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.
Books
Ranks
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2010#151 of 2582
2009 
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Books · The Way Out2010#14184712.0.787.869.065  
Andrew Stout · Dom Sinacola · Etan Rosenbloom · K Ross Hoffman · Leonard Pierce · Thomas Britt · Thorin Klosowski
Similar Albums
.1672Tobacco · Maniac Meat  (2010)
.0952Marnie Stern · The Chronicles of Marnia  (2013)
.0342Mac DeMarco · Salad Days  (2014)
.0342Surfer Blood · Astro Coast  (2010)
.0262Camera Obscura · My Maudlin Career  (2009)
.0262Run the Jewels · Run the Jewels  (2013)
.0252Queens of the Stone Age · ...Like Clockwork  (2013)
.0233Raekwon · Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Part II  (2009)
.0232Tim Hecker · Ravedeath, 1972  (2011)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Books · "A Cold Freezin' Night"2010#18440 
Dan Weiss · Keith Harris · Marvin Lin · Scott Seward
Similar Songs
.1072OG Maco · "U Guessed It"  (2014)
.1072Sophie · "Hard"  (2014)
.0862Laurie Anderson · "Only an Expert"  (2010)
Books · "Free Translator"2010#57710 
Don Allred
Similar Artists
.2503GFOTY
.1482Nurses
.1112Mariah Carey
.0992Goatwhore
.0743Laurie Anderson
.0742OG Maco
.0742Tobacco
.0693Doom
.0633Colin Stetson
.0633Sophie
.0632Rachid Taha
.0592Lightning Bolt
.0537Big Boi
.0522Mynabirds
.0522Young Fathers
.0493Marnie Stern
.0492Young Thug & Bloody Jay
.0483The Knife
.0473Big KRIT
.0464Tim Hecker
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com