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.
Neil Diamond
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014#1649 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011 
2010#568 of 2582
2009 
2008#248 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Neil Diamond · Melody Road2014#152151      
James Rodgers
Neil Diamond · Dreams2010#528202      
Arsenio Orteza · James Rodgers
Neil Diamond · Home Before Dark2008#2334458.8.698.227.034  
Ben Mitchell · Craig Hlavaty · Eddie Fleisher · John Aizlewood · Steve Rosen
Similar Albums
.0502Cults · Cults  (2011)
.0412Them Crooked Vultures · Them Crooked Vultures  (2009)
.0352Metallica · Death Magnetic  (2008)
.0323Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!  (2008)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Neil Diamond · "I'm a Believer"2010#57710 
James Rodgers
Neil Diamond · "Pretty Amazing Grace"2008#45010 
Richard Skanse
Similar Artists
.4293Mark Ronson
.1902Gotye
.1572Eliza Gilkyson
.1332Dido
.0832Mose Allison
.0832Robert Ellis
.0762Ian Hunter
.0702Elton John & Leon Russell
.0572Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds
.0532Twenty One Pilots
.0532Willie Nelson
.0502Steve Earle
.0463She & Him
.0452Flight of the Conchords
.0432AC/DC
.0412Nick Lowe
.0392Guns N' Roses
.0392Nellie McKay
.0352Lady Antebellum
.0332Phantogram
.0332Them Crooked Vultures
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com