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.
 
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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.
Leonard Cohen
Ranks
2016#9 of 2370
2015 
2014#35 of 2567
2013 
2012#26 of 2213
2011#773 of 2725
2010#783 of 2582
2009#46 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker2016#88678110.7.532.587.012.682.040
Adam Bregman · Adam Gold · Adam Kivel · A.D. Amorosi · Adrien Begrand · Alan Light · Amy McCarthy · Andrew Bartlett · Annie Zaleski · Ashley Zlatopolsky · Bill Holdship · Bob Grossweiner · Bob Townsend · Brent Baldwin · Brian Bowe · Camille Dodero · Cam Patterson · Charles R. Cross · Chris Molanphy · Chris Willman · Craig Carson · Dan Strachota · Darryl Smyers · Deb Sprague · Derk Richardson · Don Allred · Don Share · Edna Gundersen · Ellis Widner · Eric Danton · Erik Thompson · Evan Rytlewski · Fred Mills · Gary Chun · Heather Hoch · Holly George-Warren · Holly Gleason · Jacob Webb · James Rodgers · Jesse Jarnow · Jim Tremayne · Joel Elliot · John Walker · Jon Bream · Jon Solomon · Jose Davila · J Poet · Judy Berman · Katherine St. Asaph · Ken Capobianco · Ken Rayes · Kevin Rutherford · Larry King · Laurence Station · Lola Emanuelli · Mallory O'Donnell · Marcos Hassan · Marianne Meyer · Mark J. Lepage · Mark Zepezauer · Maureen Miller · Michael Gallucci · Michael Tedder · Mike Cimicata · Mike Rowell · Peter Blackstock · Preston Jones · Ray Padgett · Rob O'Connor · Rob Sheffield · Ron Hart · Roy Trakin · Sarah Ventre · Seth Mnookin · Spencer Kornhaber · Stephen Slaybaugh · Steve Klinge · Steve Rosen · Tim Riley · Tristram Lozaw · Zach Schonfeld
Similar Albums
.35665David Bowie · Blackstar  (2016)
.34717Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas  (2012)
.28914Leonard Cohen · Popular Problems  (2014)
.28414Iggy Pop · Post Pop Depression  (2016)
.27119Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Skeleton Tree  (2016)
.24813Bob Dylan · Tempest  (2012)
.23717Sturgill Simpson · A Sailor's Guide to Earth  (2016)
.22214David Bowie · The Next Day  (2013)
.21622Tom Waits · Bad As Me  (2011)
.21115Drive-By Truckers · American Band  (2016)
.20031Courtney Barnett · Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit  (2015)
.19514Black Keys · El Camino  (2011)
.19411Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006  (2008)
.18813Jason Isbell · Something More Than Free  (2015)
.18112Alabama Shakes · Sound & Color  (2015)
.1819Jack White · Lazaretto  (2014)
.1819Rolling Stones · Blue & Lonesome  (2016)
.18018Radiohead · A Moon Shaped Pool  (2016)
.18011Jack White · Blunderbuss  (2012)
.1808The Monkees · Good Times!  (2016)
Leonard Cohen · Popular Problems2014#313182911.0.708.533.002.874.066
Adam Bregman · Alan Light · Andrew Gilstrap · Arsenio Orteza · Bill Holdship · Bob Townsend · Carlo Wolff · Dave DiMartino · Don Share · Ellis Widner · Eric Danton · Holly Gleason · Jay Ruttenberg · J Neo Marvin · Jon Bream · Jon Pareles · Larry King · Leslie Berman · L. Kent Wolgamott · Mark J. Lepage · Matt Rice · Ray Padgett · Robert Bishop · Salvatore Caputo · Sarah Ventre · Steve Erickson · Ted Cox · Wayne Bledsoe · Zach Schonfeld
Similar Albums
.2367Bob Dylan · Shadows in the Night  (2015)
.2208Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread  (2014)
.2048Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas  (2012)
.1948Bob Dylan · Tempest  (2012)
.17814Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker  (2016)
.1675Lucinda Williams · Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone  (2014)
.1634Dead Weather · Sea of Cowards  (2010)
.1607Jason Isbell · Southeastern  (2013)
.1606Bob Dylan · Together Through Life  (2009)
.1606Jack White · Lazaretto  (2014)
.1363Alejandro Escovedo · Street Songs of Love  (2010)
.1363Patty Griffin · American Kid  (2013)
.1354Julie Ruin · Run Fast  (2013)
.1354Raveonettes · In and Out of Control  (2009)
