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.
Peaking Lights
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014#991 of 2567
2013 
2012#339 of 2213
2011#117 of 2725
2010 
2009#1118 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Peaking Lights · Cosmic Logic2014#818101      
Andy Battaglia
Peaking Lights · Lucifer2012#415202      
Michael Krugman · Saxon Baird
Similar Albums
.0502Real Estate · Real Estate  (2009)
Peaking Lights · 9362011#1061111110.1.7721.000.0291.000 
Andy Beta · Chrysta Cherrie · Ian Mathers · Jeff Weiss · JJ Lang · Johnny Loftus · Josh Levi · Nic Hernandez · Nick Neyland · Patrick McNally · Pierre Lestruhaut
Similar Albums
.1032Los Campesinos! · Hello Sadness  (2011)
.0922Nite Jewel · Good Evening  (2009)
.0883Julia Holter · Ekstasis  (2012)
.0762Earl Sweatshirt · Earl  (2010)
.0702Forest Swords · Engravings  (2013)
.0612Mogwai · Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will  (2011)
.0572Burial · Kindred  (2012)
.0532Lindstrøm & Christabelle · Real Life Is No Cool  (2010)
.0482Neon Indian · Psychic Chasms  (2009)
.0433Danny Brown · XXX  (2011)
.0424Shabazz Palaces · Black Up  (2011)
.0382Oneohtrix Point Never · Returnal  (2010)
.0323EMA · Past Life Martyred Saints  (2011)
.0312Gang Gang Dance · Eye Contact  (2011)
.0312Women · Public Strain  (2010)
.0262Danny Brown · Old  (2013)
.0262Four Tet · There Is Love in You  (2010)
.0262Grizzly Bear · Shields  (2012)
.0253Deerhunter · Halcyon Digest  (2010)
.0242Bill Callahan · Apocalypse  (2011)
Peaking Lights · Imaginary Falcons2009#960101      
Doug Mosurock
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Peaking Lights · "Beautiful Son"2012#15040 
Collin Anderson · Daniel Chamberlin · JJ Lang · Jody Beth Rosen
Similar Songs
.0462Kendrick Lamar · "Swimming Pools (Drank)"  (2012)
.0352Crystal Castles (ft. Robert Smith) · "Not in Love"  (2010)
.0212Solange · "Losing You"  (2012)
Peaking Lights · "Lo Hi"2012#44910 
Saxon Baird
Peaking Lights · "All the Sun That Shines"2011#23530 
Carter Maness · Daniel Chamberlin · Paul Thompson
Similar Songs
.0682Kanye West · "Blood on the Leaves"  (2013)
.0392Courtney Barnett · "Avant Gardener"  (2014)
.0212Solange · "Losing You"  (2012)
Peaking Lights · "Key Sparrow"2011#62710 
Benjamin Pearson
Similar Artists
.2125Laurel Halo
.1673Broken Water
.1433Dean Blunt & Inga Copeland
.1433Maria Minerva
.1433Sun Araw & M. Geddes Gengras Meet the Congos
.1253Balam Acab
.1194DJ Rashad
.1183Theo Parrish
.1113Blues Control
.1053Shackleton
.1003Factory Floor
.1003Gunplay
.1003Sun Araw
.1003Tnght
.0992Black Zone Myth Chant
.0992Gotye
.0992Primetime
.0992Sparkling Wide Pressure
.0992The Stranger
.0992Waskerley Way
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com