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.
Discovery
Ranks
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2009#207 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Discovery · LP2009#2166078.6.726.833.008  
Kenneth Partridge · Marc Hawthorne · Mark Richardson · Randall Roberts · Ryan Dombal · Tim Sendra · Zach Baron
Similar Albums
.1402Tokyo Police Club · Elephant Shell  (2008)
.0722La Roux · La Roux  (2009)
.0623Cut Copy · In Ghost Colours  (2008)
.0542Crystal Castles · Crystal Castles  (2008)
.0494Girls · Album  (2009)
.0482Paramore · Brand New Eyes  (2009)
.0343M83 · Hurry Up, We're Dreaming  (2011)
.0334The xx · The xx  (2009)
.0292Gaslight Anthem · The '59 Sound  (2008)
.0282Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Mirror Traffic  (2011)
.0264Vampire Weekend · Contra  (2010)
.0262Los Campesinos! · Hold on Now, Youngster...  (2008)
.0243Bon Iver · Bon Iver  (2011)
.0242Bill Callahan · Apocalypse  (2011)
.0242Sufjan Stevens · The Age of Adz  (2010)
.0212Bat for Lashes · Two Suns  (2009)
.0202Disclosure · Settle  (2013)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Discovery · "Orange Shirt"2009#18140 
Andrew Gaerig · John Bohannon · Liz Colville · Mark Richardson
Similar Songs
.0512ILoveMakonnen · "Club Goin' Up on a Tuesday"  (2014)
.0382Joy Orbison · "Hyph Mngo"  (2009)
.0262EMA · "California"  (2011)
Discovery · "Can You Discover"2009#58510 
Dan Raper
Discovery · "Osaka Loop Line"2009#58510 
Kristyn Pomranz
Similar Artists
.2863DJ Khaled
.0892Class Actress
.0892Joker and Ginz
.0892T-Pain
.0812Mike Adams at His Honest Weight
.0764The Big Pink
.0744Crystal Castles
.0682Gold Panda
.0665Cut Copy
.0592Tokyo Police Club
.0564Cass McCombs
.0562Little Boots
.0562Teengirl Fantasy
.0522Clipse
.0522Sandro Perri
.0507Girls
.0483La Roux
.0472jj
.0472Major Lazer
.0435Hot Chip
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com