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.
Ray Davies and the Crouch End Festival Chorus
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2009#620 of 2591
2008#195 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Ray Davies and the Crouch End Festival Chorus · The Kinks Choral Collection2009#578202      
Jud Cost · Lola Emanuelli
Ray Davies and the Crouch End Festival Chorus · Working Man's Cafe2008#1865969.8.830.339.000  
Randy Lewis · Richard Skanse · Steve Baltin · Steve Pick · Wayne Bledsoe · William Ruhlmann
Similar Albums
.2222Jackson Browne · Time the Conqueror  (2008)
.2222Terry Allen · Bottom of the World  (2013)
.1823Tom Jones · Praise & Blame  (2010)
.1482Steve Earle · I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive  (2011)
.1253Elvis Costello and the Imposters · Momofuku  (2008)
.1112Ian Hunter · Man Overboard  (2009)
.0992Rodney Crowell · Sex & Gasoline  (2008)
.0592Guns N' Roses · Chinese Democracy  (2008)
.0492Hayes Carll · KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)  (2011)
.0403Randy Newman · Harps and Angels  (2008)
.0362Alejandro Escovedo · Real Animal  (2008)
.0302Neil Young · Le Noise  (2010)
.0302Robert Plant · Band of Joy  (2010)
.0252Bruce Springsteen · The Promise  (2010)
.0252Jason Isbell · Southeastern  (2013)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Ray Davies and the Crouch End Festival Chorus · "Days"2009#58510 
Jud Cost
Ray Davies and the Crouch End Festival Chorus · "Working Man's Cafe"2008#45010 
Richard Skanse
Similar Artists
.1902Terry Allen
.1572Rod Picott
.1332Chrissie Hynde
.1332Mary Gauthier
.1283Tom Jones
.1133Elvis Costello and the Imposters
.1032Jackson Browne
.0832Corb Lund
.0832John Hiatt
.0765Randy Newman
.0762Ian Hunter
.0762Rodney Crowell
.0652Joe Henry
.0612Brian Wilson
.0553Fun.
.0502Steve Earle
.0463She & Him
.0452Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
.0432AC/DC
.0432Shelby Lynne
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com