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.
 
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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.
Jesse Jarnow
Overall
Centricity.142#1054 of 1313
Breadth.839#21 of 1329
Metalism.006#418 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.108#432 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker1580
Lambchop · Flotus1515
Fatou Seidi Ghali & Alamnou Akrouni · Les Filles de Illighadad154
Mary Halvorson Octet · Away With You108
Robert Hunter · Gravity's Rainbow100
Sarah Louise · VDSQ Acoustic Series Volume 12100
Zomba Prison Project · I Will Not Stop Singing100
75 Dollar Bill · Wood / Metal / Plastic / Pattern / Rhythm / Rock513
Marisa Anderson · Into the Light53
Bob Dylan · Fallen Angels52
SongOther Votes
Leonard Cohen · "You Want It Darker"41
David Bowie · "I Can't Give Everything Away"13
Radiohead · "True Love Waits"8
Brian Eno · "I'm Set Free"2
Parquet Courts · "Berlin Got Blurry"2
Kim Gordon · "Murdered Out"1
Tortoise (ft. Georgia Hubley) · "Yonder Blue"1
Bob Weir · "Ki Yi Bossie"0
Dog Chocolate · "I Don't Know"0
Mark McGuire · "Sac and Fox Prayer Song"0

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.1867Derk Richardson · 2016
.1756Mike McGonigal · 2016
.1245Tobias Carroll · 2016
.1105Laurence Station · 2016
.1025Sarah Ventre · 2016
.1015Bill Holdship · 2016
.1015Larry King · 2016
.0916Mark Zepezauer · 2016
.0795Bob Townsend · 2016
.0755Seth Mnookin · 2016
.0745Peter Blackstock · 2016
.0735Maureen Miller · 2016
.0735Spencer Kornhaber · 2016
.0725Aaron Hillis · 2016
.0705Jon Solomon · 2016
.0695Eric Danton · 2016
.0695Kimberly Chun · 2016
.0684Bob Grossweiner · 2016
.0655Brady Gerber · 2016
.0644Ashley Zlatopolsky · 2016
.0644Jose Davila · 2016
.0644Richard Gehr · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.055#435 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bob Dylan · Shadows in the Night1019
Yo la Tengo · Stuff Like That There1011
Dave Rawlings Machine · Nashville Obsolete107
Africa Express · Terry Riley's in C - Mali102
Aphex Twin · Computer Controlled Acoustic Instruments Pt 2101
The Necks · Vertigo101
(various artists) · Parallelogram101
Myriam Gendron · Not So Deep As a Well100
Sam Kulik · The Broadcast100
(various artists) · Zomba Prison Project: I Have No Home Here100
SongOther Votes
Esther Konkara · "I Was Waiting"0
Facesvases · "Hand on My Baseline"0
Guerilla Toss · "367 Equalizer"0
HIGHLIFE∞ · "Heaven Spent"0
Matt Buck · "KKK Marchers Going to Rally"0
Pops Staples · "No News Is Good News"0
P-Square · "Taste the Money (Testimony)"0
Sly Stone and George Clinton · "If I Didn't Love You"0
Spray Paint · "Country Singer"0
Vukazithathe · "Lyahlonishawa Indod"0

