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.
Paul Simon
Ranks
2016#45 of 2370
2015 
2014 
2013#1545 of 2104
2012#877 of 2213
2011#18 of 2725
2010#1958 of 2582
2009 
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Paul Simon · Stranger to Stranger2016#44174189.7.507.517.006.580.057
Alan Light · Andrew Hamlin · Bob Grossweiner · Bud Scoppa · Dorian Lynskey · Glenn Gamboa · Jim Farber · Joel Elliot · Jon Bream · Ken Rayes · L. Kent Wolgamott · Mac Randall · Max Berry · Michael Gallucci · Mike Berick · Rick Mitchell · Scott Mervis · Tristram Lozaw
Similar Albums
.1796Green Day · 21st Century Breakdown  (2009)
.1796Jack White · Lazaretto  (2014)
.1543Paul McCartney · New  (2013)
.1395Rolling Stones · Blue & Lonesome  (2016)
.1395U2 · No Line on the Horizon  (2009)
.1308Sturgill Simpson · A Sailor's Guide to Earth  (2016)
.1253Bob Dylan · Another Self Portrait  (2013)
.1253Lucinda Williams · Blessed  (2011)
.1248Paul Simon · So Beautiful or So What  (2011)
.1246The Decemberists · The King Is Dead  (2011)
.1234Jamey Johnson · That Lonesome Song  (2008)
.1145Bob Dylan · Tempest  (2012)
.1145Miranda Lambert · The Weight of These Wings  (2016)
.1137Drive-By Truckers · American Band  (2016)
.1106David Bowie · The Next Day  (2013)
.1066Jamey Johnson · The Guitar Song  (2010)
.0992John Fogerty · Wrote a Song for Everyone  (2013)
.0955Jack White · Blunderbuss  (2012)
.0944Robert Plant · Band of Joy  (2010)
.0926Black Keys · El Camino  (2011)
Paul Simon · 25th Anniversary Graceland2012#729101      
Al Choman
Paul Simon · So Beautiful or So What2011#146436110.5.628.717.001.774 
Alan Light · Al Choman · Allen St John · Anthony DeCurtis · Anthony Easton · Barry Walters · Bob Grossweiner · Bud Scoppa · Carlo Wolff · Charles Johnson · Charles R. Cross · Chris Herrington · Chris Molanphy · Christian Hoard · Daniel Durchholz · Derek Paiva · Derk Richardson · Edd Hurt · Gary Graff · Gavin Edwards · George Varga · Holly Gleason · James Rodgers · Jason Gubbels · Jed Gottlieb · Jeff Tamarkin · Jim Allen · Jim Testa · Joey Daniewicz · Jon Bream · Keith Harris · Ken Rayes · Kevin John · K Leander Williams · K Ross Hoffman · Marianne Meyer · Matt Gewolb · Michaelangelo Matos · Michael Daddino · Michael Tatum · Mikael Wood · Mike Berick · Noel Murray · Phil Gallo · Philip Martin · Phil Sutcliffe · Richard Gehr · Rick Mitchell · Robert Christgau · Ron Hart · Salvatore Caputo · Scott Mervis · Stephen Thomas Erlewine · Steve Baltin · Steve Leftridge · Steve Matteo · Ted Cox · Thor Christensen · Tom Cheyney · Tom Lane · Tom Surowicz
Similar Albums
.29212Rolling Stones · Blue & Lonesome  (2016)
.27724Adele · 21  (2011)
.26417Black Keys · El Camino  (2011)
.26411U2 · No Line on the Horizon  (2009)
.25311Robert Plant · Band of Joy  (2010)
.24912Bruce Springsteen · The Promise  (2010)
.24613The Decemberists · The King Is Dead  (2011)
.24012Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball  (2012)
.23811Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas  (2012)
.23714Jamey Johnson · The Guitar Song  (2010)
.23515Miranda Lambert · Platinum  (2014)
.2288Loudon Wainwright III · Older Than My Old Man Now  (2012)
.2228Lucinda Williams · Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone  (2014)
.2228Rhiannon Giddens · Tomorrow Is My Turn  (2015)
.22112Jack White · Blunderbuss  (2012)
