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.
 
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Cymbals Eat Guitars
Ranks
2016#69 of 2370
2015 
2014#112 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011#376 of 2725
2010 
2009#247 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Cymbals Eat Guitars · Pretty Years2016#64114138.8.637.860.007.520.000
Corey Beasley · Ian Cohen · Jim Testa · John Everhart · Kyle McGovern · Matt Fiander · Matthew Oshinsky · Michael Pollock · Michael Tedder · Robert Bishop · Ryan Reed · Zach Kelly · Zach Schonfeld
Similar Albums
.3736Cymbals Eat Guitars · Lose  (2014)
.1943Cymbals Eat Guitars · Why There Are Mountains  (2009)
.1402...And You Will Know Us by the Trail of Dead · Ix  (2014)
.1212Big Thief · Masterpiece  (2016)
.1212Conor Oberst · Upside Down Mountain  (2014)
.1134Protomartyr · Under Color of Official Right  (2014)
.1072Cymbals Eat Guitars · Lenses Alien  (2011)
.0952Black Lips · 200 Million Thousand  (2009)
.0952Deerhoof · The Magic  (2016)
.0952Memory Tapes · Seek Magic  (2009)
.0952Okkervil River · Away  (2016)
.0903Pains of Being Pure at Heart · Belong  (2011)
.0863The Hotelier · Goodness  (2016)
.0862Mew · No More Stories Are Told Today I'm Sorry They Washed Away No More Stories the World Is Grey I'm Tired Let's Wash Away  (2009)
.0862Screaming Females · Castle Talk  (2010)
.0823Ariel Pink · Pom Pom  (2014)
.0766Angel Olsen · My Woman  (2016)
.0733Waxahatchee · Ivy Tripp  (2015)
.0722The Men · New Moon  (2013)
.0683Yo la Tengo · Popular Songs  (2009)
Cymbals Eat Guitars · Lose2014#10895118.6.651.895.021.671.421
Aaron Frank · Andrew Unterberger · Dan Caffrey · JD Swerzenski · Jim Testa · John Everhart · Joshua Terry · Matthew Oshinsky · Ryan Reed · Zach Kelly · Zach Schonfeld
Similar Albums
.3436Cymbals Eat Guitars · Pretty Years  (2016)
.2073Cymbals Eat Guitars · Why There Are Mountains  (2009)
.1332Big Thief · Masterpiece  (2016)
.1332Conor Oberst · Upside Down Mountain  (2014)
.1162Cymbals Eat Guitars · Lenses Alien  (2011)
.1162King Gizzard & the Lizard Wizard · Nonagon Infinity  (2016)
.1162Okkervil River · The Silver Gymnasium  (2013)
.1032Deerhoof · The Magic  (2016)
.1023Hiss Golden Messenger · Lateness of Dancers  (2014)
.0922Joyce Manor · Never Hungover Again  (2014)
.0762The Men · New Moon  (2013)
.0702Iceage · Plowing Into the Field of Love  (2014)
.0702Merchandise · After the End  (2014)
.0702Strand of Oaks · Heal  (2014)
.0612Screaming Females · Power Move  (2009)
.0593Parquet Courts · Light Up Gold  (2013)
.0572Weezer · Everything Will Be Alright in the End  (2014)
.0536War on Drugs · Lost in the Dream  (2014)
.0452Beach Slang · The Things We Do to Find People Who Feel Like Us  (2015)
.0443Savages · Silence Yourself  (2013)
Cymbals Eat Guitars · Lenses Alien2011#348304      
Heidi Vanderlee · James Barber · Jim Testa · John Everhart
Similar Albums
.2733Cymbals Eat Guitars · Why There Are Mountains  (2009)
.2052Conor Oberst · Upside Down Mountain  (2014)
.0782Bob Mould · Patch the Sky  (2016)
.0782Redd Kross · Researching the Blues  (2012)
.0722Cymbals Eat Guitars · Lose  (2014)
.0672Spiritualized · Songs in A & E  (2008)
.0643Parquet Courts · Light Up Gold  (2013)
.0622Cymbals Eat Guitars · Pretty Years  (2016)
.0382Savages · Adore Life  (2016)
.0372Deerhunter · Monomania  (2013)
.0342Yo la Tengo · Popular Songs  (2009)
.0212Savages · Silence Yourself  (2013)
Cymbals Eat Guitars · Why There Are Mountains2009#2395569.2.799.636.009  
Dave Lindquist · James Barber · Jim Testa · John Everhart · MacKenzie Wilson · Matthew Oshinsky
Similar Albums
.3333Cymbals Eat Guitars · Lenses Alien  (2011)
.1782Conor Oberst · Upside Down Mountain  (2014)
.1543Cymbals Eat Guitars · Lose  (2014)
.1333Cymbals Eat Guitars · Pretty Years  (2016)
.1272Black Lips · 200 Million Thousand  (2009)
.0803Deerhunter · Monomania  (2013)
.0742Bob Mould · Patch the Sky  (2016)
.0742Redd Kross · Researching the Blues  (2012)
.0682Screaming Females · Power Move  (2009)
.0633Parquet Courts · Light Up Gold  (2013)
.0632Spiritualized · Songs in A & E  (2008)
.0592Hold Steady · Heaven Is Whenever  (2010)
.0372Savages · Adore Life  (2016)
.0362War on Drugs · Slave Ambient  (2011)
.0342Surfer Blood · Astro Coast  (2010)
.0332Yo la Tengo · Popular Songs  (2009)
.0313Grinderman · Grinderman 2  (2010)
.0292Dead Weather · Horehound  (2009)
.0273Angel Olsen · My Woman  (2016)
.0262tUnE-yArDs · Nikki Nack  (2014)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "4th of July, Philadelphia (SANDY)"2016#26820 
Corey Beasley · John Everhart
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "Close"2016#47910 
Kyle McGovern
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "Dancing Days"2016#47910 
Zach Schonfeld
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "Chambers"2014#31820 
Zach Kelly · Zach Schonfeld
Similar Songs
.1332Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "Higgs Boson Blues"  (2013)
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "Jackson"2014#31820 
Erik Kenward · Jim Testa
Similar Songs
.0532Frank Ocean · "Bad Religion"  (2012)
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "Warning"2014#55810 
Zach Kelly
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "Gary Condit"2011#62710 
Jim Testa
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "Keep Me Waiting"2011#62710 
John Everhart
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "And the Hazy Sea"2009#33120 
Justin Gage · Kristyn Pomranz
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "Wind Phoenix"2009#58510 
John Everhart
Similar Artists
.1943Mark Ronson
.1695Strand of Oaks
.1574Joyce Manor
.1265The Hotelier
.1223DJ Shadow
.1174Merchandise
.1165Hiss Golden Messenger
.1105Okkervil River
.09410Parquet Courts
.09112War on Drugs
.0862Icona Pop
.0862Roadside Graves
.0846The Men
.0835Protomartyr
.0834Screaming Females
.0825The Antlers
.0814Beach Slang
.0814Woods
.07911Angel Olsen
.0782Joey Purp
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