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.
Joy Formidable
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013#262 of 2104
2012#1577 of 2213
2011#56 of 2725
2010#214 of 2582
2009#571 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Joy Formidable · Wolf's Law2013#223344      
Charles Johnson · Jack Rabid · Marc Hirsh · Maura Johnston
Similar Albums
.0952Sloan · Commonwealth  (2014)
.0722Nada Surf · Lucky  (2008)
.0582Nada Surf · The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy  (2012)
.0482Tracey Thorn · Love and Its Opposite  (2010)
.0372Real Estate · Atlas  (2014)
Joy Formidable · The Big Roar2011#581971810.9.724.886.029.718 
Al Shipley · Buzz Morison · Chris Burlingame · Dan Gibson · David Raposa · Jack Rabid · Jillian Mapes · Jim Sullivan · Jonathan Lundeen · Kelly Dearmore · Mark Jenkins · Michael Daddino · Ned Raggett · Nick Green · Nick Minichino · Pat Pierson · Steve Baltin · Tom Ewing
Similar Albums
.1234Katy B · On a Mission  (2011)
.1112Kooks · Listen  (2014)
.0892Dead Sara · Dead Sara  (2012)
.0892Death Cab for Cutie · Codes and Keys  (2011)
.0742Joy Formidable · A Balloon Called Moaning  (2010)
.0742Swearin' · Swearin'  (2012)
.0682Posies · Blood/Candy  (2010)
.0633Green Day · 21st Century Breakdown  (2009)
.0633Torche · Meanderthal  (2008)
.0632Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang · En Yay Sah  (2012)
.0632My Chemical Romance · Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys  (2010)
.0593Gaslight Anthem · The '59 Sound  (2008)
.0592Electrik Red · How to Be a Lady, Volume 1  (2009)
.0562Dinosaur Jr. · I Bet on Sky  (2012)
.0562Saint Etienne · Words and Music by Saint Etienne  (2012)
.0562Yelawolf · Trunk Muzik and Trunk Muzik/0-60  (2010)
.0522Nada Surf · Lucky  (2008)
.0522Teenage Fanclub · Shadows  (2010)
.0472The Vaccines · What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?  (2011)
.0442Nada Surf · The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy  (2012)
Joy Formidable · A Balloon Called Moaning2010#20040410.0     
 2009#578202      
Amy Phillips · Caryn Ganz · Jack Rabid · Kara Manning · Kate Silver · Mark Jenkins
Similar Albums
.1543Teenage Fanclub · Shadows  (2010)
.1482Pernice Brothers · Goodbye, Killer  (2010)
.1272Gruff Rhys · Hotel Shampoo  (2011)
.0892Wire · Red Barked Tree  (2011)
.0442Joy Formidable · The Big Roar  (2011)
.0422Tinariwen · Imidiwan: Companions  (2009)
.0392Alvvays · Alvvays  (2014)
.0332Ne-Yo · Year of the Gentleman  (2008)
.0212Lady Gaga · Born This Way  (2011)
.0202Sonic Youth · The Eternal  (2009)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Joy Formidable · "Cholla"2012#44910 
Jack Rabid
Joy Formidable · "This Ladder Is Ours"2012#44910 
Maura Johnston
Joy Formidable · "Whirring"2011#34170.882
 2009#58510 
Al Choman · Alfred Soto · Althea Legaspi · Buzz Morison · David Goldstein · Ed Condran · Ian Cohen · Jess Harvell · Kate Silver · Kelly Dearmore · Michael Tedder · Noel Murray · Spencer Patterson · Steve Klinge · Steven Hyden · Todd Martens · Travis Hay · Will Hermes
Similar Songs
.0992Radiohead · "Separator"  (2011)
.0992Superchunk · "Learned to Surf"  (2009)
.0977M83 · "Midnight City"  (2011)
.0913Radiohead · "Lotus Flower"  (2011)
.0892Muse · "Madness"  (2012)
.0892Steve Gunn · "Ancient Jules"  (2016)
.0826Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Niggas in Paris"  (2011)
.0773Car Seat Headrest · "Drunk Drivers/Killer Whales"  (2016)
.0773Joanna Newsom · "Good Intentions Paving Company"  (2010)
.0743Fun. · "Some Nights"  (2012)
.0742Spiritualized · "Hey Jane"  (2012)
.0693Lady Gaga · "The Edge of Glory"  (2011)
.0682Pusha T (ft. Kendrick Lamar) · "Nosetalgia"  (2013)
.0682TV on the Radio · "Happy Idiot"  (2014)
.0632Walkmen · "In the New Year"  (2008)
.0592Eric Church · "Give Me Back My Hometown"  (2014)
.0592Tanlines · "All of Me"  (2012)
.0562Radio Dept. · "Heaven's on Fire"  (2010)
.0556BeyoncĂ© · "Countdown"  (2011)
.0543Radiohead · "Burn the Witch"  (2016)
Joy Formidable · "Austere"2011#35520 
Jer Fairall · Steve Kandell
Joy Formidable · "The Ever Changing Spectrum of a Lie"2011#35520 
Deborah Sprague · Michael Gallucci
Joy Formidable · "The Greatest Light Is the Greatest Shade"2011#35510 
 2010#57710 
Daniel Levin Becker · Steve Kandell
Joy Formidable · "A Heavy Abacus"2011#62710 
Pat Pierson
Joy Formidable · "Buoy"2011#62710 
Jillian Mapes
Joy Formidable · "I Don't Want to See You Like This"2010#33120 
Jack Rabid · Maura Johnston
Joy Formidable · "Cradle"2009#58510 
Maura Johnston
Similar Artists
.2615Icona Pop
.25511Santigold
.1796Robin Thicke
.15714Superchunk
.15511Yuck
.14911Ke$ha
.1488Katy B
.1438Gorillaz
.1437Fun.
.1435Guided by Voices
.1435Saint Etienne
.1394Dead Sara
.13812Usher
.13720Robyn
.1355My Chemical Romance
.13413EMA
.13310Dum Dum Girls
.1334Nicola Roberts
.1284Posies
.12611Florence & the Machine
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com