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.
Crystal Wiebe
Overall
Centricity.160#1019 of 1313
Breadth.160#1137 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2008 original ballot
Centricity.160#409 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Cut Copy · In Ghost Colours1029
Gaslight Anthem · The '59 Sound1027
Kings of Leon · Only by the Night1023
Death Cab for Cutie · Narrow Stairs1022
Nada Surf · Lucky1010
Ra Ra Riot · The Rhumb Line107
Ting Tings · We Started Nothing107
Black Kids · Partie Traumatic103
Republic Tigers · Keep Color102
We Are Scientists · Brain Thrust Mastery100
SongOther Votes
MGMT · "Time to Pretend"52
Kings of Leon · "Sex on Fire"15
Black Kids · "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"13
Lucinda Williams · "Real Love"4
Conor Oberst · "I Don't Want to Die (In the Hospital)"3
Carolina Liar · "I'm Not Over"1
Raconteurs · "Consoler of the Lonely"1
Republic Tigers · "Buildings and Mountains"1
Death Cab for Cutie · "Cath"0
The Faint · "The Geeks Were Right"0

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.0945Will McClain
.0796Liz Ohanesian
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Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com