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.
James
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014#858 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011 
2010#986 of 2582
2009#2056 of 2591
2008#295 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
James · La Petite Mort2014#818101      
George A. Paul
James · The Night Before/The Morning After2010#834111      
Tony Fletcher
James · Hey Ma2008#277364      
Ed Condran · George A. Paul · Steve Baltin · Tony Fletcher
Similar Albums
.0512Against Me! · White Crosses  (2010)
.0462Florence & the Machine · Ceremonials  (2011)
.0332Green Day · 21st Century Breakdown  (2009)
.0323Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!  (2008)
.0292David Byrne and Brian Eno · Everything That Happens Will Happen Today  (2008)
.0262Gorillaz · Plastic Beach  (2010)
.0242Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball  (2012)
.0232Lily Allen · It's Not Me, It's You  (2009)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
James · "Curse Curse"2014#55810 
Mike Cimicata
James · "Waterfall"2009#58510 
Tom Semioli
James · "Hey Ma"2008#45010 
Josh Freedom du Lac
Similar Artists
.1672White Lies
.1623Johnny Marr
.1212Petula Clark
.1212Trashcan Sinatras
.1072Hives
.0862Whitney Houston
.0782Moby
.0672Airborne Toxic Event
.0672Bastille
.0672Paul McCartney
.0644Foster the People
.0582Noisettes
.0574R.E.M.
.0482Fitz & the Tantrums
.0443Green Day
.0442Shelby Lynne
.0442Tanlines
.0433David Byrne and Brian Eno
.0423Metric
.0393Arctic Monkeys
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com