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.
Jon Pareles
Overall
Centricity.446#351 of 1313
Breadth.200#974 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2014 original ballot
Centricity.446#156 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Calle 13 · MultiViral152
Angel Olsen · Burn Your Fire for No Witness1464
Azealia Banks · Broke With Expensive Taste1352
FKA Twigs · Lp11285
Sia · 1000 Forms of Fear1115
Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread927
St. Vincent · St. Vincent8111
TV on the Radio · Seeds723
Leonard Cohen · Popular Problems628
Mary J. Blige · The London Sessions515
SongOther Votes
Flying Lotus (ft. Kendrick Lamar) · "Never Catch Me"34
Beyoncé (ft. Nicki Minaj) · "***Flawless (Remix)"16
Jenny Lewis · "She's Not Me"14
Sharon Van Etten · "Your Love Is Killing Me"14
Hold Steady · "The Only Thing"1
Lana Del Rey · "Pretty When You Cry"1
Robert Plant · "Embrace Another Fall"1
Angélique Kidjo · "M'Baamba (Kenyan Song)"0
Banks · "This Is What It Feels Like"0
Natalie Merchant · "Maggie Said"0

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Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com