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.
Big Thief
Ranks
2016#250 of 2370
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Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Big Thief · Masterpiece2016#303273      
Greg Franklin · Matthew Oshinsky · Zach Schonfeld
Similar Albums
.1782King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard · Nonagon Infinity  (2016)
.1482Deerhoof · The Magic  (2016)
.1272The Lemon Twigs · Do Hollywood  (2016)
.1112Unknown Mortal Orchestra · Unknown Mortal Orchestra  (2011)
.0742Cymbals Eat Guitars · Lose  (2014)
.0632Cymbals Eat Guitars · Pretty Years  (2016)
.0522White Denim · D  (2011)
.0422Tame Impala · Innerspeaker  (2010)
.0362TV on the Radio · Seeds  (2014)
.0232Cloud Nothings · Attack on Memory  (2012)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Big Thief · "Masterpiece"2016#17930 
Beverly Bryan · Eric Danton · Spencer Patterson
Similar Songs
.0252Frank Ocean · "Pyramids"  (2012)
Big Thief · "Real Love"2016#47910 
Matthew Oshinsky
Big Thief · "Vegas"2016#47910 
James Monger
Similar Artists
.1402Morgan Delt
.1072The Lemon Twigs
.0952Eric Bachmann
.0952King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard
.0862Everything Everything
.0733Heems
.0512Algiers
.0352Unknown Mortal Orchestra
.0342White Denim
.0332Cymbals Eat Guitars
.0332Deerhoof
.0332Whitney
.0312Godspeed You! Black Emperor
.0302Dr. Dog
.0294Sleater-Kinney
.0272Hiss Golden Messenger
.0252Free Energy
.0252Santigold
.0252Steve Gunn
.0242Alvvays
.0242Mac DeMarco
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com