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.
Mars Volta
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012#1307 of 2213
2011 
2010 
2009#939 of 2591
2008#358 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Mars Volta · Noctourniquet2012#128081      
Brian Block
Mars Volta · Octahedron2009#872132      
Jason Simms · Ryan Smith
Mars Volta · The Bedlam in Goliath2008#318303      
David Fricke · Jason Pettigrew · Trevor Kelley
Similar Albums
.0682The Big Pink · A Brief History of Love  (2009)
.0302R.E.M. · Accelerate  (2008)
Similar Artists
.1482Jaguar Love
.1482Refused
.1112Amanda Palmer & the Grand Theft Orchestra
.0562Panic! at the Disco
.0232Metallica
.0222The Big Pink
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com