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.
Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80
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2011#416 of 2725
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2008#164 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 · From Africa With Fury: Rise2011#354303      
Banning Eyre · Ezra Gale · Jon Jon Scott
Similar Albums
.1782King Sunny Ade · Bábá Mo Túndé  (2010)
.0682Atoms for Peace · Amok  (2013)
.0492Oumou Sangaré · Seya  (2009)
.0442Tinariwen · Imidiwan: Companions  (2009)
.0422Feist · Metals  (2011)
.0222Radiohead · The King of Limbs  (2011)
Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 · Seun Kuti + Fela's Egypt 802008#14876710.9.777.461.000  
Banning Eyre · Derek Beres · Enrique Lavin · Michael Hoinski · Randall Grass · Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins · Robert Loerzel
Similar Albums
.2403Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba · I Speak Fula  (2010)
.1504Tinariwen · Imidiwan: Companions  (2009)
.1212Vieux Farka Touré · Fondo  (2009)
.0952Béla Fleck · Throw Down Your Heart  (2009)
.0952Norah Jones · Little Broken Hearts  (2012)
.0722AfroCubism · AfroCubism  (2010)
.0722Vic Chesnutt · At the Cut  (2009)
.0622Bombino · Agadez  (2011)
.0622Toumani Diabate · The Mande Variations  (2008)
.0582John Legend & the Roots · Wake Up!  (2010)
.0462Oumou Sangaré · Seya  (2009)
.0372Amadou & Mariam · Welcome to Mali  (2009)
.0262Dr. John · Locked Down  (2012)
.0262Q-Tip · The Renaissance  (2008)
.0202Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest  (2011)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 · "Many Things"2008#45010 
Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins
Similar Artists
.2003Vieux Farka Touré
.1476Tinariwen
.1272King Sunny Ade
.1183Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba
.1112Patrick Watson & the Wooden Arms
.1003Oumou Sangaré
.0992Béla Fleck
.0992Nneka
.0913Norah Jones
.0812Concha Buika
.0742AfroCubism
.0742Tal National
.0632Vic Chesnutt
.0563Bombino
.0562Toumani Diabate
.0472Atoms for Peace
.0472El Guincho
.0472Nas & Damian Marley
.0442John Legend & the Roots
.0383Cat Power
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com