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.
Gil Scott-Heron
Ranks
2016 
2015 
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2013 
2012 
2011#1077 of 2725
2010#48 of 2582
2009 
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Gil Scott-Heron · I'm New Here2011#929101      
 2010#47226239.8.655.754.009.855 
Abe Beame · Alan Light · Andy Gensler · Buzz Poole · Chairman Jefferson Mao · Chet Betz · Eavvon O'Neal · Emily Kimball · George Varga · Jason P. Woodbury · Jesse Mason · Jesse Serwer · John Walker · Jose Davila · K Leander Williams · Makkada B. Selah · Michael Goldberg · Michael Pollock · Quentin Huff · Stacey Anderson · Stephen Slaybaugh · Thomas Hauner · Thorin Klosowski · Wes Flexner
Similar Albums
.1196Erykah Badu · New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh  (2010)
.1113Dead Weather · Sea of Cowards  (2010)
.1053Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics · Inspiration Information, Vol. 3  (2009)
.1003Spiritualized · Songs in A & E  (2008)
.0953Salem · King Night  (2010)
.0892Black Milk · No Poison, No Paradise  (2013)
.0873Roc Marciano · Marcberg  (2010)
.0803Charlotte Gainsbourg · IRM  (2010)
.0743Belle and Sebastian · Write About Love  (2010)
.0743Big KRIT · Return of 4Eva  (2011)
.0743tUnE-yArDs · BiRd-BrAiNs  (2009)
.0742Action Bronson · Blue Chips 2  (2013)
.0742Alice Smith · She  (2013)
.0742Rickie Lee Jones · Balm in Gilead  (2009)
.0693Arctic Monkeys · AM  (2013)
.0682Ghost B.C. · Infestissumam  (2013)
.0682Miles Davis Quintet · Live in Europe 1967  (2011)
.0673Allen Toussaint · The Bright Mississippi  (2009)
.0673Colin Stetson · New History Warfare Vol. 2: Judges  (2011)
.0665Mos Def · The Ecstatic  (2009)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Gil Scott-Heron · "New York Is Killing Me"2010#10280.875
Alan Ranta · Carter Maness · Geeta Dayal · Jace Clayton · John Walker · Kurt B. Reighley · Randall Grass · Stephen M. Deusner
Similar Songs
.0452Duffy · "Mercy"  (2008)
.0362Joy Orbison · "Hyph Mngo"  (2009)
.0282Caribou · "Odessa"  (2010)
.0282Lady Gaga (ft. BeyoncĂ©) · "Telephone"  (2010)
.0222tUnE-yArDs · "Bizness"  (2011)
Gil Scott-Heron · "Me and the Devil"2010#18440 
Anthony Easton · Miles Klee · Steve Holtje · Tim Grierson
Similar Songs
.0722Nicki Minaj (ft. Drake & Lil Wayne) · "Truffle Butter"  (2015)
.0542Santigold · "Disparate Youth"  (2012)
.0212Leonard Cohen · "You Want It Darker"  (2016)
Gil Scott-Heron · "I'm New Here"2010#23430 
Abe Beame · Rob Sheffield · Thorin Klosowski
Similar Songs
.0322Rick Ross (ft. Styles P) · "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"  (2010)
.0232Drake (ft. Majid Jordan) · "Hold On, We're Going Home"  (2013)
Similar Artists
.1759Jay-Z
.1604Scissor Sisters
.1535Robin Thicke
.1524Gyptian
.1183Big Sean
.1183Kings Go Forth
.1175Michael Kiwanuka
.1115Freddie Gibbs
.10713Big Boi
.1067Rick Ross
.1066The Horrors
.1004Hurray for the Riff Raff
.0995Santigold
.09413Erykah Badu
.0944Roc Marciano
.0944Wire
.0913Danger Mouse & Daniele Luppi
.0913Mr. Muthafuckin' eXquire
.0897Dum Dum Girls
.0895Iggy Pop
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com