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.
Machine Head
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2011#514 of 2725
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Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Machine Head · Unto the Locust2011#444253      
Albert Mudrian · Jeff Treppel · Jon Wiederhorn
Similar Albums
.2962The Devil's Blood · The Thousandfold Epicentre  (2012)
.1272Royal Thunder · Cvi  (2012)
.0992Ghost · Opus Eponymous  (2011)
.0592Pallbearer · Sorrow and Extinction  (2012)
.0522Agalloch · Marrow of the Spirit  (2010)
.0392Mastodon · The Hunter  (2011)
.0222Baroness · The Blue Record  (2009)
Similar Artists
.1782The Devil's Blood
.0892Royal Thunder
.0442Ghost
.0422Agalloch
.0312Pallbearer
.0303Mastodon
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com