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.
Nels Cline
Ranks
2016#237 of 2370
2015 
2014 
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2011 
2010#390 of 2582
2009#237 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Nels Cline · Lovers2016#2113957.8.684.564.000 .000
Al Shipley · Derk Richardson · Eric Danton · Jon Solomon · Martin Johnson
Similar Albums
.1332Nels Cline · Coward  (2009)
.0832Mary Halvorson Octet · Away With You  (2016)
.0832Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith · A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke  (2016)
.0532Sonny Rollins · Road Shows Vol. 2  (2011)
.0252Jason Isbell · Southeastern  (2013)
.0243Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker  (2016)
.0203Tom Waits · Bad As Me  (2011)
.0202Sonic Youth · The Eternal  (2009)
Nels Cline · Dirty Baby2010#339353      
Brad Cohan · Derk Richardson · Ezra Gale
Similar Albums
.1482Nels Cline · Coward  (2009)
Nels Cline · Coward2009#20365513.0.898.538.050  
Al Shipley · Brad Cohan · Buzz Poole · Derk Richardson · Jesse Fox Mayshark
Similar Albums
.2422Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra · MTO Plays Sly  (2011)
.1902Nels Cline · Dirty Baby  (2010)
.1332Nels Cline · Lovers  (2016)
.0922My Chemical Romance · Danger Days: The True Lives of the Fabulous Killjoys  (2010)
.0922Ry Cooder · Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down  (2011)
.0432Young Jeezy · The Recession  (2008)
.0202Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest  (2011)
Similar Artists
.1482Superhuman Happiness
.1272Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra
.1113Ry Cooder
.0992Bonnie "Prince" Billy & the Cairo Gang
.0742Bill Frisell
.0742JD McPherson
.0742Mary Halvorson Octet
.0742Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
.0544Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings
.0442Sonny Rollins
.0422My Chemical Romance
.0402Vijay Iyer
.0322Vijay Iyer Trio
.0312Young Jeezy
.0304Tom Waits
.0254Wilco
.0244Bob Dylan
.0232Tinariwen
.0222Dinosaur Jr.
.0215Cee Lo Green
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com