.1304Eminem · The Marshall Mathers LP 2  (2013)
.1283The Beach Boys · That's Why God Made the Radio  (2012)
.1283Mose Allison · The Way of the World  (2010)
.1254Mary J. Blige · The London Sessions  (2014)
.12410Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music  (2014)
.1147Jason Isbell · Something More Than Free  (2015)
Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas2012#223113110.0.636.807.006.921 
A.D. Amorosi · Alfred Soto · Arsenio Orteza · Bob Grossweiner · Bob Townsend · Brent Baldwin · Craig Carson · Daniel Durchholz · Dan Reilly · Dave DiMartino · Derek Paiva · Derk Richardson · Ellis Widner · Evan Rytlewski · Gary Graff · Glenn Gamboa · James Bradley · Jason Gubbels · Jeff Tamarkin · Jesse Jarnow · Joey Daniewicz · John Walker · Jon Bream · J Poet · Larry King · Max Berry · Ron Hart · Roy Trakin · Sarah Ventre · Steve Rosen · Ted Cox
Similar Albums
.22117Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker  (2016)
.2118Leonard Cohen · Popular Problems  (2014)
.1937Rolling Stones · Blue & Lonesome  (2016)
.1918Bob Dylan · Tempest  (2012)
.1837Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread  (2014)
.17111Paul Simon · So Beautiful or So What  (2011)
.1695Loudon Wainwright III · Older Than My Old Man Now  (2012)
.1664Robert Forster · The Evangelist  (2008)
.16315Tom Waits · Bad As Me  (2011)
.1635Lucinda Williams · Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone  (2014)
.1628Jack White · Blunderbuss  (2012)
.1574Wussy · Strawberry  (2011)
.1517Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006  (2008)
.1517Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball  (2012)
.1475Bob Dylan · Shadows in the Night  (2015)
.1475Bombino · Nomad  (2013)
.1428Randy Newman · Harps and Angels  (2008)
.1403Robert Wyatt, Gilad Atzmon, Ros Stephen · For the Ghosts Within  (2010)
.1386Ashley Monroe · Like a Rose  (2013)
.1347Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest  (2011)
Leonard Cohen · The Complete Studio Albums Collection2011#929101      
David Marchese
Leonard Cohen · Songs From the Road2010#712151      
Gustavo Turner
Leonard Cohen · Live in London2009#55198209.9.796.364.000  
Andrew Gilstrap · Bob Hill · Brian Bowe · David Marchese · Derk Richardson · Ellis Widner · James Hunter · Julie Seabaugh · Ken Rayes · Leslie Berman · Max Berry · Michael Ross · Mike Rowell · Phillip Overeem · Phil Sutcliffe · Robert Christgau · Roy Kasten · Steve Horowitz · Steve Pick · Tom Hull
Similar Albums
.2155Loudon Wainwright III · High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project  (2009)
.2155Todd Snider · Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables  (2012)
.1414Loudon Wainwright III · Older Than My Old Man Now  (2012)
.1354Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta  (2012)
.1133Nellie McKay · Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day  (2009)
.1073Heems · Eat Pray Thug  (2015)
.1032Emmylou Harris · All I Intended to Be  (2008)
.1032Ruthie Foster · Let It Burn  (2012)
.0984Bob Dylan · Together Through Life  (2009)
.0922Irène Schweizer & Han Bennink · Welcome Back  (2015)
.0922Johnny Cash · American VI: Ain't No Grave  (2010)
.0922Smoke Fairies · Through Low Light and Trees  (2011)
.0904Wussy · Attica!  (2014)
.0853Hayes Carll · Trouble in Mind  (2008)
.0853James McMurtry · Complicated Game  (2015)
.0832Gogol Bordello · Pura Vida Conspiracy  (2013)
.0832K'Naan · The Dusty Foot Philosopher  (2008)
.0832Marianne Faithfull · Easy Come, Easy Go  (2009)
.0832(various artists) · Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell  (2012)
.0815Randy Newman · Harps and Angels  (2008)
Leonard Cohen · Live at the Isle of Wight 19702009#228594      
Jeff Tamarkin · Peter Gerstenzang · Rob O'Connor · Sarah Ventre
Similar Albums
.2672Israel Nash · Israel Nash's Rain Plans  (2014)
.2052Willie Nile · American Ride  (2013)
