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.
Soft Pack
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012#1650 of 2213
2011 
2010#192 of 2582
2009#2056 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Soft Pack · The Soft Pack2010#1956178.7.740.459.026  
Andrea Swensson · A.S. Van Dorston · Greg Beets · Jennifer Kelly · Jim Connelly · John Bush · Stephen Slaybaugh
Similar Albums
.0952High Places · High Places  (2008)
.0782Brian Eno · Small Craft on a Milk Sea  (2010)
.0512Neon Indian · Psychic Chasms  (2009)
.0482White Denim · D  (2011)
.0382Gang Gang Dance · Saint Dymphna  (2008)
.0372Savages · Adore Life  (2016)
.0302Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Push the Sky Away  (2013)
.0292TV on the Radio · Nine Types of Light  (2011)
.0234tUnE-yArDs · w h o k i l l  (2011)
.0202Savages · Silence Yourself  (2013)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Soft Pack · "Bobby Brown"2012#44910 
Dan Strachota
Soft Pack · "Answer to Yourself"2010#18430 
 2009#58510 
D. Patrick Rodgers · Greg Beets · Lola Emanuelli · Matthew Oshinsky
Similar Songs
.0672First Aid Kit · "Emmylou"  (2012)
.0622Spoon · "Written in Reverse"  (2010)
.0333Haim · "The Wire"  (2013)
.0222Coldplay · "Viva la Vida"  (2008)
Soft Pack · "C'mon"2010#57710 
Shane Harrison
Soft Pack · "Down on Loving"2010#57710 
Shane Harrison
Similar Artists
.2003Widowspeak
.1823Strange Boys
.1604Calexico
.1175Mikal Cronin
.1144White Denim
.1112Miniature Tigers
.0892Nick Waterhouse
.0833Fresh & Onlys
.0833Veronica Falls
.0812Generationals
.0812Mark Ronson & the Business International
.0804Cults
.0803Jessica Pratt
.0682The Go! Team
.0682High Places
.0673Royal Headache
.0632Obits
.0606Pains of Being Pure at Heart
.0592Morning Benders
.0563Pinegrove
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com