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.
Death Cab for Cutie
Ranks
2016 
2015#513 of 2068
2014 
2013 
2012 
2011#285 of 2725
2010 
2009#2056 of 2591
2008#44 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Death Cab for Cutie · Kintsugi2015#640101      
Emily Zemler
Death Cab for Cutie · Codes and Keys2011#272424      
Eric T Miller · Jack Rabid · Jim Sullivan · Michael Goldberg
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.0462Joy Formidable · The Big Roar  (2011)
.0352Rosanne Cash · The List  (2009)
.0332Green Day · 21st Century Breakdown  (2009)
.0262The Decemberists · The Hazards of Love  (2009)
.0222The Decemberists · The King Is Dead  (2011)
.0203Tom Waits · Bad As Me  (2011)
Death Cab for Cutie · Narrow Stairs2008#47212239.2.720.592.003.367 
Annie Zaleski · Byron Crawford · Carrie Havranek · Charles R. Cross · Clifford J Corcoran · Crystal Wiebe · Eric Danton · Jack Rabid · James Barber · James Montgomery · Jonah Bayer · Josh Modell · Kevin O'Hare · Marianne Meyer · Mike Mettler · Rob O'Connor · Rob Van Alstyne · Ryan Wasoba · Saul Austerlitz · Stephen Thompson · Steve Reynolds · Werner Trieschmann · Will Romano
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.1714Nada Surf · Lucky  (2008)
.1484Nada Surf · The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy  (2012)
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.1164Wilco · Star Wars  (2015)
.1133Bob Mould · Patch the Sky  (2016)
.1133Frightened Rabbit · The Winter of Mixed Drinks  (2010)
.0936Wilco · The Whole Love  (2011)
.0923Regina Spektor · Far  (2009)
.0922Blind Pilot · 3 Rounds and a Sound  (2009)
.0922Damien Jurado · Caught in the Trees  (2008)
.0922Eef Barzelay · Lose Big  (2008)
.0922Frank Turner · Tape Deck Heart  (2013)
.0922Minor Alps · Get There  (2013)
.0922X Ambassadors · Vhs  (2015)
.0885My Morning Jacket · Evil Urges  (2008)
.0878Fleet Foxes · Fleet Foxes  (2008)
.0834Jay-Z · The Blueprint 3  (2009)
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.0762Bob Dylan · The 1966 Live Recordings  (2016)
.0762Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard · One Fast Move or I'm Gone  (2009)
.0762Jeremy Messersmith · The Reluctant Graveyard  (2010)
.0762Led Zeppelin · Celebration Day  (2012)
.0762Lindsey Buckingham · Gift of Screws  (2008)
.0762Noah and the Whale · The First Days of Spring  (2009)
.0762Retribution Gospel Choir · 2  (2010)
.0762Ryan Adams and the Cardinals · III/IV  (2010)
.0762Steven Wilson · Grace for Drowning  (2011)
.0762Tokyo Police Club · Elephant Shell  (2008)
.0762Veronica Falls · Waiting for Something to Happen  (2013)
.0762We Are Augustines · Rise Ye Sunken Ships  (2011)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Death Cab for Cutie · "Black Sun"2015#46510 
Gabe Vodicka
Death Cab for Cutie · "Death Cab for Cutie"2015#46510 
Alex Henderson
Death Cab for Cutie · "Little Wanderer"2015#46510 
Ray Padgett
Death Cab for Cutie · "You Are a Tourist"2011#35520 
Daniel Levin Becker · Jed Gottlieb
Death Cab for Cutie · "Little Bribes"2009#58510 
Steve Reynolds
Death Cab for Cutie · "I Will Possess Your Heart"2008#14210.762
Alan Light · Annie Zaleski · Anthony Easton · Bill O'Neill · Chris Neal · Clifford J Corcoran · Corey Moss · David MacFadden · Deborah Sprague · Eric Danton · Jack Rabid · Jason Adams · Jason Gross · J.D. Considine · John Aizlewood · Michael Goldberg · Mike Mettler · Paul Robicheau · Roy Trakin · Tom Lane · Whitney Pastorek
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.1053Miranda Lambert · "The House That Built Me"  (2010)
.0992Limousines · "Internet Killed the Video Star"  (2011)
.0974Psy · "Gangnam Style"  (2012)
.0955Robin Thicke (ft. T.I. and Pharrell) · "Blurred Lines"  (2013)
.0953B.o.B (ft. Hayley Williams) · "Airplanes"  (2010)
.0944Black Keys · "Tighten Up"  (2010)
.0915Taylor Swift · "You Belong With Me"  (2009)
.0914Eminem (ft. Rihanna) · "Love the Way You Lie"  (2010)
.0913Broken Bells · "The High Road"  (2010)
.0897BeyoncĂ© · "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"  (2008)
.0892Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers · "First Flash of Freedom"  (2010)
.0892Xenia Rubinos · "Mexican Chef"  (2016)
Death Cab for Cutie · "Cath"2008#45010 
Crystal Wiebe
Death Cab for Cutie · "The Ice Is Getting Thinner"2008#45010 
Andy Wang
Death Cab for Cutie · "No Sunlight"2008#45010 
Saul Austerlitz
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.1655B.o.B
.16314Daft Punk
.1639Duffy
.1567Nada Surf
.15513My Morning Jacket
.15218Wilco
.1467Pearl Jam
.1454Maroon 5
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Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com