.1672Jay Farrar & Benjamin Gibbard · One Fast Move or I'm Gone  (2009)
.1672New York Dolls · Dancing Backward in High Heels  (2011)
.1212Iron & Wine · Ghost on Ghost  (2013)
.1212Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey · Going Back Home  (2014)
.1072Graham Parker and the Rumour · Three Chords Good  (2012)
.0952Foxygen · We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic  (2013)
.0722New York Dolls · 'Cause I Sez So  (2009)
.0272Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas  (2012)
.0262Bob Dylan · Tempest  (2012)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Leonard Cohen · "You Want It Darker"2016#7422.738
Aaron Hillis · Alan Light · Anthony Easton · Ben Donnelly · Brady Gerber · Byron Crawford · Daniel Durchholz · Dave Clifford · Dorian Lynskey · E.J. Friedman · Ellis Widner · Eric Danton · Gabriel Rosenberg · Ian Mathers · J. Anthony Ware · Jesse Jarnow · John Seroff · John Walker · Jon Bream · Jon Solomon · Kevin Rutherford · Kimberly Chun · Kory Grow · K. Ross Hoffman · Kyle McGovern · Mac Wilson · Maria Sherman · Matt Sullivan · Melissa Locker · Mike Prevatt · M.J. Fine · Nathan Mattise · Otis Hart · Pat Levy · Patrick Rogers · Peter Blackstock · Richard Gehr · Robert Loerzel · Roy Kasten · Sarah Ventre · Seth Mnookin · Tim Grierson
Similar Songs
.1935Margo Price · "Hands of Time"  (2016)
.1759David Bowie · "Lazarus"  (2016)
.1597Alabama Shakes · "Hold On"  (2012)
.1439Courtney Barnett · "Pedestrian at Best"  (2015)
.1395Jenny Lewis · "Just One of the Guys"  (2014)
.1394Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "Jubilee Street"  (2013)
.13113Beyoncé · "Formation"  (2016)
.1315Drive-By Truckers · "What It Means"  (2016)
.13010Kendrick Lamar · "King Kunta"  (2015)
.1246Tame Impala · "Let It Happen"  (2015)
.1235Avett Brothers · "I & Love & You"  (2009)
.12110Lorde · "Royals"  (2013)
.1175Kacey Musgraves · "Follow Your Arrow"  (2013)
.1126Grimes · "Flesh Without Blood"  (2015)
.1113Deerhunter · "Memory Boy"  (2010)
.1113Of Montreal · "It's Different for Girls"  (2016)
.1113Riton (ft. Kah-Lo) · "Rinse & Repeat"  (2016)
.1104Jason Isbell · "24 Frames"  (2015)
.1053Bob Dylan · "Pay in Blood"  (2012)
.1039Drake · "Hotline Bling"  (2015)
Leonard Cohen · "Treaty"2016#26820 
Carter Maness · Steven Arroyo
Similar Songs
.0702Vampire Weekend · "Hannah Hunt"  (2013)
.0392Beyoncé · "Hold Up"  (2016)
Leonard Cohen · "You Want It Darker (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)"2016#26820 
Bob Townsend · Eugene Holley, Jr.
Similar Songs
.0212David Bowie · "Lazarus"  (2016)
Leonard Cohen · "Steer Your Way"2016#47910 
Dan DeLuca
Leonard Cohen · "Almost Like the Blues"2014#31820 
Carlo Wolff · Tom Hull
Similar Songs
.0262Pharrell Williams · "Happy"  (2014)
Leonard Cohen · "Did I Ever Love You"2014#55810 
Steve Leftridge
Leonard Cohen · "My Oh My"2014#55810 
Ted Cox
Leonard Cohen · "Slow"2014#55810 
Holly Gleason
Leonard Cohen · "The Street"2014#55810 
Zach Schonfeld
Leonard Cohen · "Going Home"2012#25320 
Dan Reilly · Derk Richardson
Leonard Cohen · "Crazy to Love You"2012#44910 
Glenn Gamboa
Leonard Cohen · "Show Me the Place"2012#44910 
 2011#23530 
Charles R. Cross · Daniel Sargeant · Gustavo Turner · Steve Rosen
Similar Songs
.2052Lou Reed & Metallica · "Junior Dad"  (2011)
.0722Bob Dylan · "Duquesne Whistle"  (2012)
.0212Jamie xx (ft. Young Thug & Popcaan) · "I Know There's Gonna Be (Good Times)"  (2015)
.0202Adele · "Hello"  (2015)
Similar Artists
.43546Daft Punk
.418102David Bowie
.37826Santigold
.37317Mark Ronson
.36752Bob Dylan
.36628Jay-Z
.35539Paul Simon
.35245Drive-By Truckers
.33439Bruce Springsteen
.33133Jack White
.31462Courtney Barnett
.31363A Tribe Called Quest
.30638Tom Waits
.30346Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
.30014Gotye
.29623Margo Price
.29621Fun.
.29431Jason Isbell
.29336Alabama Shakes
.29217Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com