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.
Battles
Ranks
2016 
2015#261 of 2068
2014 
2013 
2012 
2011#106 of 2725
2010#1958 of 2582
2009 
2008#1749 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Battles · La Di Da Di2015#246304      
Chad Radford · Daniel Sargeant · David Adler · Robert Ham
Similar Albums
.1212Beauty Pill · Beauty Pill Describes Things As They Are  (2015)
.0862Pharmakon · Abandon  (2013)
.0542Flying Lotus · Until the Quiet Comes  (2012)
.0482Beastie Boys · Hot Sauce Committee Part 2  (2011)
.0442Atlas Sound · Parallax  (2011)
.0382Shabazz Palaces · Lese Majesty  (2014)
.0342Women · Public Strain  (2010)
.0252Bill Callahan · Apocalypse  (2011)
Battles · Gloss Drop2011#12499109.9.756.667.019  
Chris Conaton · Heather Phares · Jason Pettigrew · Lilledeshan Bose · Michael Fournier · Nate Seltenrich · Robert Ham · Stacey Anderson · Tom Cheyney · Vijith Assar
Similar Albums
.1212Cut Hands · Festival of the Dead  (2014)
.1072Tycho · Dive  (2011)
.0952Bonobo · Black Sands  (2010)
.0782Metronomy · The English Riviera  (2011)
.0582Wavves · King of the Beach  (2010)
.0553The Decemberists · The Hazards of Love  (2009)
.0482Fuck Buttons · Slow Focus  (2013)
.0422The Very Best · Warm Heart of Africa  (2009)
.0352Mastodon · The Hunter  (2011)
.0312Baroness · Yellow & Green  (2012)
.0282M83 · Saturdays=Youth  (2008)
.0222Spoon · Transference  (2010)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Battles · "Summer Simmer"2015#46510 
Don Allred
Battles · "The Yabba"2015#46510 
Patrick Wall
Battles · "Ice Cream"2011#40150.800
Aaron Hillis · Camille Dodero · Chris Conaton · Heather Phares · Jason Diamond · John Vettese · Jose Duran · Lilledeshan Bose · Matt Hendrickson · Michael Daddino · Michael Tedder · Reed Fischer · Ryan Wasoba · Sean Fennessey · Travis Hay
Similar Songs
.1433Micachu and the Shapes · "Golden Phone"  (2009)
.1272Glass Candy · "Warm in the Winter"  (2013)
.1208Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Niggas in Paris"  (2011)
.1112Department of Eagles · "No One Does It Like You"  (2008)
.0992Julie Ruin · "Oh Come On"  (2013)
.0992Kavinsky · "Nightcall"  (2011)
.0992Of Montreal · "It's Different for Girls"  (2016)
.0892Daft Punk (ft. Julian Casablancas) · "Instant Crush"  (2013)
.0806M83 · "Midnight City"  (2011)
.0742Mastodon · "Curl of the Burl"  (2011)
.0682Wye Oak · "Holy Holy"  (2011)
.0632Kurt Vile · "Jesus Fever"  (2011)
.0632tUnE-yArDs · "Gangsta"  (2011)
.0632Yeah Yeah Yeahs · "Sacrilege"  (2013)
.0562Charli XCX · "You (Ha Ha Ha)"  (2013)
.0562Matt and Kim · "Daylight"  (2009)
.0562SBTRKT (ft. Little Dragon) · "Wildfire"  (2011)
.0522Kanye West · "Blood on the Leaves"  (2013)
.0504Haim · "The Wire"  (2013)
.0472Surfer Blood · "Swim"  (2010)
Battles · "My Machines"2011#35520 
Annie Zaleski · Christopher R. Weingarten
Battles · "The Line"2010#57710 
JJ Lang
Battles · "Tonto"2008#45010 
Vijith Assar
Similar Artists
.2914Missy Elliott
.1784DJ Shadow
.1684Baths
.1433Young Widows
.1333Iggy Azalea
.1284Major Lazer
.1217Atlas Sound
.1194Robin Thicke
.1176Crystal Castles
.1175Nine Inch Nails
.1115Women
.1113The Haxan Cloak
.1113Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog
.1039Daft Punk
.0953Avicii
.0935The Knife
.0919Fucked Up
.0914Liturgy
.0914Matana Roberts
.0895Micachu and the Shapes
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com