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.
Metallica
Ranks
2016#95 of 2370
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012 
2011 
2010 
2009#2043 of 2591
2008#46 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Metallica · Hardwired... to Self-Destruct2016#1007489.2.704.730.187 .000
Adrien Begrand · Brett Callwood · Drew Millard · Hank Shteamer · Kory Grow · Laina Dawes · Michael Deeds · Travis Hay
Similar Albums
.3003Iron Maiden · The Book of Souls  (2015)
.1902Chelsea Light Moving · Chelsea Light Moving  (2013)
.1634Carcass · Surgical Steel  (2013)
.1283Florence & the Machine · How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful  (2015)
.1162Faith No More · Sol Invictus  (2015)
.1162Franz Ferdinand · Right Thoughts, Right Words, Right Action  (2013)
.1162Neurosis · Fires Within Fires  (2016)
.1162Triptykon · Melana Chasmata  (2014)
.1032Black Mountain · IV  (2016)
.0922Pig Destroyer · Book Burner  (2012)
.0922Windhand · Soma  (2013)
.0832Baroness · Purple  (2015)
.0832Ghost · Meliora  (2015)
.0762Black Sabbath · 13  (2013)
.0762Cobalt · Gin  (2009)
.0762Harvey Milk · Life...The Best Game in Town  (2008)
.0762Opeth · Watershed  (2008)
.0762SubRosa · More Constant Than the Gods  (2013)
.0702Bob Mould · Patch the Sky  (2016)
.0702Gorguts · Colored Sands  (2013)
Metallica · Death Magnetic2008#372402410.0.729.392.216.653 
Ben Mitchell · Ben Sisario · Ben Wener · Brett Callwood · Chris Neal · Chris Riemenschneider · Craig Hlavaty · Daniel Durchholz · David Downs · David Fricke · Edna Gundersen · Gary Graff · Jaan Uhelszki · Jim Tremayne · Ken Capobianco · Kurt Orzeck · Laina Dawes · Mark J. Lepage · Matt Ryan · Niki D'Andrea · Phil Freeman · Rick Petreycik · Roger Lotring · Steve Hochman
Similar Albums
.1595Them Crooked Vultures · Them Crooked Vultures  (2009)
.1355Beck · Modern Guilt  (2008)
.1334Robert Plant · Lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar  (2014)
.1333AC/DC · Black Ice  (2008)
.1315Kings of Leon · Only by the Night  (2008)
.1144Eminem · Recovery  (2010)
.1113The Sword · Gods of the Earth  (2008)
.1106Mastodon · Crack the Skye  (2009)
.1106Wilco · Wilco (The Album)  (2009)
.1003Toumani Diabate · The Mande Variations  (2008)
.0953Guns N' Roses · Chinese Democracy  (2008)
.0892Black Tusk · Set the Dial  (2011)
.0892Motörhead · The Wörld Is Yours  (2011)
.0892Neuraxis · The Thin Line Between  (2008)
.0892Willie Nelson · Country Music  (2010)
.0892Yakuza · Of Seismic Consequence  (2010)
.0875My Morning Jacket · Evil Urges  (2008)
.0812Amon Amarth · Twilight of the Thunder God  (2008)
.0812Apparat · The Devil's Walk  (2011)
.0812Slash · Slash  (2010)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Metallica · "Atlas, Rise!"2016#17930 
Adrien Begrand · Mark Lore · Travis Hay
Similar Songs
.0282Radiohead · "Burn the Witch"  (2016)
.0282St. Vincent · "Digital Witness"  (2014)
Metallica · "Moth Into Flame"2016#17930 
DX Ferris · Hank Shteamer · Jason MacNeil
Similar Songs
.0562Katy Perry · "I Kissed a Girl"  (2008)
.0562The Weeknd (ft. Daft Punk) · "Starboy"  (2016)
.0332Alvvays · "Archie, Marry Me"  (2014)
.0332War on Drugs · "Red Eyes"  (2014)
.0202Adele · "Hello"  (2015)
Metallica · "Spit Out the Bone"2016#26820 
Cory Garcia · Kory Grow
Metallica · "Now That We're Dead"2016#47910 
Sarah Grant
Metallica · "All Nightmare Long"2009#33110 
 2008#45010 
Dave Lindquist · Trevor Kelley
Similar Songs
.0532Pearl Jam · "The Fixer"  (2009)
.0212Taylor Swift · "You Belong With Me"  (2009)
Metallica · "The Day That Never Comes"2008#25420 
Chris Neal · Laina Dawes
Similar Songs
.1032Mastodon · "Oblivion"  (2009)
Metallica · "My Apocalypse"2008#25411 
Brett Callwood
Metallica · "My Apocalypse (Guitar Hero Version)"2008#45010 
Kory Grow
Similar Artists
.2649Them Crooked Vultures
.2404DJ Snake
.1964Motörhead
.1826Ghost
.1776Guns N' Roses
.1664Anthrax
.1664Smashing Pumpkins
.1635Jake Bugg
.15811Mastodon
.1587Pearl Jam
.1536Kvelertak
.1475AC/DC
.1475Carcass
.1434Black Sabbath
.1434Iron Maiden
.1409Eminem
.1403Mark Ronson
.13211My Morning Jacket
.12811Daft Punk
.1277Jay-Z
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com