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.
Thurston Moore
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014#446 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011#216 of 2725
2010 
2009 
2008#920 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Thurston Moore · The Best Day2014#383263      
Jaime Lees · Kory Grow · M.J. Fine
Similar Albums
.2222Jessica Lea Mayfield · Make My Head Sing  (2014)
.1482Bat for Lashes · The Bride  (2016)
.0892Screaming Females · Rose Mountain  (2015)
.0812Dinosaur Jr. · Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not  (2016)
.0742Breeders · Mountain Battles  (2008)
.0682New Order · Music Complete  (2015)
.0632R.E.M. · Collapse Into Now  (2011)
.0492PJ Harvey · The Hope Six Demolition Project  (2016)
.0472Low · Ones and Sixes  (2015)
.0322Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Push the Sky Away  (2013)
Thurston Moore · Demolished Thoughts2011#2105569.2.737.636.018  
Adam Mazmanian · Cameron Macdonald · Derk Richardson · Gabe Vodicka · Gareth Grundy · Jaime Lees
Similar Albums
.0682Grouper · A I A  (2011)
.0632Bibio · Ambivalence Avenue  (2009)
.0533Caribou · Swim  (2010)
.0453Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest  (2011)
.0332Grouper · Ruins  (2014)
.0252Bill Callahan · Apocalypse  (2011)
.0202Sonic Youth · The Eternal  (2009)
Thurston Moore · Sensitive/Lethal2008#766101      
Raymond Cummings
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Thurston Moore · "Benediction"2011#35520 
Daniel Sargeant · Dave Heaton
Thurston Moore · "Circulation"2011#62710 
Aaron Norman
Similar Artists
.1782Talib Kweli
.0992Aaron Dilloway
.0913Bibio
.0892Kwjaz
.0892Marilyn Manson
.0892Tim Hecker & Daniel Lopatin
.0812Circulatory System
.0812Mount Moriah
.0785Grouper
.0682Fear of Men
.0673Godspeed You! Black Emperor
.0654Death Grips
.0632King Creosote & Jon Hopkins
.0604Low
.0593Aloe Blacc
.0593Screaming Females
.0593Women
.0573Ted Leo and the Pharmacists
.0562Joey Bada$$
.0562Laura Veirs
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com