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.
Bill Frisell
Ranks
2016#814 of 2370
2015 
2014#360 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011#514 of 2725
2010#1035 of 2582
2009#620 of 2591
2008#1749 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Bill Frisell · When You Wish Upon a Star2016#676102      
Will Layman · Zeth Lundy
Bill Frisell · Guitar in the Space Age!2014#302334      
Allen St John · Jeff Tamarkin · Jon Solomon · Rick Mitchell
Similar Albums
.1212Steve Earle · Townes  (2009)
.0782Lucinda Williams · Blessed  (2011)
.0382Al Green · Lay It Down  (2008)
.0382Allen Toussaint · The Bright Mississippi  (2009)
.0372Levon Helm · Electric Dirt  (2009)
.0342Beck · Modern Guilt  (2008)
.0332Charles Bradley · No Time for Dreaming  (2011)
.0332Rolling Stones · Blue & Lonesome  (2016)
.0323Paul Simon · So Beautiful or So What  (2011)
.0302Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread  (2014)
.0272Ashley Monroe · Like a Rose  (2013)
.0253Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music  (2014)
.0242Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006  (2008)
.0203Tom Waits · Bad As Me  (2011)
Bill Frisell · All We Are Saying2011#692152      
Chip Stern · Rick Mitchell
Similar Albums
.0392Allen Toussaint · The Bright Mississippi  (2009)
Bill Frisell · Sign of Life2011#929101      
Jon Solomon
Bill Frisell · Beautiful Dreamers2010#878101      
Jon Solomon
Bill Frisell · Disfarmer2009#546222      
Brent Burton · Chip Stern
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Bill Frisell · "A Change Is Gonna Come"2008#45010 
Derk Richardson
Similar Artists
.1482Henry Butler-Steven Bernsteind and the Hot Nine
.1482Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense
.1435Allen Toussaint
.1433Henry Threadgill Zooid
.1272Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band
.1272Buddy Guy
.1113Steve Earle
.0992Marc Ribot Trio
.0892Keith Jarrett/Charlie Haden
.0892Miles Davis Quintet
.0892Trombone Shorty
.0812Ambrose Akinmusire
.0812Willie Nile
.0743Al Green
.0743Levon Helm
.0742Mary Halvorson Octet
.0742Nels Cline
.0742Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
.0713Vijay Iyer Trio
.0682The Beatles
.0682Jakob Dylan
.0682James Blackshaw
.0682Mark Turner
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com