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.
Camera Obscura
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013#627 of 2104
2012 
2011 
2010 
2009#31 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Camera Obscura · Desire Lines2013#651101      
Nicholas Taylor
Camera Obscura · My Maudlin Career2009#30287329.0.675.530.036.612 
Adrien Begrand · Andrew Gilstrap · Andy Greenwald · Andy Phillips · Brian Orloff · Bryan C Reed · Candice Jones · Catherine Lewis · Chris Parker · Christel Loar · Curtis Schieber · Dan Strachota · Dave DiMartino · David Ritter · Dominic Umile · Emily Tartanella · Eric Danton · Jonathan Perry · Jon Young · Jose Davila · Kate Silver · Kristyn Pomranz · K Ross Hoffman · Laura Barcella · Matt Sebastian · Mike Appelstein · Rachel Brodsky · Rob Trucks · Shane Harrison · Steve Klinge · Thomas Britt · Zeth Lundy
Similar Albums
.18610Pains of Being Pure at Heart · The Pains of Being Pure at Heart  (2009)
.1528Best Coast · Crazy for You  (2010)
.1414Yo la Tengo · Stuff Like That There  (2015)
.1204Cults · Cults  (2011)
.1203Edwyn Collins · Losing Sleep  (2011)
.1203Shearwater · Jet Plane and Oxbow  (2016)
.11612Neko Case · Middle Cyclone  (2009)
.1164The Antlers · Burst Apart  (2011)
.1164PJ Harvey · The Hope Six Demolition Project  (2016)
.1133Pastels · Slow Summits  (2013)
.1133Sam Amidon · I See the Sign  (2010)
.1124Pains of Being Pure at Heart · Belong  (2011)
.1124The Very Best · Warm Heart of Africa  (2009)
.1124Yo la Tengo · Fade  (2013)
.1084Belle and Sebastian · Write About Love  (2010)
.1014Alvvays · Alvvays  (2014)
.0984Magnetic Fields · Distortion  (2008)
.0973Crystal Stilts · Alight of Night  (2008)
.0973Frightened Rabbit · The Winter of Mixed Drinks  (2010)
.0954War on Drugs · Slave Ambient  (2011)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Camera Obscura · "Do It Again"2013#44010 
Brian Orloff
Camera Obscura · "Fifth in Line to the Throne"2013#44010 
Thomas Britt
Camera Obscura · "French Navy"2009#26190.684
Adrien Begrand · Anthony Lombardi · Britt Robson · Bryan C Reed · Candice Jones · Catherine Lewis · David Browne · David Malitz · Jean-Stephane Beriot · John Bush · Joseph Davenport · Kenneth Partridge · Laura Leebove · Michael Daddino · Mordechai Shinefield · Paul Robicheau · Shane Harrison · Thomas Britt · Tony Fletcher
Similar Songs
.1504Broken Bells · "The High Road"  (2010)
.1503Lykke Li · "No Rest for the Wicked"  (2014)
.1503Morning Benders · "Excuses"  (2010)
.1374Beach House · "Norway"  (2010)
.1072Big KRIT · "Saturdays = Celebration [Feat. Jamie N Commons]"  (2014)
.0952Jay Reatard · "It Ain't Gonna Save Me"  (2009)
.0943New Pornographers · "Crash Years"  (2010)
.0816Dirty Projectors · "Stillness Is the Move"  (2009)
.0782Gillian Welch · "The Way It Goes"  (2011)
.0782Low · "Especially Me"  (2011)
.0782Parquet Courts · "Human Performance"  (2016)
.0733Bon Iver · "Holocene"  (2011)
.0722EMA · "So Blonde"  (2014)
.0722PJ Harvey · "Let England Shake"  (2011)
.0672Blur · "Go Out"  (2015)
.0672Gang Gang Dance · "Mindkilla"  (2011)
.0672Wavves · "King of the Beach"  (2010)
.0672Yacht · "Psychic City"  (2009)
.0664Taylor Swift · "You Belong With Me"  (2009)
.0663Atlas Sound (ft. Noah Lennox) · "Walkabout"  (2009)
Camera Obscura · "My Maudlin Career"2009#58510 
Roy Kasten
Similar Artists
.15214Pains of Being Pure at Heart
.14715Best Coast
.1418Jay-Z
.1358The Antlers
.13420Neko Case
.1307The Big Pink
.1255Morrissey
.1255Veronica Falls
.1215Jessica Pratt
.1204Morning Benders
.11811New Pornographers
.1176Santigold
.1176The Very Best
.1147Belle and Sebastian
.1133Icona Pop
.1116Cults
.1073And the Kids
.10619Animal Collective
.1066Broken Bells
.1058Laura Marling
.1058Yo la Tengo
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com