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.
Memory Tapes
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2009#181 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Memory Tapes · Seek Magic2009#23257511.4.537.912.009  
Chris Norton · Ian Cohen · John MacDonald · Nic Hernandez · Zach Kelly
Similar Albums
.1203Neon Indian · Psychic Chasms  (2009)
.0832Cold Cave · Cherish the Light Years  (2011)
.0652Twin Shadow · Forget  (2010)
.0612Cymbals Eat Guitars · Pretty Years  (2016)
.0612James Blake · The Bells Sketch/CMYK/Klavierwerke EPs  (2010)
.0432The Hotelier · Goodness  (2016)
.0362Frightened Rabbit · The Midnight Organ Fight  (2008)
.0312Fuck Buttons · Tarot Sport  (2009)
.0304Grizzly Bear · Veckatimest  (2009)
.0302M83 · Saturdays=Youth  (2008)
.0292Passion Pit · Manners  (2009)
.0233Raekwon · Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Part II  (2009)
.0222James Blake · James Blake  (2011)
.0213The xx · The xx  (2009)
Memory Tapes · Treeship2009#799151      
Andrew Stout
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Memory Tapes · "Bicycle"2009#23530 
Daniel Dzodin · John MacDonald · Zach Kelly
Similar Songs
.0322Rick Ross (ft. Styles P) · "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"  (2010)
Memory Tapes · "Plain Material"2009#58510 
Todd McKenzie
Similar Artists
.1572Memory Cassette
.1032Ceo
.0922Ford & Lopatin
.0704Neon Indian
.0694Washed Out
.0612Joyce Manor
.0523Twin Shadow
.0412Rich Gang
.0412Why?
.0332A Sunny Day in Glasgow
.0322Cymbals Eat Guitars
.0315The xx
.0303Passion Pit
.0302The Hotelier
.0302Radio Dept.
.0294Joanna Newsom
.0293Mos Def
.0292Cold Cave
.0292Colin Stetson
.0285Grizzly Bear
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com