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.
Neuraxis
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2008#509 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Neuraxis · The Thin Line Between2008#443202      
Laina Dawes · Phil Freeman
Similar Albums
.3332Yakuza · Of Seismic Consequence  (2010)
.1162High on Fire · Snakes for the Divine  (2010)
.0922Opeth · Watershed  (2008)
.0612Kylesa · Spiral Shadow  (2010)
.0392Mastodon · The Hunter  (2011)
.0362Metallica · Death Magnetic  (2008)
Similar Artists
.3332Yakuza
.1902Suffocation
.0532High on Fire
.0502Opeth
.0262Kylesa
.0242Metallica
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com