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.
Suffocation
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013#488 of 2104
2012 
2011 
2010 
2009#812 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Suffocation · Pinnacle of Bedlam2013#433192      
Hank Shteamer · Phil Freeman
Similar Albums
.0922Black Sabbath · 13  (2013)
Suffocation · Blood Oath2009#744152      
Cosmo Lee · Laina Dawes
Similar Albums
.0482Kylesa · Static Tensions  (2009)
.0262Converge · Axe to Fall  (2009)
Similar Artists
.2672Neuraxis
.2672Yakuza
.1072Meshuggah
.0862Horseback
.0782Black Sabbath
.0622Gorguts
.0583Kylesa
.0523Metallica
.0512High on Fire
.0482Opeth
.0473Converge
.0462Carcass
.0303Mastodon
.0302Pallbearer
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com