This is a statistical index to the Village Voice Pazz & Jop music critics poll, generated in the process of its tabulation for the last few years.
 
Click any linked column-heading to sort a table by that column. Click any album or song for an artist profile, or any voter for a voter profile.
 
Some explanation of the various esoteric metrics:
Similarity is calculated for albums, songs and artists based on voter overlap, and for ballots and voters based on album+song+artist overlap. The ballot and voter scores are weighted by album/song/artist popularity.
Dave and Phil Alvin
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Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Dave and Phil Alvin · Common Ground2014#261373      
Jeff Tamarkin · Larry King · Mike Berick
Similar Albums
.2962Merle Haggard · Working in Tennessee  (2011)
.1482Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin · Lost Time  (2015)
.1253Nick Lowe · The Old Magic  (2011)
.0873Lucinda Williams · Little Honey  (2008)
.0812Elvis Costello · Secret, Profane & Sugarcane  (2009)
.0693Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread  (2014)
.0492Rhiannon Giddens · Tomorrow Is My Turn  (2015)
.0422Bob Dylan · Shadows in the Night  (2015)
.0372Levon Helm · Electric Dirt  (2009)
.0362Rosanne Cash · The List  (2009)
.0332Rolling Stones · Blue & Lonesome  (2016)
.0282Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas  (2012)
.0262Bob Dylan · Tempest  (2012)
.0253Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music  (2014)
.0242Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006  (2008)
.0242Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball  (2012)
Similar Artists
.1782Merle Haggard
.1482Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
.1112Jimmy Cliff
.1003Nick Lowe
.0682Van Morrison
.0522Elvis Costello
.0522Los Lobos
.0472Bettye LaVette
.0472Rhiannon Giddens
.0433Rosanne Cash
.0422The Low Anthem
.0362Levon Helm
.0343Lucinda Williams
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com