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.
Brendan Benson
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012#449 of 2213
2011 
2010 
2009#293 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Brendan Benson · Bad for Me2012#729101      
Joe Silva
Brendan Benson · What Kind of World2012#729101      
Ken Shimamoto
Brendan Benson · My Old, Familiar Friend2009#2964559.0.835.778.011  
Dave Lindquist · George A. Paul · Steve Reynolds · Steve Simels · Whitney Pastorek
Similar Albums
.1902Delta Spirit · Delta Spirit  (2012)
.1023Pearl Jam · Backspacer  (2009)
.0612Divine Fits · A Thing Called Divine Fits  (2012)
.0612The Vaccines · What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?  (2011)
.0443Wilco · Wilco (The Album)  (2009)
.0432The Monkees · Good Times!  (2016)
.0322Kings of Leon · Only by the Night  (2008)
.0322U2 · No Line on the Horizon  (2009)
.0302She & Him · Volume One  (2008)
.0292David Byrne and Brian Eno · Everything That Happens Will Happen Today  (2008)
.0242Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball  (2012)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Brendan Benson · "Through the Ceiling"2012#44910 
Justin Spicer
Brendan Benson · "A Whole Lot Better"2009#23530 
Brian Smith · Greg Franklin · Steve Reynolds
Similar Songs
.0562Superchunk · "Digging for Something"  (2010)
Similar Artists
.1672Mark Ronson
.1672Zeus
.1635Divine Fits
.1265Pearl Jam
.1212Pete Yorn
.1072Capital Cities
.1072Houndmouth
.1072Lloyd Cole
.1072Margot & the Nuclear So and So's
.0952The Lemon Twigs
.0862Fanfarlo
.0793The Vaccines
.0782Boat
.0782Cold War Kids
.0782Echo and the Bunnymen
.0672Peter Bjorn and John
.0672Walk the Moon
.0654U2
.0644Weezer
.0643The Monkees
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com