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.
AC/DC
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014#631 of 2567
2013 
2012 
2011 
2010 
2009 
2008#139 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
AC/DC · Rock or Bust2014#611152      
Alex Henderson · Jim Bessman
Similar Albums
.0312Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread  (2014)
AC/DC · Black Ice2008#14178711.1.847.256.223  
Ben Mitchell · Bob Ruggiero · Holly Gleason · Jason MacNeil · Phil Freeman · Roger Lotring · Steve Pick
Similar Albums
.1402Accept · Blood of the Nations  (2010)
.1072Black Crowes · Warpaint  (2008)
.1072Wolfmother · Cosmic Egg  (2009)
.0782Black Sabbath · 13  (2013)
.0763Metallica · Death Magnetic  (2008)
.0722Mudcrutch · Mudcrutch  (2008)
.0722The Sword · Gods of the Earth  (2008)
.0622Patty Griffin · Downtown Church  (2010)
.0582Guns N' Roses · Chinese Democracy  (2008)
.0512Buddy & Julie Miller · Written in Chalk  (2009)
.0482Black Crowes · Before the Frost...Until the Freeze  (2009)
.0462Raconteurs · Consolers of the Lonely  (2008)
.0442Black Keys · Attack & Release  (2008)
.0402Them Crooked Vultures · Them Crooked Vultures  (2009)
.0372Foo Fighters · Wasting Light  (2011)
.0342Rosanne Cash · The List  (2009)
.0282Dead Weather · Horehound  (2009)
.0262Dr. John · Locked Down  (2012)
.0242Bruce Springsteen · The Promise  (2010)
.0232Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball  (2012)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
AC/DC · "Play Ball"2014#55810 
Arsenio Orteza
AC/DC · "Rock or Bust"2014#55810 
Steve Baltin
AC/DC · "Rock 'N Roll Train"2008#94601.000
Corey du Browa · Doug Brod · Gary Graff · Leonard Pierce · Stephen Thomas Erlewine · Steve Erickson
Similar Songs
.0522Maren Morris · "My Church"  (2016)
.0503Charli XCX · "Boom Clap"  (2014)
.0493Gotye (ft. Kimbra) · "Somebody That I Used to Know"  (2012)
.0422Gorillaz (ft. Mos Def and Bobby Womack) · "Stylo"  (2010)
.0422Vampire Weekend · "Oxford Comma"  (2008)
.0392Fun. · "Some Nights"  (2012)
.0392LCD Soundsystem · "Drunk Girls"  (2010)
.0363MGMT · "Time to Pretend"  (2008)
.0332Portishead · "Machine Gun"  (2008)
.0312Black Keys · "Tighten Up"  (2010)
.0312Lady Gaga · "Poker Face"  (2009)
.0284Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"  (2011)
.0283The Weeknd · "Can't Feel My Face"  (2015)
.0252Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Otis"  (2011)
.0242Sade · "Soldier of Love"  (2010)
.0213Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Empire State of Mind"  (2009)
.0212The National · "Bloodbuzz Ohio"  (2010)
AC/DC · "Big Jack"2008#45010 
Ron Wynn
Similar Artists
.2503Gotye
.2503Mark Ronson
.1433Kris Kristofferson
.1253Black Sabbath
.1234Black Crowes
.1113Van Morrison
.1035Metallica
.1034Raconteurs
.0992Aubrie Sellers
.0992Black Stone Cherry
.0992K.D. Lang
.0992Kurt Elling
.0992Ronnie Dunn
.0992Wormrot
.0935Robert Plant
.0926Eminem
.0915Green Day
.0915Jay-Z
.0895Foo Fighters
.0895Rolling Stones
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com