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.
Amber Schadewald
Overall
Centricity.412#425 of 1313
Breadth.110#1214 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2008 original ballot
Centricity.412#143 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Vampire Weekend · Vampire Weekend10104
Santogold · Santogold1078
Bon Iver · For Emma, Forever Ago1072
MGMT · Oracular Spectacular1040
She & Him · Volume One1027
Kills · Midnight Boom1010
Cool Kids · The Bake Sale107
Atmosphere · When Life Gives You Lemons, You Paint That Shit Gold106
Land of Talk · Some Are Lakes103
Solid Gold · Bodies of Water101
SongOther Votes
MGMT · "Time to Pretend"52
Vampire Weekend · "Oxford Comma"18
Black Kids · "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"13
She & Him · "Why Do You Let Me Stay Here?"6
Kills · "Last Day of Magic"4
Santogold · "Creator"3
Atmosphere · "The Waitress"1
Bon Iver · "For Emma"0
Cool Kids · "Basement Party"0
Land of Talk · "It's Okay"0

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