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.
Eric Snider
Overall
Centricity.439#349 of 1281
Breadth.111#1185 of 1297
Metalism.000#425 of 1297
2014 original ballot
Centricity.439#161 of 601
Metalism.000#97 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
D'Angelo · Black Messiah30162
Sam Smith · In the Lonely Hour3012
Spoon · They Want My Soul570
Sun Kil Moon · Benji547
New Pornographers · Brill Bruisers542
Jenny Lewis · The Voyager537
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib · PiƱata530
Prince · Art Official Age58
Ghost of a Saber Tooth Tiger · Midnight Sun55
Tinariwen · Emmaar53
SongOther Votes
Sam Smith · "Stay With Me"27
Jenny Lewis · "Just One of the Guys"17
D'Angelo · "Sugah Daddy"10
Prince · "Breakdown"2
Sam Smith · "Lay Me Down"0

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