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.
James Blackshaw
Ranks
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2012 
2011#2052 of 2725
2010#503 of 2582
2009#493 of 2591
2008#226 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
James Blackshaw · All Is Falling2010#445253      
Derk Richardson · John Bohannon · Mark Keresman
Similar Albums
.2222Wadada Leo Smith Golden Quartet · Spiritual Dimensions  (2009)
.1112Wadada Leo Smith · Ten Freedom Summers  (2012)
.0362Rosanne Cash · The List  (2009)
James Blackshaw · The Glass Bead Game2009#454283      
Andy Beta · Jon Whitney · Rod Smith
James Blackshaw · Litany of Echoes2008#20451510.2.892.353.153  
Brandon Kreitler · Brent Burton · Jon Whitney · Marc Weidenbaum · Nathan Hogan
Similar Albums
.2422Boduf Songs · How Shadows Chase the Balance  (2008)
.1572Charalambides · Exile  (2011)
.0762Grouper · Dragging a Dead Deer Up a Hill  (2008)
.0702Arthur Russell · Love Is Overtaking Me  (2008)
.0572Fennesz · Black Sea  (2008)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
James Blackshaw · "Holly"2011#62710 
Jon Whitney
Similar Artists
.1402Boduf Songs
.1402Simon Scott
.1212Charalambides
.1212Grails
.1072Philip Jeck
.1072Wadada Leo Smith Golden Quartet
.0952Meg Baird
.0862Made Out of Babies
.0722Bill Frisell
.0722Jack Rose
.0722Mary Halvorson Octet
.0722Silver Jews
.0722Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith
.0722Wadada Leo Smith
.0672Retribution Gospel Choir
.0622Henry Threadgill Zooid
.0622Oren Ambarchi
.0542Arthur Russell
.0542Mulatu Astatke and the Heliocentrics
.0542Sandro Perri
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com