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.
Deborah Sprague
Overall
Centricity.228#864 of 1313
Breadth.540#310 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2013 original ballot
Centricity.244#277 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Janelle MonĂ¡e · The Electric Lady1350
Jason Isbell · Southeastern1333
Superchunk · I Hate Music1219
Laura Marling · Once I Was an Eagle1021
Anna Calvi · One Breath101
Pere Ubu · The Lady From Shanghai100
The Knife · Shaking the Habitual826
Pet Shop Boys · Electric813
The Dead C · Armed Courage82
Future Bible Heroes · Partygoing82

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.1477Dan DeLuca · 2013
.1154David Peisner · 2013
.1064Evie Nagy · 2013
.1034Thorin Klosowski · 2013
.0915Bob Townsend · 2013
.0875Mac Wilson · 2013
.0865Jer Fairall · 2013
.0794Ted Cox · 2013
.0754Chris Randle · 2013
.0754Katherine St. Asaph · 2013
.0724Chuck Campbell · 2013
.0714Ross Raihala · 2013
.0704L. Kent Wolgamott · 2013
.0704Stephen Bush · 2013
.0694Dan Weiss · 2013
.0674Geoffrey Himes · 2013
.0674Jon Bream · 2013
.0664Matthew Perpetua · 2013
.0664Sasha Geffen · 2013
.0654Dorian Lynskey · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.535#95 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Spiritualized · Sweet Heart Sweet Light1417
Saint Etienne · Words and Music by Saint Etienne149
Local H · Hallelujah! I'm a Bum143
Swans · The Seer1050
Frank Ocean · Channel Orange8169
Fiona Apple · The Idler Wheel...8100
Sharon Van Etten · Tramp833
Bat for Lashes · The Haunted Man818
Nada Surf · The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy813
The Baird Sisters · Until You Find Your Green80

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.1959Michael Tedder · 2012
.1806Peter Gerstenzang · 2012
.1736Anthony Miccio · 2012
.1726Jason Gargano · 2012
.1668Stephen Thompson · 2012
.1608Kory Grow · 2012
.1538Jennifer Vineyard · 2012
.1377Scott Plagenhoef · 2012
.1206Doug Wallen · 2012
.1146Caitlin White · 2012
.1126Lindsay Zoladz · 2012
.1106Dan Reilly · 2012
.1076Tyler Coates · 2012
.1066Amanda Petrusich · 2012
.1056Stephen Bush · 2012
.1024Laura Leebove · 2012
.1016Matthew Perpetua · 2012
.1015Luis Paez-Pumar · 2012
.1006Barry Walters · 2012
.1006Saul Austerlitz · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.251#408 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
PJ Harvey · Let England Shake12128
Jessica Lea Mayfield · Tell Me128
Marissa Nadler · Marissa Nadler123
Wooden Shjips · West123
Damon & Naomi · False Beats and True Hearts121
Kate Bush · 50 Words for Snow832
Dum Dum Girls · Only in Dreams823
Pains of Being Pure at Heart · Belong817
Lucinda Williams · Blessed89
Wanda Jackson · The Party Ain't Over85
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109
EMA · "California"32
Lady Gaga · "Born This Way"19
Lykke Li · "Get Some"13
El-P · "Drones Over Brooklyn"2
Joy Formidable · "The Ever Changing Spectrum of a Lie"1
Georgia Anne Muldrow · "More and More"0
Indigo Girls · "Making Promises"0
Shabazz Palaces · "Are You? Can You?"0
She Keeps Bees · "Make It Easy"0

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.1689Ed Condran · 2011
.1418Steve Knopper · 2011
.1388Jennifer Vineyard · 2011
.1337Ken Capobianco · 2011
.1287Holly George-Warren · 2011
.1217Kurt B. Reighley · 2011
.1207Brian Orloff · 2011
.1187Jer Fairall · 2011
.1087Caryn Ganz · 2011
.1026Miles Klee · 2011
.1024Jon Dale · 2011
.0996Chuck Campbell · 2011
.0966Jim Sullivan · 2011
.0966Steve Klinge · 2011
.0956Jeanne Fury · 2011
.0956Joe Gross · 2011
.0956Kory Grow · 2011
.0956Steve Erickson · 2011
.0946Nick Green · 2011
.0936Anthony Easton · 2011
.0936Mike Prevatt · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.100#551 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Nellie McKay · Home Sweet Mobile Home225
Chris Pureka · How I Learned to See in the Dark180
Sharon Van Etten · Epic1022
Rabbit! · Connect the Dots100
Young Veins · Take a Vacation100
Animal Prufrock · Congratulations Thank You I'm Sorry80
Joanna Newsom · Have One on Me664
Meaghan Smith · The Cricket's Orchestra60
Swans · My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky528
Tift Merritt · See You on the Moon55
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Robyn · "Dancing on My Own"79
Superchunk · "Digging for Something"14
Florence & the Machine · "Dog Days Are Over"12
La Roux · "Bulletproof"5
Pains of Being Pure at Heart · "Say No to Love"4
Tracey Thorn · "Hormones"1
Jesca Hoop · "The Kingdom"0
Katy Perry · "Firework"0
Macy Gray · "Beauty in the World"0

