for \xc2\xabbizarre at turns and recognizable elsewhere, equally beautiful and harrowing, theatrical and sincere, defying categorization while attempting to create new genres.\xc2\xbb Entertainment Weekly plasserte det p\xc3\xa5 sin liste over ti\xc3\xa5rets beste album og sa \xc2\xabFunerals are generally somber affairs, but the Canadian indie rockers' emotionally charged 2004 debut mostly just made us smile. And, okay, mist up a little.\xc2\xbb"