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.
The Bleachers
Ranks
2016 
2015#1504 of 2068
2014#103 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011 
2010 
2009 
2008#1453 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
The Bleachers · Strange Desire2014#10995910.6.753.874.000.542.547
Evan Lucy · Gabe Meline · Gabriel Rosenberg · Jesse Richman · Jill Menze · Kelley Dunlap · K Ross Hoffman · Lyndsey Parker · Mike Greenhaus
Similar Albums
.0992Maddie & Tae · Start Here  (2015)
.0592Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Wig Out at Jagbags  (2014)
.0563The 1975 · I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It  (2016)
.0392Ryan Adams · Ryan Adams  (2014)
.0392Wilco · Star Wars  (2015)
.0372EMA · The Future's Void  (2014)
.0333Against Me! · Transgender Dysphoria Blues  (2014)
.0312Shamir · Ratchet  (2015)
.0273Taylor Swift · 1989  (2014)
.0252Charli XCX · Sucker  (2014)
.0252Kacey Musgraves · Pageant Material  (2015)
.0222Jenny Lewis · The Voyager  (2014)
The Bleachers · Conjure2008#150151      
Spencer Patterson
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Bleachers (ft. Susanna Hoffs) · "I'm Ready to Move On"2015#46510 
Gabe Meline
The Bleachers · "I Wanna Get Better"2014#69100.600
Al Shipley · Althea Legaspi · Gabriel Rosenberg · Gary Chun · George A. Paul · Jill Menze · Kelley Dunlap · K Ross Hoffman · Liz Riley · Ryan Maffei
Similar Songs
.1402Lorde · "Tennis Court"  (2013)
.1072Train · "Hey Soul Sister"  (2010)
.0952Elle Varner · "Refill"  (2012)
.0672Jazmine Sullivan (ft. Missy Elliott) · "Need U Bad"  (2008)
.0672Sufjan Stevens · "Should Have Known Better"  (2015)
.0672Walk the Moon · "Shut Up and Dance"  (2015)
.0582Vampire Weekend · "A-Punk"  (2008)
.0512Chvrches · "The Mother We Share"  (2013)
.0504Taylor Swift · "Blank Space"  (2014)
.0482Cults · "Go Outside"  (2011)
.0482Paramore · "Ain't It Fun"  (2014)
.0462Little Big Town · "Girl Crush"  (2015)
.0442Maddie & Tae · "Girl in a Country Song"  (2014)
.0414Future Islands · "Seasons (Waiting on You)"  (2014)
.0403Fetty Wap · "Trap Queen"  (2015)
.0384Kanye West · "Ultralight Beam"  (2016)
.0382Bruno Mars · "Locked Out of Heaven"  (2012)
.0382Taylor Swift · "Style"  (2015)
.0353Kendrick Lamar · "I"  (2014)
.0352Beyoncé · "Hold Up"  (2016)
The Bleachers · "Rollercoaster"2014#31820 
Chris Gray · Josh Bis
Similar Songs
.1572Spoon · "Rent I Pay"  (2014)
The Bleachers · "Shadow"2014#55810 
Steve Forstneger
The Bleachers · "Build an Army"2008#45010 
Spencer Patterson
Similar Artists
.2733DJ Snake
.2403Mark Ronson
.1943Jack Ü
.1212Clean Bandit
.1212Missy Elliott
.1153Bastille
.1105Fun.
.1093Sinead O'Connor
.1072Gotye
.0968Jenny Lewis
.0952Carla Bozulich
.0943Major Lazer
.0903Dwight Yoakam
.0876The 1975
.0864Jeremih
.0862Andrew McMahon in the Wilderness
.0862Francis & the Lights
.0862Kid Sister
.0862S
.0782Big Sean
.0782Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com