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.
Lydia Loveless
Ranks
2016#75 of 2370
2015 
2014#42 of 2567
2013#1463 of 2104
2012 
2011#158 of 2725
2010#1035 of 2582
2009 
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Lydia Loveless · Real2016#711061010.6.666.689.000 .000
Anders Smith Lindall · Annie Zaleski · David Goldstein · Eric Swedlund · John Tryneski · Mark Deming · Max Berry · Mike Seely · Peter Blackstock · Stephen M. Deusner
Similar Albums
.2397Lydia Loveless · Somewhere Else  (2014)
.1623Corin Tucker Band · Kill My Blues  (2012)
.0952Alejandro Escovedo · Burn Something Beautiful  (2016)
.0952Luluc · Passerby  (2014)
.0952Veruca Salt · Ghost Notes  (2015)
.0903Robbie Fulks · Upland Stories  (2016)
.0863Wilco · Star Wars  (2015)
.0805Jason Isbell · Something More Than Free  (2015)
.0782Dave Rawlings Machine · Nashville Obsolete  (2015)
.0782The Decemberists · What a Terrible World, What a Beautiful World  (2015)
.0755Drive-By Truckers · American Band  (2016)
.0722case/lang/veirs · case/lang/veirs  (2016)
.0672Cut Copy · Zonoscope  (2011)
.0672Mark Lanegan Band · Blues Funeral  (2012)
.0624Alabama Shakes · Sound & Color  (2015)
.0622Downtown Boys · Full Communism  (2015)
.0622Rush · Clockwork Angels  (2012)
.0582The Big Pink · A Brief History of Love  (2009)
.0555Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music  (2014)
.0553Kacey Musgraves · Pageant Material  (2015)
.0553Miranda Lambert · The Weight of These Wings  (2016)
Lydia Loveless · Somewhere Else2014#38254269.8.718.665.005.695.114
Anders Smith Lindall · Andrew Gilstrap · Annie Zaleski · Ben Salmon · Bill O'Neill · Curtis Schieber · Dan Ferguson · David Goldstein · Don Allred · Eric Swedlund · Greg Kot · Jaime-Paul Falcon · Jere Pilapil · John Tryneski · Jonathan Bradley · Mark Deming · Max Berry · Michael Lach · M.J. Fine · Nick Farruggia · Robert Loerzel · Rob Harvilla · Steve Dollar · Steve Simels · Ted Cox · Wayne Bledsoe
Similar Albums
.3757Lydia Loveless · Real  (2016)
.2525Corin Tucker Band · Kill My Blues  (2012)
.2416Kelly Hogan · I Like to Keep Myself in Pain  (2012)
.2184John Moreland · High on Tulsa Heat  (2015)
.2076Robbie Fulks · Upland Stories  (2016)
.1867Wussy · Attica!  (2014)
.1463The Jayhawks · Mockingbird Time  (2011)
.1363The Flat Five · It's a World of Love and Hope  (2016)
.1363Mavis Staples · One True Vine  (2013)
.1363Wussy · Forever Sounds  (2016)
.1354Drive-By Truckers · English Oceans  (2014)
.1283Justin Townes Earle · Midnight at the Movies  (2009)
.1254PJ Harvey · The Hope Six Demolition Project  (2016)
.1204Yo la Tengo · Fade  (2013)
.1203Deer Tick · Born on Flag Day  (2009)
.1164The Hotelier · Goodness  (2016)
.1133Lydia Loveless · Indestructible Machine  (2011)
.1084Mikal Cronin · Mcii  (2013)
.1073The Coup · Sorry to Bother You  (2012)
.1073Mark Lanegan Band · Blues Funeral  (2012)
.1073Sonics · This Is the Sonics  (2015)
Lydia Loveless · Indestructible Machine2011#13590910.0.718.444.022  
Andrew Downing · Carlo Wolff · Charles Aaron · Chris DeVille · Dan Ferguson · Don Allred · Shane Harrison · Steve Dollar · Todd Martens
Similar Albums
.0812Deer Tick · Born on Flag Day  (2009)
.0742Bettye LaVette · Interpretations: The British Rock Songbook  (2010)
.0693Lydia Loveless · Somewhere Else  (2014)
.0632Steinski · What Does It All Mean? 1983-2006 Retrospective  (2008)
.0522James McMurtry · Just Us Kids  (2008)
.0492Kelly Hogan · I Like to Keep Myself in Pain  (2012)
.0472Roky Erickson & Okkervil River · True Love Cast Out All Evil  (2010)
.0312Charles Bradley · No Time for Dreaming  (2011)
.0302Pinegrove · Cardinal  (2016)
.0292Das Racist · Sit Down, Man  (2010)
.0232Caribou · Swim  (2010)
.0223Black Keys · Brothers  (2010)
.0222Cloud Nothings · Attack on Memory  (2012)
.0203The National · High Violet  (2010)
Lydia Loveless · The Only Man2010#878101      
Don Allred
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Lydia Loveless · "Real"2016#26820 
Peter Blackstock · Robert Loerzel
Similar Songs
.0212Leonard Cohen · "You Want It Darker"  (2016)
Lydia Loveless · "Heaven"2016#47910 
Don Allred
Lydia Loveless · "Longer"2016#47910 
Jason P. Woodbury
Lydia Loveless · "Midwestern Guys"2016#47910 
Mike Seely
Lydia Loveless · "Head"2014#16140 
Bill O'Neill · Cory Garcia · Luke McCormick · Ted Cox
Similar Songs
.1672Miguel (ft. Kacey Musgraves) · "Waves (Remix)"  (2016)
.0952Beck · "Chemtrails"  (2008)
.0582Neko Case · "Man"  (2013)
.0442Sleater-Kinney · "Bury Our Friends"  (2014)
.0242DJ Snake (ft. Lil Jon) · "Turn Down for What"  (2014)
Lydia Loveless · "Verlaine Shot Rimbaud"2014#21330 
Greg Kot · Robert Loerzel · Wayne Bledsoe
Similar Songs
.0812Sharon Van Etten · "Serpents"  (2012)
Lydia Loveless · "Blind (Ke$ha Cover)"2014#55810 
Michael Pollock
Lydia Loveless · "Everything's Gone"2014#55810 
Elliott Sharp
Lydia Loveless · "Boy Crazy"2013#24120 
Christopher Monsen · Mark Deming
Lydia Loveless · "Jesus Was a Whino"2011#62710 
Todd Martens
Similar Artists
.2184Missy Elliott
.2147Kelly Hogan
.1967Robbie Fulks
.1939James McMurtry
.1917Justin Townes Earle
.1675case/lang/veirs
.1649Protomartyr
.1634John Moreland
.16217Drive-By Truckers
.1615Corin Tucker Band
.1537Pinegrove
.1498Wussy
.1486Todd Snider
.14512Jason Isbell
.1416The Hotelier
.1363DJ Snake
.13214Sleater-Kinney
.1279Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment
.12513Kacey Musgraves
.1254Mekons
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com