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.1689Amy Phillips · 2010
.1528Chris Molanphy · 2010
.1468Rob Brunner · 2010
.1217Marc Hirsh · 2010
.1006Glenn Gamboa · 2010
.1006Jessica Suarez · 2010
.0996Catherine Lewis · 2010
.0986Stacey Anderson · 2010
.0986Steve Rosen · 2010
.0986Tom Lane · 2010
.0964Steve Horowitz · 2010
.0956Kristyn Pomranz · 2010
.0956Michael Mannheimer · 2010
.0926Amy Granzin · 2010
.0916Brian Orloff · 2010
.0906Mikael Wood · 2010
.0876Nate Chinen · 2010
.0874Lindsay Zoladz · 2010
.0864Ken Tucker · 2010
.0854Buzz Poole · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.157#457 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Prefab Sprout · Let's Change the World With Music203
Imogen Heap · Ellipse202
Pains of Being Pure at Heart · The Pains of Being Pure at Heart1047
Yo la Tengo · Popular Songs1024
Clean · Mister Pop108
Diane Birch · Bible Belt102
Antony & the Johnsons · The Crying Light529
Lady Gaga · The Fame/The Fame Monster525
Reigning Sound · Love and Curses510
Au Revoir Simone · Still Night, Still Light51

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.2016Jim Sullivan · 2009
.1224Steve Rosen · 2009
.1214Dave DiMartino · 2009
.1204Luke Hackney · 2009
.1166David Browne · 2009
.1154Jonah Bayer · 2009
.1144Curtis Schieber · 2009
.1104Drew Fortune · 2009
.0734Larry Fitzmaurice · 2009
.0724John MacDonald · 2009
.0714Robert Bishop · 2009
.0704Noel Murray · 2009
.0664Mike Appelstein · 2009
.0644David Ritter · 2009
.0634Holly Gleason · 2009
.0433Jennifer Kelly · 2009
.0403Amanda Petrusich · 2009
.0393Dave Heaton · 2009
.0393Justin Strout · 2009
.0383Scott Mervis · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.082#487 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lucinda Williams · Little Honey1021
Vivian Girls · Vivian Girls1020
Okkervil River · The Stand Ins107
Amanda Palmer · Who Killed Amanda Palmer106
Joan Osborne · Little Wild One103
K.D. Lang · Watershed102
Larkin Grimm · Parplar102
Prisonshake · Dirty Moons101
Tift Merritt · Another Country101
Samantha Crain · The Confiscation100
SongOther Votes
Estelle (ft. Kanye West) · "American Boy"69
Kanye West · "Love Lockdown"36
Death Cab for Cutie · "I Will Possess Your Heart"20
Rihanna · "Disturbia"20
Adele · "Chasing Pavements"19
Pink · "So What"19
Lady Gaga and Colby O'Donis · "Just Dance"3
Duke Spirit · "Lasso"1
Dar Williams · "It's Alright"0
My Brightest Diamond · "Inside a Boy"0

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.0795Jennifer Vineyard · 2008
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Similar Voters
.12016Amy Phillips
.10814Jim Sullivan
.09931Jennifer Vineyard
.09914Rob Brunner
.09619Michael Tedder
.08929Brian Orloff
.08624Steve Klinge
.08615Lindsay Zoladz
.08322Amanda Petrusich
.08215Laura Leebove
.0797Carla DeSantis
.07513Julia Simon
.07220Kurt B. Reighley
.07119Kristyn Pomranz
.07112J Edward Keyes
.07027Kory Grow
.07026Barry Walters
.07014Jessica Suarez
.07011Tyler Coates
.06923Ross Raihala
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