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.
Elza Soares
Ranks
2016#109 of 2370
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Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Elza Soares · The Woman at the End of the World (a Mulher Do Fim Do Mundo)2016#967789.6.681.662.000 .000
Brian Turner · Christopher Monsen · Mallory O'Donnell · Pat Padua · Philip Sherburne · Richard Gehr · Ted Cox · Todd Kristel
Similar Albums
.2313Tal National · Kaani  (2013)
.1902Tim Maia · Nobody Can Live Forever  (2012)
.1713Franco & le Tout Puissant OK Jazz · Francophonic, Vol. 2  (2009)
.1572Étoile de Dakar · Once Upon a Time in Senegal: The Birth of Mbalax  (2010)
.1332(various artists) · African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds  (2008)
.0922Mekons · Ancient & Modern  (2011)
.0832Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang · En Yay Sah  (2012)
.0832Spoek Mathambo · Father Creeper  (2012)
.0762Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba · Jama Ko  (2013)
.0702Wussy · Strawberry  (2011)
.0652Steinski · What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective  (2008)
.0633Wussy · Attica!  (2014)
.0532Actress · Splazsh  (2010)
.0532Julie Ruin · Run Fast  (2013)
.0532Sun City Girls · Funeral Mariachi  (2010)
.0532Todd Snider · Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables  (2012)
.0412Bob Dylan · The Basement Tapes Complete: the Bootleg Series Vol. 11  (2014)
.0392Mbongwana Star · From Kinshasa  (2015)
.0362Amadou & Mariam · Welcome to Mali  (2009)
.0302The Knife · Shaking the Habitual  (2013)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Elza Soares · "Benedita"2016#47910 
Brian Block
Similar Artists
.2674Tal National
.1782Tim Maia
.1482Étoile de Dakar
.1482Mike Keneally
.1482Nurse With Wound
.1482Rebolledo
.1183Franco & le Tout Puissant OK Jazz
.0892Kasai Allstars
.0812Janka Nabay & the Bubu Gang
.0632Spoek Mathambo
.0632Tom Zé
.0632William Onyeabor
.0592Mekons
.0592Steinski
.0562They Might Be Giants
.0524Todd Terje
.0522Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba
.0522Low Cut Connie
.0522Robert Forster
.0513James McMurtry
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com