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.
Magnetic Fields
Ranks
2016#1701 of 2370
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012#200 of 2213
2011 
2010#344 of 2582
2009 
2008#54 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Magnetic Fields · Love at the Bottom of the Sea2012#212444      
Chuck Campbell · Jim Tremayne · Jud Cost · Mike Appelstein
Similar Albums
.0763Beck · Modern Guilt  (2008)
Magnetic Fields · Realism2010#437263      
Andy Wang · Mike Appelstein · Nate Seltenrich
Similar Albums
.0392Magnetic Fields · Distortion  (2008)
Magnetic Fields · Distortion2008#50207229.4.626.702.009.919 
Adam Mazmanian · Allen St John · Andy Wang · Ben Westhoff · Christian Hoard · Dana Bos · Eric Danton · Jason Toon · Jay Ruttenberg · Jennifer Maerz · Jennifer Vineyard · Ken Rayes · Ken Tucker · Kory Grow · Matt Sebastian · Melissa Maerz · Mike Appelstein · Ricardo Baca · Robert Christgau · Rob Trucks · Ted Cox · Theon Weber
Similar Albums
.1434Elizabeth Cook · Welder  (2010)
.1174Metric · Fantasies  (2009)
.1153Black Eyed Peas · The E.N.D.  (2009)
.1153Elvis Costello · Secret, Profane & Sugarcane  (2009)
.1093Pink · The Truth About Love  (2012)
.1093Wussy · Wussy  (2009)
.1036Pains of Being Pure at Heart · The Pains of Being Pure at Heart  (2009)
.1036Randy Newman · Harps and Angels  (2008)
.1033Yo la Tengo · Stuff Like That There  (2015)
.0994Beck · Modern Guilt  (2008)
.0952Les Amazones de Guinee · Wamato  (2008)
.0952Vivian Girls · Everything Goes Wrong  (2009)
.0943Feelies · Here Before  (2011)
.0943Loudon Wainwright III · High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project  (2009)
.0905Sonic Youth · The Eternal  (2009)
.0862Magnetic Fields · Realism  (2010)
.0848Wild Flag · Wild Flag  (2011)
.0814Camera Obscura · My Maudlin Career  (2009)
.0793Yo la Tengo · Fade  (2013)
.0763Bob Dylan · The Basement Tapes Complete: the Bootleg Series Vol. 11  (2014)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Magnetic Fields · "Be True to Your Bar"2016#47910 
Anthony Easton
Magnetic Fields · "Andrew in Drag"2012#104501.000
Alan Ranta · Jason Gubbels · Michael Tatum · Michael Tedder · Nick Green
Similar Songs
.2422Heems · "NYC Cops"  (2012)
.2422Iris DeMent · "The Night I Learned How Not to Pray"  (2012)
.1902Frank Ocean · "American Wedding"  (2011)
.0922Maren Morris · "80s Mercedes"  (2016)
.0922Pistol Annies · "Hush Hush"  (2013)
.0762Wilco · "One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)"  (2011)
.0412Das Racist · "Michael Jackson"  (2011)
.0322Tegan and Sara · "Closer"  (2013)
.0222Rihanna (ft. Drake) · "Work"  (2016)
.0222tUnE-yArDs · "Bizness"  (2011)
.0222Tyler, the Creator · "Yonkers"  (2011)
.0212Solange · "Losing You"  (2012)
Magnetic Fields · "Your Girlfriend's Face"2012#44910 
Mike Appelstein
Magnetic Fields · "You Must Be Out of Your Mind"2010#124601.000
Barry Walters · Jim Tremayne · Marc Hawthorne · Nick Green · Spencer Kornhaber · Theon Weber
Similar Songs
.0472Ke$ha · "Die Young"  (2012)
.0252Frank Ocean · "Pyramids"  (2012)
.0232Katy Perry · "Teenage Dream"  (2010)
.0222Tyler, the Creator · "Yonkers"  (2011)
.0213Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Empire State of Mind"  (2009)
.0212Solange · "Losing You"  (2012)
Magnetic Fields · "We Are Having a Hootenanny"2010#57710 
Marvin Lin
Magnetic Fields · "California Girls"2008#9460.667
Adrienne Day · Daniel Durchholz · Kory Grow · Otis Hart · Rebecca Raber · Ricardo Baca
Similar Songs
.1782Lindstrøm · "Where You Go I Go Too"  (2008)
.0682Be Your Own Pet · "Becky"  (2008)
.0682Yuck · "Get Away"  (2011)
.0472Lykke Li · "Little Bit"  (2008)
.0453Leonard Cohen · "You Want It Darker"  (2016)
.0422Drake · "Best I Ever Had"  (2009)
.0333Yeah Yeah Yeahs · "Zero"  (2009)
.0262Wild Flag · "Romance"  (2011)
.0202Phoenix · "Lisztomania"  (2009)
Magnetic Fields · "The Nun's Litany"2008#45010 
Douglas Wolk
Magnetic Fields · "Please Stop Dancing"2008#45010 
Phil Dellio
Magnetic Fields · "Too Drunk to Dream"2008#45010 
Austin L. Ray
Similar Artists
.3126Mariah Carey
.28612Santigold
.21311Jay-Z
.1755B.o.B
.1728Fun.
.1525Gogol Bordello
.14211Tegan and Sara
.13912Daft Punk
.1335Elizabeth Cook
.1324Rachid Taha
.1303DJ Snake
.1303Missy Elliott
.1298Pink
.1264Spoek Mathambo
.1247Wussy
.12312Bruce Springsteen
.1225Madonna
.1224Love Is All
.1223Mark Ronson
.12013Beck
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com