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.
Bright Eyes
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012 
2011#124 of 2725
2010#1958 of 2582
2009 
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Bright Eyes · The People's Key2011#120101812.6.825.426.062  
Christel Loar · Eddie Fleisher · Eric T Miller · Jakob Dorof · Jason Simms · John Everhart · Jud Cost · Liz Riley
Similar Albums
.1572Jason Lytle · Yours Truly, the Commuter  (2009)
.1572Richard Barone · Glow  (2010)
.1332Grant-Lee Phillips · Little Moon  (2009)
.0832Conor Oberst · Ruminations  (2016)
.0652Drums · The Drums  (2010)
.0572R.E.M. · Collapse Into Now  (2011)
.0482Roky Erickson & Okkervil River · True Love Cast Out All Evil  (2010)
.0432Pains of Being Pure at Heart · Belong  (2011)
.0392Ariel Pink · Pom Pom  (2014)
.0362Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Real Emotional Trash  (2008)
.0292She & Him · Volume One  (2008)
.0242Dirty Projectors · Swing Lo Magellan  (2012)
.0222James Blake · James Blake  (2011)
.0212Radiohead · The King of Limbs  (2011)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Bright Eyes · "Jejune Stars"2011#62710 
Jud Cost
Bright Eyes · "The Ladder Song"2011#62710 
James Montgomery
Bright Eyes · "Shell Games"2011#62710 
Byron Crawford
Bright Eyes · "Singularity"2011#62710 
Liz Riley
Bright Eyes · "Triple Spiral"2011#62710 
John Everhart
Bright Eyes · "Happy Accident"2010#57710 
Jakob Dorof
Similar Artists
.1212Richard Barone
.0952Grant-Lee Phillips
.0952Jason Lytle
.0914Okkervil River
.0583Julian Casablancas
.0464Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks
.0453She & Him
.0443The Horrors
.0422Darkside
.0422Roky Erickson & Okkervil River
.0413The Antlers
.0393Death Cab for Cutie
.0382Action Bronson
.0382Matt and Kim
.0352Franz Ferdinand
.0342Thermals
.0302Conor Oberst
.0292Radio Dept.
.0272Drums
.0262Ariel Pink
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com