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.0915Larry King · 2015
.0604Ted Cox · 2015
.0523Steve Horowitz · 2015
.0364Mike McGonigal · 2014
.0272Matt Gewolb · 2015
.0272Mike Wolf · 2014
.0272Tom Cheyney · 2015
.0272Zeth Lundy · 2015
.0262Brian Orloff · 2015
.0262Jim DeRogatis · 2015
.0262Lee Zimmerman · 2015
.0262Robert Christgau · 2015
.0252Michael Tatum · 2015
.0252Steve Klinge · 2015
.0242Dan Strachota · 2015
.0242Jim Testa · 2015
.0202Jill Ettinger · 2015
.0193Dan Kois · 2015
.0192Jay Ruttenberg · 2015
.0192Jeff Tamarkin · 2015
.0192Oliver Hall · 2015
.0192Phillip Overeem · 2015
.0192Roy Kasten · 2015
.0192Stephen M. Deusner · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.124#470 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Swans · To Be Kind1049
Parquet Courts · Sunbathing Animal1046
Eno/Hyde · High Life107
Hamish Kilgour · All of It and Nothing103
Ooioo · Gamel102
Grandma Sparrow & His Piddletractor Orchestra · Grandma Sparrow & His Piddletractor Orchestra101
Shintaro Sakamoto · Let's Dance Raw100
Tristan Perich/Vicky Chow · Surface Image100
William Tyler · Lost Colony100
Zea · The Swimming City100
SongOther Votes
Peter Stampfel & the Brooklyn & Lower Manhattan Banjo Squadron · "NSA Man"1
14th Floor · "Roya"0
Bill Frisell and James McNew · "Dark Star, 10/5/14 Town Hall, Seattle, WA"0
DVA · "Zoppe"0
Edie Brickell and Paul Simon · "Like to Get to Know You"0
Ex · "How Thick You Think"0
Freeze Puppy · "Katama Bay"0
Kikagaku Moyo · "Kodama"0
Knoxious · "Gargarin"0
Normal People · "Marya and Daphne"0

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.0964Richard Gehr · 2014
.0924Traviss Cassidy · 2014
.0874Mark Jenkins · 2014
.0854Jason Gargano · 2014
.0845James Bradley · 2014
.0834Mark J. Lepage · 2014
.0564Jonathan Lundeen · 2014
.0544Kyle McGovern · 2014
.0534Matt Fiander · 2014
.0533Nicholas Taylor · 2014
.0524Camille Dodero · 2014
.0363Scott Plagenhoef · 2014
.0353Josh Bis · 2014
.0353Tom Hull · 2014
.0343Jordan Lawrence · 2014
.0313Douglas Wolk · 2014
.0272J Neo Marvin · 2014
.0272Mike Wolf · 2014
.0262Joel Elliott · 2014
.0212Brett Koshkin · 2014
.0212Jack Buehrer · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.254#267 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Yo la Tengo · Fade1517
Tim Hecker · Virgins1026
Julie Ruin · Run Fast1013
Endless Boogie · Long Island104
Glenn Jones · My Garden State102
Lonnie Holley · Just Before Music102
Bonnie "Prince" Billy · Bonnie "Prince" Billy101
Dump · The Silent Treatment100
Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band · Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band100
Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City5108
SongOther Votes
Savages · "Husbands"4
Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band · "Do You Know Who I Am?! I'm @#*?!N' Snooki!!"1
Kim Deal · "Are You Mine?"1
Bill Orcutt, Bill Nace, Chris Corsano · "Live at Partners"0
Dayone · "Multiply"0
Dot Wiggins Band · "Banana Bike"0
James Taylor (ft. Malfunctiong Speaker) · "America the Beautiful (at Presidential Inauguration)"0
Paul Simon · "Pale Blue Eyes (16 December, Apollo Theater)"0
Unknown · "The Beach Boys Shred"0
Watts Little Angel Band · "New Orleans/Land of 1000 Dances"0

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.1155Robert Christgau · 2013
.1006Ted Cox · 2013
.0956Matt Rice · 2013
.0934David Nadelle · 2013
.0934Nathaniel Hawks · 2013
.0795Joey Hood · 2013
.0745Daniel Sargeant · 2013
.0725David Goldstein · 2013
.0724Allen St John · 2013
.0714Steve Klinge · 2013
.0665Dave Heaton · 2013
.0614Lindsey Rhoades · 2013
.0584Alan Baban · 2013
.0564Calum Marsh · 2013
.0503Aaron Hillis · 2013
.0503James Ford · 2013
.0494Jim Testa · 2013
.0494Max Berry · 2013
.0494Michael Tatum · 2013
.0474Carter Maness · 2013
.0474Jonah LaFollette · 2013
.0474Sean Fennessey · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.172#309 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lambchop · Mr. M306
Aaron Freeman · Marvelous Clouds201
Grass Widow · Internal Logic104
Tall Firs · Out of It and Into It100
Swans · The Seer550
Dirty Projectors · Swing Lo Magellan533
Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas530
Cate Le Bon · Cyrk51
Dustin Wong · Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads51
Talibam! & Sam Kulik · Discover AtlantASS50
SongOther Votes
New Surfsiders · "Never Learn Not to Love"1
Aaron Freeman · "Genene"0
Bill Orcutt · "Star-Spangled Banner"0
Dew Claw · "Put the Suck on You"0
Dump · "NYC Tonight"0
Jon · "Jon Counts to 100,000"0
Neil Young · "Arc 2012"0
Robert Wilkinson · "Bohemian Rhapsody"0
William Tapley · "Mitt Romney, a Hero in My Mind"0
Zea & Xavier Charles · "It's Quiet"0

