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.
Jolie Lash
Overall
Centricity.440#368 of 1313
Breadth.160#1137 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2009 original ballot
Centricity.440#117 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Animal Collective · Merriweather Post Pavilion10153
Phoenix · Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix10138
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · It's Blitz!10113
Glasvegas · Glasvegas1011
La Roux · La Roux108
Noisettes · Wild Young Hearts106
Noah and the Whale · The First Days of Spring103
Elvis Perkins · In Dearland102
Dappled Cities · Zounds100
Temper Trap · Conditions100
SongOther Votes
Animal Collective · "My Girls"75
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · "Zero"58
Phoenix · "Lisztomania"41
Avett Brothers · "I & Love & You"19
Bon Iver · "Blood Bank"12
Passion Pit · "Sleepyhead"6
Franz Ferdinand · "No You Girls"5
Temper Trap · "Sweet Disposition"1
Grizzly Bear · "Vecktaimest"0
Vampire Weekend · "Horchata"0

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.1527Laura Barcella
.12312Pete Glowatsky
.1238Joshua Glazer
.1237Maya Kroth
.1198Julie Seabaugh
.10411Melissa Maerz
.0907Nina Garin
.0856Jed Lipinski
.08011Pete Freedman
.0778Steve McPherson
.07510Kenyon Hopkin
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.0638Luke Hackney
.0637Rodney Dugue
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Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com