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.
The Sword
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012#616 of 2213
2011 
2010#201 of 2582
2009 
2008#130 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
The Sword · Apocryphon2012#534152      
Andrew Bartlett · Bob Ruggiero
Similar Albums
.0482Black Keys · Attack & Release  (2008)
The Sword · Warp Riders2010#1786788.4.812.419.313  
James Greene, Jr. · Jason Ferguson · Jeff Treppel · Kelly Dearmore · Matt Ryan · Mike R. Meyer · Phil Freeman · Rossiter Drake
Similar Albums
.1902Job for a Cowboy · Sun Eater  (2014)
.1572Amon Amarth · Twilight of the Thunder God  (2008)
.1572Perfume · JPN  (2011)
.1332Failure · The Heart Is a Monster  (2015)
.1332Iron Maiden · The Final Frontier  (2010)
.1032Gojira · The Way of All Flesh  (2008)
.0922High on Fire · Snakes for the Divine  (2010)
.0762Opeth · Watershed  (2008)
.0652Nirvana · Live at Reading  (2009)
.0572Justin Townes Earle · Harlem River Blues  (2010)
.0532Kylesa · Spiral Shadow  (2010)
.0532Pallbearer · Sorrow and Extinction  (2012)
.0392Superchunk · I Hate Music  (2013)
.0362Mastodon · The Hunter  (2011)
.0332Metallica · Death Magnetic  (2008)
.0322Baroness · Yellow & Green  (2012)
.0282Ryan Adams and the Cardinals · Ashes & Fire  (2011)
.0242Deafheaven · Sunbather  (2013)
.0212Baroness · The Blue Record  (2009)
The Sword · Gods of the Earth2008#11597109.7.748.320.336  
Arielle Castillo · Bob Ruggiero · Brett Koshkin · Dan Epstein · David Fricke · Kurt Orzeck · Leonard Pierce · Linda Leseman · Matt Gorey · Phil Freeman
Similar Albums
.2733Howlin' Rain · Magnificent Fiend  (2008)
.1672Girl in a Coma · Trio B.C.  (2009)
.1672In Flames · A Sense of Purpose  (2008)
.1672Shining · Blackjazz  (2010)
.1402Amon Amarth · Twilight of the Thunder God  (2008)
.1402Wormrot · Dirge  (2011)
.1072Gojira · L'Enfant Sauvage  (2012)
.0952Wolfmother · Cosmic Egg  (2009)
.0943Kylesa · Static Tensions  (2009)
.0862AC/DC · Black Ice  (2008)
.0862High on Fire · Snakes for the Divine  (2010)
.0764Baroness · The Blue Record  (2009)
.0733Metallica · Death Magnetic  (2008)
.0722Harvey Milk · Life...The Best Game in Town  (2008)
.0722Opeth · Watershed  (2008)
.0694My Morning Jacket · Evil Urges  (2008)
.0462Black Crowes · Before the Frost...Until the Freeze  (2009)
.0423Mastodon · Crack the Skye  (2009)
.0422Black Keys · Attack & Release  (2008)
.0382Them Crooked Vultures · Them Crooked Vultures  (2009)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
The Sword · "Tres Brujas"2010#57710 
James Greene, Jr.
Similar Artists
.2223Job for a Cowboy
.2004Gojira
.2003Amon Amarth
.2003Failure
.1797Kylesa
.1543Howlin' Rain
.1454High on Fire
.1394Opeth
.1308Baroness
.1253Iron Maiden
.1146Torche
.1144Black Mountain
.1112Anal Cunt
.1112Black Cobra
.1112Black Dahlia Murder
.1112Crippled Black Phoenix
.1112Earthless
.1112Girl in a Coma
.0997Mastodon
.0992Wormrot
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com