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.
Tom Finkel
Overall
Centricity.129#1086 of 1313
Breadth.173#1092 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2015 original ballot
Centricity.103#401 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Jason Isbell · Something More Than Free1050
Rhiannon Giddens · Tomorrow Is My Turn1016
Bob Dylan · The Cutting Edge 1965-1966109
Laura Marling · Short Movie107
Dawes · All Your Favorite Bands105
Mark Knopfler · Tracker102
Waterboys · Modern Blues101
Bob Schneider · King Kong100
Eilen Jewell · Sundown Over Ghost Town100
Kasey Chambers · Bittersweet100

Similar Ballots
.2149Leland Rucker · 2015
.2116Mike Berick · 2015
.2086Charles R. Cross · 2015
.1485Roy Kasten · 2015
.1146Phil Gallo · 2015
.0794Mike Seely · 2015
.0754Jon Bream · 2015
.0754Tom Lane · 2015
.0724J. Anthony Ware · 2015
.0704Peter Blackstock · 2015
.0684Bill Holdship · 2015
.0684Daniel Durchholz · 2015
.0684Ellis Widner · 2015
.0664Robert Ker · 2015
.0663Jeff Tamarkin · 2015
.0654Ray Padgett · 2015
.0473Michael Lach · 2015
.0443Alex Woodward · 2015
.0443Carolyn Menyes · 2015
.0403David Cantwell · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.154#446 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lucinda Williams · Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone1516
Frazey Ford · Indian Ocean150
Bob Dylan · The Basement Tapes Complete: the Bootleg Series Vol. 111018
John Fullbright · Songs105
Jimmer Podrasky · The Would-Be Plans101
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music877
First Aid Kit · Stay Gold810
Prince · Art Official Age88
Secret Sisters · Put Your Needle Down83
Jolie Holland · Wine Dark Sea80

Similar Ballots
.2116Mike Seely · 2014
.1174Jeremiah McNeil · 2014
.1124Charles R. Cross · 2014
.1124Meredith Ochs · 2014
.1054Larry King · 2014
.1004Allen St John · 2014
.0814Bill Holdship · 2014
.0724Geoffrey Himes · 2014
.0714Chris Willman · 2014
.0704Ted Cox · 2014
.0694Dan LeRoy · 2014
.0694Ray Padgett · 2014
.0694Steve Leftridge · 2014
.0664Philip Martin · 2014
.0654Holly Gleason · 2014
.0644Rick Mitchell · 2014
.0634Ellis Widner · 2014
.0513Steve Hochman · 2014
.0453Carol Cooper · 2014
.0422Andrew Leahey · 2014
Similar Voters
.08510Mike Seely
.06511Leland Rucker
.0648Ray Padgett
.0609Mike Berick
.04910Charles R. Cross
.0458Roy Kasten
.04310Phil Gallo
.0426Peter Blackstock
.03710Jon Bream
.0375Chris Willman
.0364Jeremiah McNeil
.0335Alex Woodward
.0335Sachyn Mital
.0334Carolyn Menyes
.0315Robert Ker
.0312Andrew Leahey
.0305Allen St John
.0296Jeff Tamarkin
.0286Steve Leftridge
.0277Bill Holdship
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com