Mint 2004 Original Housed In A Textured, Embossed Gatefold Cover With Insert. Not The 180gm Reissue. 5 Stars! “Fronted By The Husband-And-Wife Team Of Win Butler And Régine Chassagne, The Arcade Fire's Emotional Debut -- Rendered Even More Poignant By The Dedications To Recently Departed Family Members Contained In Its Liner Notes -- Is Brave, Empowering, And Dusted With Something That Many Of The Indie-Rock Genre's More Contrived Acts Desperately Lack: An Element Of Real Danger. Funeral's Mourners -- Specifically Butler And Chassagne -- Inhabit The Same Post-Apocalyptic World As London Suede's Dog Man Star; They Are Broken, Beaten, And Ferociously Romantic, Reveling In The Brutal Beauty Of Their Surroundings Like A Heathen Adam & Eve…..” James Christopher Monger, All Music Guide.