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.
Steven Blush
Overall
Centricity.063#1216 of 1313
Breadth.100#1222 of 1329
Metalism.200#52 of 1329
2010 original ballot
Centricity.063#603 of 699
Metalism.200#26 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Swans · My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky1028
Yeasayer · Odd Blood1023
Sade · Soldier of Love1016
Massive Attack · Heligoland104
Slash · Slash102
Bob Wayne · Outlaw Carrnie100
Designer Drugs · Hardcore/Softcore100
Eric 13 · Ritual Dance100
Fairytale Abuse · The Spirit Tower100
Volbeat · Guitar Gangsters and Cadillac Blood100

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.0232Paul Bower
.0214James Hunter
.0204Austin L. Ray
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.0182Amy Granzin
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.0162Jesse Mason
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.0132Christian John Wikane
.0122Brandon Geist
.0112Richard Torres
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.0102Doree Shafrir
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.0093Daniel Dzodin
.0093Vijith Assar
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com