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.
David Byrne & St. Vincent
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2012#84 of 2213
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Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
David Byrne & St. Vincent · Love This Giant2012#82102119.3.691.608.010  
Doug Wallen · Jennifer Vineyard · Jose Davila · Kenneth Partridge · Kristyn Pomranz · Marcos Hassan · Mark Zepezauer · Nicholas Taylor · Quentin Huff · Tom Cheyney · Tris McCall
Similar Albums
.1023Cults · Cults  (2011)
.1023Kills · Blood Pressures  (2011)
.0973Charlotte Gainsbourg · IRM  (2010)
.0832Belle and Sebastian · Girls in Peacetime Want to Dance  (2015)
.0832Yeah Yeah Yeahs · Mosquito  (2013)
.0762Yacht · See Mystery Lights  (2009)
.0723Dum Dum Girls · Only in Dreams  (2011)
.0652La Roux · La Roux  (2009)
.0652Total Control · Typical System  (2014)
.0612Paul Weller · Wake Up the Nation  (2010)
.0606Sleater-Kinney · No Cities to Love  (2015)
.0572Elvis Costello & the Roots · Wise Up Ghost  (2013)
.0563Cat Power · Sun  (2012)
.0556Fiona Apple · The Idler Wheel...  (2012)
.0544Tame Impala · Lonerism  (2012)
.0533Dirty Projectors · Swing Lo Magellan  (2012)
.0532Miranda Lambert · Four the Record  (2011)
.0494Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!  (2008)
.0482Nas · Life Is Good  (2012)
.0433New Pornographers · Brill Bruisers  (2014)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
David Byrne & St. Vincent · "Who"2012#51901.000
Alan Ranta · D. Patrick Rodgers · Jere Pilapil · Jillian Mapes · Jody Beth Rosen · Kasia Galazka · Luis Paez-Pumar · Mike Escoto · Susan Moll
Similar Songs
.1482Cat Power · "Manhattan"  (2012)
.1482Panda Bear · "Alsatian Darn"  (2011)
.0992Dirty Projectors · "Gun Has No Trigger"  (2012)
.0892Tame Impala · "Elephant"  (2012)
.0682Sharon Van Etten · "Serpents"  (2012)
.0562Father John Misty · "Hollywood Forever Cemetery Sings"  (2012)
.0522Justin Bieber · "Sorry"  (2015)
.0493tUnE-yArDs · "Bizness"  (2011)
.0492St. Vincent · "Cruel"  (2011)
.0442Ke$ha · "Die Young"  (2012)
.0402Ariana Grande · "Into You"  (2016)
.0402Real Estate · "It's Real"  (2011)
.0332Atlas Sound (ft. Noah Lennox) · "Walkabout"  (2009)
.0323Haim · "The Wire"  (2013)
.0322Robyn · "Call Your Girlfriend"  (2011)
.0293Grizzly Bear · "Two Weeks"  (2009)
.0222Arcade Fire · "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"  (2010)
.0212Tyler, the Creator · "Yonkers"  (2011)
.0202Solange · "Losing You"  (2012)
Similar Artists
.1125Santigold
.1032Nerves Junior
.1016Cat Power
.09410Fiona Apple
.09313Tame Impala
.0922Serengeti & Polyphonic
.0854Kills
.0853Macklemore & Ryan Lewis
.0832Gardens & Villa
.0832Miniature Tigers
.0794Fun.
.0786Dum Dum Girls
.0762Dears
.0762Fol Chen
.0762St. Lucia
.0753Charlotte Gainsbourg
.0702Holy Fuck
.0673Yacht
.0659Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds
.0653Ellie Goulding
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com