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.
Why?
Ranks
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2010 
2009#179 of 2591
2008#103 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Why? · Eskimo Snow2009#1657889.8.723.885.024  
Daniel Dzodin · Daniel Levin Becker · Drew Fortune · Eric Grandy · Ian Hrabe · Jer Fairall · Rachel Brodsky · Thomas Britt
Similar Albums
.1463Future Islands · In Evening Air  (2010)
.0762Why? · Alopecia  (2008)
.0702Frightened Rabbit · The Winter of Mixed Drinks  (2010)
.0673Japandroids · Post-Nothing  (2009)
.0652Owen Pallett · Heartland  (2010)
.0482Sunset Rubdown · Dragonslayer  (2009)
.0412Belle and Sebastian · Write About Love  (2010)
.0393Superchunk · Majesty Shredding  (2010)
.0352MGMT · Congratulations  (2010)
.0352Tallest Man on Earth · The Wild Hunt  (2010)
.0332Surfer Blood · Astro Coast  (2010)
.0262Camera Obscura · My Maudlin Career  (2009)
.0222Tim Hecker · Ravedeath, 1972  (2011)
Why? · Alopecia2008#96112912.4.820.527.000  
Eddie Fleisher · Eric Grandy · Ian Cohen · Jer Fairall · Jesse Jarnow · K Ross Hoffman · Matt Gewolb · Nate Seltenrich · Theon Weber
Similar Albums
.1112Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses · Junky Star  (2010)
.1112Tycho · Dive  (2011)
.1034M83 · Saturdays=Youth  (2008)
.0992Max Tundra · Parallax Error Beheads You  (2008)
.0812Dave Rawlings Machine · Nashville Obsolete  (2015)
.0812Why? · Eskimo Snow  (2009)
.0682The Dodos · Visiter  (2008)
.0632Wale · The Mixtape About Nothing  (2008)
.0613Cut Copy · In Ghost Colours  (2008)
.0472Cults · Cults  (2011)
.0332Britney Spears · Femme Fatale  (2011)
.0323EMA · Past Life Martyred Saints  (2011)
.0312Hot Chip · Made in the Dark  (2008)
.0312Taylor Swift · Fearless  (2008)
.0292Das Racist · Sit Down, Man  (2010)
.0282Passion Pit · Manners  (2009)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Why? · "Into the Shadows of My Embrace"2009#58510 
Jesse Jarnow
Why? · "Good Friday"2008#25420 
Camille Dodero · Josh Love
Why? · "Fatalist Palmistry"2008#45010 
Theon Weber
Why? · "The Hollows"2008#45010 
Ricardo Baca
Why? · "These Few Presidents"2008#45010 
Ben Westhoff
Similar Artists
.1403Max Tundra
.1212Jamie Foxx
.1072Alias
.1072From Monument to Masses
.1033Aimee Mann
.0983The Dodos
.0964Dan Deacon
.0952DJ Khaled
.0943Fiery Furnaces
.0863Sunset Rubdown
.0862Jack Ü
.0862Thumpers
.0763Matt and Kim
.0722Ceo
.0683Kathleen Edwards
.0654Magnetic Fields
.0649M83
.0645Cut Copy
.0644David Byrne and Brian Eno
.0643Clams Casino
.0643Lil B
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com