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.
Amadou & Mariam
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012#287 of 2213
2011 
2010 
2009#49 of 2591
2008#310 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Amadou & Mariam · Folila2012#273323      
J.D. Considine · Larry King · Mordechai Shinefield
Similar Albums
.0812Charlie Haden Family & Friends · Rambling Boy  (2008)
.0562Laura Marling · I Speak Because I Can  (2010)
Amadou & Mariam · Welcome to Mali2009#491941910.1.597.756.004.742 
 2008#347293      
Alfred Soto · Andrew Bartlett · Angela Cravens · Charles R. Cross · Enrique Lavin · James Montgomery · J. Anthony Ware · Joe Tangari · John Dugan · Kembrew McLeod · Kurt B. Reighley · Leslie Berman · Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins · Robert Christgau · Roy Trakin · Saul Austerlitz · Steve Erickson · Steve Kiviat · Ted Cox · Todd Kristel · Tristram Lozaw
Similar Albums
.1964Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba · Jama Ko  (2013)
.1223Franco & le Tout Puissant OK Jazz · Francophonic, Vol. 2  (2009)
.1093Wussy · Wussy  (2009)
.0994The Roots · Rising Down  (2008)
.0983Andrew Bird · Noble Beast  (2009)
.0952Les Amazones de Guinee · Wamato  (2008)
.0934Parquet Courts · Human Performance  (2016)
.0903Conor Oberst · Conor Oberst  (2008)
.0903Drive-By Truckers · English Oceans  (2014)
.0903Elizabeth Cook · Welder  (2010)
.0903The Horrors · Skying  (2011)
.0862Kate & Anna McGarrigle · Tell My Sister  (2011)
.0839Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City  (2013)
.0823Angaleena Presley · American Middle Class  (2014)
.0823James McMurtry · Complicated Game  (2015)
.0805Randy Newman · Harps and Angels  (2008)
.0782Concha Buika · Nina de Fuego  (2008)
.0782Noura Mint Seymali · Arbina  (2016)
.0782Tal National · Zoy Zoy  (2015)
.0759Vampire Weekend · Contra  (2010)
Amadou & Mariam · The Magic Couple2009#799151      
Eric Arnold
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Amadou & Mariam · "Dougou Badia"2012#25320 
Shane Harrison · Steve Kiviat
Amadou & Mariam · "Sabali"2009#14520 
 2008#17430 
Brian Orloff · Derek Miller · K Leander Williams · Mike Rubin · Will Hermes
Similar Songs
.0702Sigur Rós · "Gobbledigook"  (2008)
.0674Hercules and Love Affair · "Blind"  (2008)
.0612Sylvan Esso · "Coffee"  (2014)
.0532The Juan MacLean · "Happy House"  (2008)
.0392Sturgill Simpson · "Turtles All the Way Down"  (2014)
.0382Joy Orbison · "Hyph Mngo"  (2009)
.0262Frank Ocean · "Novacane"  (2011)
.0232Erykah Badu · "Window Seat"  (2010)
Amadou & Mariam · "Welcome to Mali"2009#33120 
Milo Miles · Saul Austerlitz
Amadou & Mariam · "Masiteladi"2009#58510 
Andy Gensler
Amadou & Mariam · "Unissons Nous"2009#58510 
Charles R. Cross
Amadou & Mariam (ft. K'Naan) · "Africa"2009#58510 
Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins
Similar Artists
.4406Gotye
.2674DJ Snake
.2189Santigold
.2134Mariah Carey
.20210Jay-Z
.1947Estelle
.1785Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba
.1785Franco & le Tout Puissant OK Jazz
.1595Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
.1485Andrew Bird
.1435Mbongwana Star
.1334Clipse
.1334Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics
.1334Rudresh Mahanthappa
.1284Willie Nelson
.1253Keith Richards
.1248Eminem
.1205Psy
.1194El Guincho
.1144Basement Jaxx
.1144Far East Movement
.1144Oumou Sangaré
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com