[6] In a positive review for AllMusic, Paul Simpson described the album as "an uneasy but fascinating soundclash, with Funk's modular synthesizers and tumultuous breakbeats offset by Lanois' soothing pedal steel vistas."

He praised the track "Mothors Pressroll P131," for containing "the hardest, nastiest breaks Funk has delivered in years" and "Night MXCMPV1 P74" for its "soothing guitar and synths forming a blanket around the scattered yet controlled micro-breaks."

"[9] Andy Beta of Pitchfork praised moments on the album where "humanly impossible rhythms are melded to melodic yet melancholic undercurrents" and concludes "Lanois and Funk demonstrate that even the briefest pause can reveal a more becalmed state of being lying just beneath all the noise and bustle.

Writing for PopMatters, John Garratt calls the collaboration a "beautifully deadly combination" and notes "Even if Lanois and Funk are seemingly working towards opposite ends, the sonic marriage of the two becomes easier to process with each listening.

"[12] Ben Devlin of musicOMH gave the album four stars out of five but critiqued its short runtime: "the brevity of Venetian Snares X Daniel Lanois is a tad disappointing, as several of these tracks could have been extended.