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.
Bear in Heaven
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012#544 of 2213
2011 
2010 
2009#282 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Bear in Heaven · I Love You, It's Cool2012#534152      
Chad Radford · Susan Moll
Bear in Heaven · Beast Rest Forth Mouth2009#315423      
Candice Jones · Chad Radford · Joe Tangari
Similar Albums
.1112Lower Dens · Twin-Hand Movement  (2010)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Bear in Heaven · "Sinful Nature"2012#25320 
Daniel Kreps · John Everhart
Similar Songs
.0612Radiohead · "Daydreaming"  (2016)
Bear in Heaven · "Lovesick Teenagers"2009#12360.500
Aaron Hillis · Candice Jones · Chad Radford · Joe Tangari · Matthew Perpetua · Scott Wilson
Similar Songs
.2222Fever Ray · "The Wolf"  (2011)
.0773Atlas Sound (ft. Noah Lennox) · "Walkabout"  (2009)
.0422Grizzly Bear (ft. Michael McDonald) · "While You Wait for the Others"  (2009)
.0422Neko Case · "This Tornado Loves You"  (2009)
.0333Haim · "The Wire"  (2013)
.0293Kanye West (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver) · "Monster"  (2010)
.0232LCD Soundsystem · "I Can Change"  (2010)
.0212Sleigh Bells · "Rill Rill"  (2010)
Similar Artists
.1377Atlas Sound
.1272Zayn
.1112Lee Ranaldo
.0913Pharmakon
.0864Liars
.0824Of Montreal
.0773Wild Beasts
.0743Austra
.0682Moon Duo
.0645Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
.0478Deerhunter
.0443Panda Bear
.0433Surfer Blood
.0422Field Music
.0422Holly Herndon
.0392Fresh & Onlys
.0384Bat for Lashes
.0366Grizzly Bear
.0362Dâm-Funk
.0353R.E.M.
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com