.21713Randy Newman · Harps and Angels  (2008)
.2168Paul Simon · Stranger to Stranger  (2016)
.2118Bruce Springsteen · Working on a Dream  (2009)
.21024Vampire Weekend · Contra  (2010)
.2079Jack White · Lazaretto  (2014)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Paul Simon · "Wristband"2016#6680.625
Alan Light · Brian Ives · Bud Scoppa · Gary Graff · Glenn Gamboa · Phil Gallo · Steve Rosen · Tim Grierson
Similar Songs
.1902Bonnie Raitt · "The Ones We Couldn't Be"  (2016)
.1902Fitz & the Tantrums · "Out of My League"  (2013)
.1902Jon Legend (ft. Brittany Howard) · "Darkness and Light"  (2016)
.1572Keith Urban · "Blue Ain't Your Color"  (2016)
.1332Civil Wars · "The One That Got Away"  (2013)
.1332Jagwar Ma · "Come Save Me"  (2013)
.1332Wilco · "You Never Know"  (2009)
.1255Black Keys · "Lonely Boy"  (2011)
.1162Justin Timberlake · "Take Back the Night"  (2013)
.1162Michael Kiwanuka · "One More Night"  (2016)
.1032Raconteurs · "Salute Your Solution"  (2008)
.0922Phantogram · "Fall in Love"  (2014)
.0832Band of Horses · "Laredo"  (2010)
.0832U2 · "Magnificent"  (2009)
.0702The Lumineers · "Ho Hey"  (2012)
.0694Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars) · "Uptown Funk"  (2015)
.0673Kings of Leon · "Use Somebody"  (2009)
.0572Beck · "Dreams"  (2015)
.0533Sade · "Soldier of Love"  (2010)
.0483Gotye (ft. Kimbra) · "Somebody That I Used to Know"  (2012)
Paul Simon · "Cool Papa Bell"2016#26820 
Michael Gallucci · Roy Kasten
Similar Songs
.0432Drive-By Truckers · "What It Means"  (2016)
.0292Alabama Shakes · "Hold On"  (2012)
.0212David Bowie · "Lazarus"  (2016)
Paul Simon · "Proof of Love"2016#47910 
Saul Austerlitz
Paul Simon · "The Werewolf"2016#47910 
Stephen Thomas Erlewine
Paul Simon · "Pale Blue Eyes (16 December, Apollo Theater)"2013#44010 
Jesse Jarnow
Paul Simon · "Getting Ready for Christmas Day"2011#8270.429
 2010#57710 
Arsenio Orteza · Bob Townsend · Jason Gubbels · Jed Gottlieb · Jim Testa · Joe Tangari · Ken Rayes · Will Dana
Similar Songs
.1572Beach House · "Other People"  (2012)
.1162Black Keys · "Everlasting Light"  (2010)
.0922Pet Shop Boys · "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"  (2013)
.0503LCD Soundsystem · "I Can Change"  (2010)
.0502Superchunk · "Me & You & Jackie Mittoo"  (2013)
.0412Neko Case · "This Tornado Loves You"  (2009)
.0392Lady Gaga · "Born This Way"  (2011)
.0312tUnE-yArDs · "Water Fountain"  (2014)
.0252Fleet Foxes · "White Winter Hymnal"  (2008)
Paul Simon · "Rewrite"2011#23530 
Brent Baldwin · Derk Richardson · Todd Kristel
Similar Songs
.0472Pistol Annies · "Hell on Heels"  (2011)
.0212Sleigh Bells · "Rill Rill"  (2010)
Paul Simon · "The Afterlife"2011#35520 
Dave Lindquist · Greg Kot
Paul Simon · "Dazzling Blue"2011#35520 
Rick Mitchell · Steve Leftridge
Paul Simon · "Love Is Eternal Sacred Light"2011#62710 
Brian Block
Paul Simon · "Questions for the Angels"2011#62710 
Nate Chinen
Similar Artists
.47913Gotye
.47913Mark Ronson
.37437Bruce Springsteen
.35421Jay-Z
.34631Daft Punk
.32827Jack White
.28417Robert Plant
.28215Santigold
.28123Jamey Johnson
.27735Bob Dylan
.26917U2
.26819Eminem
.26819Randy Newman
.26739Leonard Cohen
.26611Robin Thicke
.26516Wussy
.26217Foster the People
.26113Allen Toussaint
.25714Fun.
.25112Old 97's
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com