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.
Nirvana
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2009#132 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Nirvana · Live at Reading2009#1121131110.3.748.747.0391.000 
Alan Light · Ben Detrick · Gillian G Gaar · John Kenyon · Josh Timmermann · Kevin Moreau · Matt Ryan · Phillip Overeem · Rossiter Drake · Sam Ubl · Tom Lane
Similar Albums
.1572Matthew Ryan · I Recall Standing As Though Nothing Could Fall  (2011)
.1032Steve Cropper · Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales  (2011)
.1014Drive-By Truckers · Brighter Than Creation's Dark  (2008)
.0762The Sword · Warp Riders  (2010)
.0702Gossip · Music for Men  (2009)
.0652Dead Weather · Sea of Cowards  (2010)
.0612Benjamin Booker · Benjamin Booker  (2014)
.0612Teenage Fanclub · Shadows  (2010)
.0583Miranda Lambert · Revolution  (2009)
.0572Aloe Blacc · Good Things  (2010)
.0532Lana Del Rey · Born to Die  (2012)
.0502Julie Ruin · Run Fast  (2013)
.0502Todd Snider · Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables  (2012)
.0485Black Keys · Brothers  (2010)
.0432Angaleena Presley · American Middle Class  (2014)
.0423Cee Lo Green · The Lady Killer  (2010)
.0413Raphael Saadiq · The Way I See It  (2008)
.0393Alabama Shakes · Sound & Color  (2015)
.0392Young Jeezy · The Recession  (2008)
.0382Them Crooked Vultures · Them Crooked Vultures  (2009)
Similar Artists
.1572Mark Ronson
.1363B.o.B
.1162Kiss
.1032Matthew Ryan
.1032Steve Cropper
.0762The Fireman
.0702B.B. King
.0694Jay-Z
.0652Kid Rock
.0572Leona Lewis
.0532Dillinger Escape Plan
.0482Benjamin Booker
.0452Adam Lambert
.0443Kelly Clarkson
.0432Robin Thicke
.0412The Sword
.0392Teenage Fanclub
.0382Angaleena Presley
.0373Dead Weather
.0373Ryan Adams and the Cardinals
.0373T.I.
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com