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.
Cave Singers
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013#1545 of 2104
2012 
2011#634 of 2725
2010 
2009#1809 of 2591
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Cave Singers · No Witch2011#531203      
Andrew Bartlett · Dan Ferguson · Michael Hoinski
Similar Albums
.1782Deer Tick · The Black Dirt Sessions  (2010)
.1272Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson · Rattlin' Bones  (2008)
.0992Heartless Bastards · The Mountain  (2009)
.0632First Aid Kit · The Lion's Roar  (2012)
.0592James McMurtry · Just Us Kids  (2008)
.0522Tinariwen · Tassili  (2011)
.0332Charles Bradley · No Time for Dreaming  (2011)
Cave Singers · Welcome Joy2009#172351      
Michael Connelly
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Cave Singers · "Have to Pretend"2013#44010 
Luke McCormick
Similar Artists
.1572Moondoggies
.0922Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens
.0832Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson
.0762Caitlin Rose
.0532Heartless Bastards
.0362Deer Tick
.0362Thermals
.0333Phosphorescent
.0282Hiss Golden Messenger
.0262Lambchop
.0242James McMurtry
.0242Tinariwen
.0212First Aid Kit
.0212Lydia Loveless
.0202Blitzen Trapper
.0202Chris Stapleton
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com