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.0854Anthony Miccio · 2012
.0834Brent Baldwin · 2012
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.0554Joey Daniewicz · 2012
.0534Douglas Wolk · 2012
.0524James Bradley · 2012
.0524Ron Hart · 2012
.0514A.D. Amorosi · 2012
.0514Liz Tracy · 2012
.0504Jody Beth Rosen · 2012
.0504Zach Kelly · 2012
.0463Laurence Station · 2016
.0343Eric Harvey · 2012
.0343Steve Rosen · 2012
.0333Daniel Sargeant · 2012
.0303Kory Grow · 2012
.0282Angela Sawyer · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.118#559 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest1541
Ex · Catch My Shoe144
Tinariwen · Tassili1315
Arborea · Red Planet120
Caitlin Rose · Own Side Now112
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Mirror Traffic928
Akron/Family · <Bmbz>80
Oneida · Absolute II70
Salyu · S(O)Un(D)Beams60
Feelies · Here Before513
SongOther Votes
The Babies · "Run Me Over"0
Brian Eno & Rick Holland · "Cloud 4"0
Group Inerane · "Group Inerane"0
KY International Big Band · "Paratiisi"0
The Men · "Shittin' With the Shah"0
People · "Human Microphone"0
Reigning Sound · "Everything I Do Is Wrong"0
Shinji Masuko · "Woven Music for Blue Steppe"0
Ty Segall · "I Am With You"0
Van Dyke Parks · "Wall Street"0

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.0944Jill Ettinger · 2011
.0934Michael Hoinski · 2011
.0684Ted Cox · 2011
.0664Leland Rucker · 2011
.0654Mark Deming · 2011
.0614Adam Mazmanian · 2011
.0614George Varga · 2011
.0604Talya Cooper · 2011
.0533Stephen Haag · 2014
.0493Audra Schroeder · 2011
.0423Douglas Wolk · 2011
.0403Gustavo Turner · 2011
.0383Derk Richardson · 2011
.0373Rob Harvilla · 2011
.0373Stephen Slaybaugh · 2011
.0333Reed Fischer · 2011
.0282Evie Nagy · 2011
.0272Dan Ferguson · 2011
.0272Jim DeRogatis · 2011
.0272Lloyd Sachs · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.031#648 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sightings · City of Straw154
Sufjan Stevens · All Delighted People143
Sonny & the Sunsets · Tomorrow Is Alright131
Flower-Corsano Duo · The Chocolate Cities120
Dustin Wong · Infinite Love114
(various artists) · Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox90
Pill Wonder · Jungle/Surf80
Aias · A la Piscina71
Charlotte Gainsbourg · IRM616
William Tyler · Behold the Spirit52
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Sleigh Bells · "Rill Rill"38
Deerhunter · "Memory Boy"3
Zs · "New Slaves"2
Art Museums · "Sculpture Gardens"0
Dustin Wong · "Ice Melts Again"0
Highlife · "Wet Palm Trees"0
Jim O'Rourke (ft. Thurston Moore) · "Always Something There to Remind Me"0
The Mattoid · "I'm So Exicted"0
Tuli Kupferberg · "Various YouTube Perverbs"0

