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.
Liz Ohanesian
Overall
Centricity.264#713 of 1228
Breadth.188#1068 of 1244
Metalism.000#401 of 1244
2008 original ballot
Centricity.264#287 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!1060
Hercules and Love Affair · Hercules and Love Affair1041
MGMT · Oracular Spectacular1040
Cut Copy · In Ghost Colours1029
Hot Chip · Made in the Dark1025
Estelle · Shine1017
Duke Spirit · Neptune106
Ellen Allien · Sool101
The Legendary Pink Dots · Plutonium Blonde101
(various artists) · The Weird Compilation Volume II: Analogue Electronic Music 2008100
SongOther Votes
Estelle (ft. Kanye West) · "American Boy"69
MGMT · "Time to Pretend"52
Hercules and Love Affair · "Blind"45
Duffy · "Mercy"16
Black Kids · "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"13
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"13
Cut Copy · "Hearts on Fire"8
Robin Thicke · "Magic"4
Estelle · "Pretty Please (Love Me)"1
My Morning Jacket · "Touch Me I'm Going to Scream, Pt. 2"1

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.1877Sloane Burwell
.1407Todd Hutlock
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.0707Daphne Carr
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Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com