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.
Thompson
Ranks
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2014#326 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011 
2010 
2009 
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Thompson · Family2014#296344      
Allen St John · Jim Bessman · Larry King · Preston Jones
Similar Albums
.2052Richard Thompson · Electric  (2013)
.1672Richard Thompson · Still  (2015)
.1303Elvis Costello and the Imposters · Momofuku  (2008)
.1072Richard Thompson · Dream Attic  (2010)
.0952Garland Jeffreys · The King of In-Between  (2011)
.0862Neil Young · Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968  (2008)
.0793Rosanne Cash · The List  (2009)
.0782Elvis Costello · Secret, Profane & Sugarcane  (2009)
.0782Los Lobos · Tin Can Trust  (2010)
.0733Rolling Stones · Blue & Lonesome  (2016)
.0722Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs · God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise  (2010)
.0683Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread  (2014)
.0542Nick Lowe · The Old Magic  (2011)
.0382Laura Marling · Once I Was an Eagle  (2013)
.0372Levon Helm · Electric Dirt  (2009)
.0292R.E.M. · Accelerate  (2008)
.0272Ashley Monroe · Like a Rose  (2013)
.0212Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest  (2011)
.0202Avett Brothers · I and Love and You  (2009)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Thompson · "Family"2014#55810 
James Monger
Similar Artists
.1203Elvis Costello and the Imposters
.1203Richard Thompson
.0652Lake Street Dive
.0612Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs
.0532Garland Jeffreys
.0502Elvis Costello
.0502Los Lobos
.0443Rolling Stones
.0432Nick Lowe
.0423Rosanne Cash
.0392Patty Griffin
.0352Levon Helm
.0244Sturgill Simpson
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com