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.0806Jason Cherkis · 2010
.0735Julia Simon · 2010
.0735Kristyn Pomranz · 2010
.0725Althea Legaspi · 2010
.0725Mark Zepezauer · 2010
.0704Robert Ham · 2010
.0685Sarah Ventre · 2010
.0675Kimberly Chun · 2010
.0635Dev Sherlock · 2010
.0583Jason Gargano · 2010
.0564Jeff Klingman · 2010
.0564Quentin Huff · 2010
.0563Jim DeRogatis · 2010
.0554Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2010
.0544Jenny Kratz · 2010
.0533Kiersten Tarr · 2010
.0524Bobby Reed · 2010
.0524Christopher R. Weingarten · 2010
.0514Luke Hackney · 2010
.0504Chris Molanphy · 2010
.0504Eric Danton · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.367#184 of 683
Metalism.050#107 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Dirty Projectors · Bitte Orca15107
Animal Collective · Merriweather Post Pavilion14153
Oneida · Rated O134
Yo la Tengo · Popular Songs1224
Circulatory System · Signal Morning113
Real Estate · Real Estate916
The Flaming Lips · Embryonic864
Greg Davis · Midpoint70
Fm3 · Buddha Machine 2.060
Chris Weisman · Tape Walk50
SongOther Votes
Animal Collective · "My Girls"75
Dirty Projectors · "Stillness Is the Move"63
Animal Collective · "What Would I Want? Sky"13
Sunn O))) · "Alice"3
Times New Viking · "Move to California"1
Akron/Family · "Everyone Is Guilty"0
Carl Sagan (ft. Stephen Hawking) · "A Glorious Dawn"0
Los Peyotes · "Bdaaa!!!"0
Megafaun · "Kaufmann's Ballad"0
Why? · "Into the Shadows of My Embrace"0

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.20810Ryan Schreiber · 2009
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.1556Rich Bienstock · 2009
.1538Jason Cherkis · 2009
.1536Luke Hackney · 2009
.1508Joel Elliott · 2009
.1456David Shirley · 2009
.1446Enrique Lavin · 2009
.1438Kimberly Chun · 2009
.1347Nick Spacek · 2009
.1267Saul Austerlitz · 2009
.1257Chris Norton · 2009
.1257Jed Lipinski · 2009
.1237Judy Berman · 2009
.1226Brent Baldwin · 2009
.1225Drew Fortune · 2009
.1217Chris DeVille · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.045#519 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Why? · Alopecia158
Apollo Sunshine · Shall Noise Upon141
Animal Collective · Water Curses130
Oneida · Preteen Weaponry121
(various artists) · Yeti Five110
Skeletons · Money90
Shugo Tokumaru · Exit82
The Dodos · Visiter79
Chris Watson · Cima Verde60
El Guincho · Alegranza58
SongOther Votes
Fleet Foxes · "White Winter Hymnal"31
Vivian Girls · "Where Do You Run To"7
Bob Dylan · "Mississippi"2
David Byrne and Brian Eno · "My Big Nurse"1
Apollo Sunshine · "Money"0
Emiliana Torrini · "Jungle Drum"0
Everyone Brothers Band · "Obama Is Beautiful World"0
John Biz · "Mornings Made of Gold"0
Jolie Holland · "Love Henry"0
Oneida · "Cream Puff War"0

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.1335Ian Cohen · 2008
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.0584Mike Greenhaus · 2008
.0574Andy Dubbin · 2008
.0554Kurt B. Reighley · 2008
.0553Kembrew McLeod · 2008
.0543Jennifer Maerz · 2008
.0453Brent Baldwin · 2008
.0433Nate Cavalieri · 2008
.0393K Ross Hoffman · 2008
.0383Mike McGonigal · 2008
.0373Jer Fairall · 2008
.0373Scott Mervis · 2008
.0373Todd Hutlock · 2008
.0363Charles Aaron · 2008
.0363Ryan Schreiber · 2008
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.07928Brent Baldwin
.07513Traviss Cassidy
.07223Kimberly Chun
.06922Michael Ayers
.06724Jonathan Lundeen
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.06615Mike McGonigal
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.06513Justin Gage
.06420Aaron Hillis
.06315Jason Cherkis
.06116Ryan Schreiber
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.05612Marc Gilman
.05524Mark Zepezauer
.05422Douglas Wolk
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.05413Jim DeRogatis
.05411Joel Elliott
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