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.
ZZ Top
Ranks
2016 
2015 
2014 
2013 
2012#250 of 2213
2011 
2010 
2009 
2008 
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
ZZ Top · La Futura2012#228404      
Jim Bessman · Meredith Ochs · Phil Freeman · Richard Skanse
Similar Albums
.1672Iron Maiden · The Final Frontier  (2010)
.0622Guns N' Roses · Chinese Democracy  (2008)
.0512Hayes Carll · KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)  (2011)
.0352Rosanne Cash · The List  (2009)
.0302Robert Plant · Band of Joy  (2010)
.0302Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread  (2014)
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
ZZ Top · "I Gotsta Get Paid"2012#44910 
Andrew Dansby
Similar Artists
.1162Amanda Shires
.1032Johnny Cash
.0922Corb Lund
.0922Robert Ellis
.0762Iron Maiden
.0652Ryan Bingham & the Dead Horses
.0452AC/DC
.0423Hayes Carll
.0412Guns N' Roses
.0412Nellie McKay
.0392Die Antwoord
.0352Monsters of Folk
.0202Robert Plant
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com