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.
Iris DeMent
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013#465 of 2104
2012#54 of 2213
2011 
2010 
2009 
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta2013#413201      
 2012#48158169.9.738.677.0001.000 
Chris Herrington · Dave Heaton · David Cantwell · Ellis Widner · Jim Fouratt · Keith Harris · Kevin John · Kurt B. Reighley · Larry King · Mark Jenkins · Mark Keresman · Meredith Ochs · Philip Martin · Roy Kasten · Stephen M. Deusner · Steve Horowitz · Tom Hull
Similar Albums
.2675Lori McKenna · The Bird & the Rifle  (2016)
.1634Michael Kiwanuka · Love & Hate  (2016)
.1555Levon Helm · Electric Dirt  (2009)
.1463Laurie Anderson · Homeland  (2010)
.1447Pistol Annies · Hell on Heels  (2011)
.1414Angaleena Presley · American Middle Class  (2014)
.1365Mavis Staples · You Are Not Alone  (2010)
.1325Drive-By Truckers · Brighter Than Creation's Dark  (2008)
.1325Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread  (2014)
.1285Wussy · Attica!  (2014)
.1255Margo Price · Midwest Farmer's Daughter  (2016)
.1254Bob Dylan · Shadows in the Night  (2015)
.1254Leonard Cohen · Live in London  (2009)
.1162Amy LaVere · Runaway's Diary  (2014)
.1162Black Swans · Occasion for Song  (2012)
.1162Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos · Live in San Francisco  (2013)
.1162(various artists) · Inside Llewyn Davis Original Soundtrack Recording  (2013)
.1147Drive-By Truckers · American Band  (2016)
.1133Allo Darlin' · Europe  (2012)
.1073Hurray for the Riff Raff · Small Town Heroes  (2014)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Iris DeMent · "The Night I Learned How Not to Pray"2012#25320 
Jason Gubbels · Michael Tatum
Similar Songs
.3332Heems · "NYC Cops"  (2012)
.2422Frank Ocean · "American Wedding"  (2011)
.1572Magnetic Fields · "Andrew in Drag"  (2012)
.1032Maren Morris · "80s Mercedes"  (2016)
.1032Pistol Annies · "Hush Hush"  (2013)
.0832Wilco · "One Sunday Morning (Song for Jane Smiley's Boyfriend)"  (2011)
.0332Tegan and Sara · "Closer"  (2013)
.0222Rihanna (ft. Drake) · "Work"  (2016)
Similar Artists
.2403Gotye
.2403Mark Ronson
.1964Rachid Taha
.1956Laurie Anderson
.1887Loudon Wainwright III
.1755Lori McKenna
.1635Elle Varner
.1623Amanda Shires
.1475Levon Helm
.1457Wussy
.1427Brandy Clark
.1425Heems
.1425Jason Derulo
.1425Todd Snider
.1403Alan Jackson
.1403Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens
.1319Pistol Annies
.1297Mavis Staples
.1224Angaleena Presley
.1212Missy Elliott
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com