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.
Islands
Ranks
2016#348 of 2370
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012#719 of 2213
2011 
2010 
2009#193 of 2591
2008#384 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Islands · Should I Remain Here at Sea?2016#505152      
Aaron Mendelson · Bobby Tanzilo
Similar Albums
.1902Tennis · Young & Old  (2012)
Islands · Taste2016#683101      
Bobby Tanzilo
Islands · A Sleep & a Forgetting2012#652131      
Thomas Britt
Islands · Vapours2009#17875515.0.741.200.000  
Craig Carson · Ian Hrabe · Martin Cizmar · Michael Cramer · Renato Pagnani
Similar Albums
.0832Twin Shadow · Confess  (2012)
.0572Kurt Vile · Childish Prodigy  (2009)
Islands · Arm's Way2008#368253      
Michael Ayers · Rob Dubbin · Steve Ciabattoni
Similar Albums
.1782Jolie Holland · The Living and the Dead  (2008)
.0812Laura Marling · Alas I Cannot Swim  (2008)
.0562Beach House · Devotion  (2008)
.0402The Antlers · Hospice  (2009)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Islands · "At Sea"2016#47910 
Zachary Smith
Islands · "Heartbeat"2009#58510 
Dan LeRoy
Islands · "The Arm"2008#45010 
Andy Dubbin
Similar Artists
.1032Crowbar
.0922Peter Gabriel
.0754Dinosaur Jr.
.0612Jolie Holland
.0572Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra
.0532Tennis
.0482Clientele
.0452Fiery Furnaces
.0432Damon Albarn
.0412Art Brut
.0393The Antlers
.0393Belle and Sebastian
.0393Weezer
.0392Carcass
.0382Andrew Bird
.0382Why?
.0355Sufjan Stevens
.0352Marissa Nadler
.0352Meek Mill
.0343Antony & the Johnsons
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com