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.
Merle Haggard
Ranks
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2011#708 of 2725
2010#977 of 2582
2009 
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Merle Haggard · Working in Tennessee2011#639192      
Jeff Tamarkin · Larry King
Similar Albums
.2422Dave and Phil Alvin · Common Ground  (2014)
.1572Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin · Lost Time  (2015)
.0572Nick Lowe · The Old Magic  (2011)
.0432Bob Dylan · Shadows in the Night  (2015)
.0392Lucinda Williams · Little Honey  (2008)
.0382Levon Helm · Electric Dirt  (2009)
.0332Rolling Stones · Blue & Lonesome  (2016)
.0312Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread  (2014)
.0282Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas  (2012)
.0262Bob Dylan · Tempest  (2012)
.0242Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006  (2008)
.0242Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball  (2012)
Merle Haggard · I Am What I Am2010#830112      
Chris Herrington · Tom Lane
Similar Albums
.1572Steve Cropper · Dedicated: A Salute to the 5 Royales  (2011)
.0612Todd Snider · Agnostic Hymns & Stoner Fables  (2012)
.0572Elizabeth Cook · Welder  (2010)
.0502Angaleena Presley · American Middle Class  (2014)
.0322Brad Paisley · American Saturday Night  (2009)
.0312K'Naan · Troubadour  (2009)
.0282Miranda Lambert · Revolution  (2009)
.0262Miranda Lambert · The Weight of These Wings  (2016)
.0202Girl Talk · Feed the Animals  (2008)
Similar Artists
.2672Gotye
.2052Dave and Phil Alvin
.1402Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin
.1402Steve Cropper
.1072Jimmy Cliff
.0672Van Morrison
.0622Tom Jones
.0542Garland Jeffreys
.0512Kira Isabella
.0512Los Lobos
.0482Lee Ann Womack
.0462Bettye LaVette
.0462Rhiannon Giddens
.0443Rolling Stones
.0442Elizabeth Cook
.0442Iris DeMent
.0442Nick Lowe
.0422Angaleena Presley
.0422Fountains of Wayne
.0372Little Big Town
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com