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.
Death
Ranks
2016 
2015#1504 of 2068
2014#1425 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011 
2010 
2009#156 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Death · Death III2014#145771      
Nathan Mattise
Death · ...For the Whole World to See2009#15184810.5.760.774.064  
Andy Beta · Bob Ruggiero · Brent Baldwin · Chuck Eddy · Jesse Fox Mayshark · Mike Rubin · Rob Hatch-Miller · Talya Cooper
Similar Albums
.1902(various artists) · Pomegranates: Persian Pop, Folk, and Psych of the '60s and '70s  (2010)
.1572Group Inerane · Guitars From Agadez: Music of Niger  (2008)
.1332Spacin' · Total Freedom  (2016)
.1162Frightnrs · Nothing More to Say  (2016)
.1162Moodymann · Moodymann  (2014)
.1032Group Bombino · Guitars From Agadez, Vol 2  (2009)
.1032Moodymann · DJ-Kicks  (2016)
.1032Ty Segall · Sleeper  (2013)
.0922Theo Parrish · American Intelligence  (2014)
.0832Total Control · Henge Beat  (2011)
.0702Ty Segall · Melted  (2010)
.0652Ty Segall · Goodbye Bread  (2011)
.0572Times New Viking · Rip It Off  (2008)
.0432The Men · Open Your Heart  (2012)
.0412Panda Bear · Tomboy  (2011)
.0272Four Tet · There Is Love in You  (2010)
.0262Dr. John · Locked Down  (2012)
.0242Taylor Swift · Speak Now  (2010)
.0232Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006  (2008)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Death · "Look at Your Life"2015#46510 
Thomas Britt
Death · "We're Gonna Make It"2014#55810 
John Tryneski
Death · "Keep on Knocking"2009#33120 
David Browne · Marc Masters
Death · "Politicians in My Eyes"2009#33120 
Glenn Dixon · Johnny Ray Huston
Similar Artists
.1673Mantles
.1482Missy Elliott
.1272Connie Converse
.1272Culoe de Song
.1272Dan Friel
.0992Gaslamp Killer
.0892Frightnrs
.0892Joshua Abrams
.0892Omni
.0812Group Bombino
.0812Mr. Fingers
.0742Group Inerane
.0742Milk Music
.0742Spacin'
.0742Wolf Eyes
.0713Lady Antebellum
.0713Times New Viking
.0693Total Control
.0682Noveller
.0682Oneida
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com