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.
Rossiter Drake
Overall
Centricity.256#794 of 1313
Breadth.336#711 of 1329
Metalism.125#82 of 1329
2010 original ballot
Centricity.256#387 of 699
Metalism.100#46 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
LCD Soundsystem · This Is Happening10151
Black Keys · Brothers1088
Gorillaz · Plastic Beach1032
Neil Young · Le Noise1027
Teenage Fanclub · Shadows1010
The Sword · Warp Riders107
Dillinger Escape Plan · Option Paralysis105
The Fall · Your Future Our Clutter105
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals · III/IV103
Daft Punk · Tron:Legacy Soundtrack101
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Kanye West (ft. Pusha T) · "Runaway"76
Kanye West (ft. Dwele) · "Power"68
Gorillaz (ft. Mos Def and Bobby Womack) · "Stylo"18
LCD Soundsystem · "Dance Yrself Clean"16
Charlotte Gainsbourg & Beck · "Heaven Can Wait"5
Walkmen · "Angela Surf City"5
Blur · "Fool's Day"1
Ghostface Killah · "Purified Thoughts"0
Johnny Cash · "Ain't No Grave"0

Similar Ballots
.27512Serene Dominic · 2010
.19910Ross Raihala · 2010
.18910Pete Freedman · 2010
.1709Greg Beets · 2010
.1699Leonard Pierce · 2010
.1588Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins · 2010
.1588Ron Hart · 2010
.1578Althea Legaspi · 2010
.1578Derek Paiva · 2010
.1548James Barber · 2010
.1536Miles Marshall Lewis · 2010
.1508Matt Sebastian · 2010
.1488Julia Simon · 2010
.1488Philip Martin · 2010
.1458Bob Grossweiner · 2010
.1458Mark Zepezauer · 2010
.1448Gary Graff · 2010
.1448Jennifer Vineyard · 2010
.1426Matt Ryan · 2010
.1398James Bradley · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.255#316 of 683
Metalism.150#50 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Mastodon · Crack the Skye1543
Bruce Springsteen · Working on a Dream1518
Nirvana · Live at Reading1510
Raekwon · Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Part II1084
Wilco · Wilco (The Album)1043
Slayer · World Painted Blood108
Mission of Burma · The Sound the Speed the Light107
The Decemberists · The Hazards of Love532
Gossip · Music for Men58
Rolling Stones · Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out51
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Empire State of Mind"88
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · "Zero"58
Lady Gaga · "Poker Face"26
Raekwon (ft. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck and Method Man) · "House of Flying Daggers"15
Mastodon · "Oblivion"7
The Flaming Lips · "Convinced of the Hex"5
Bruce Springsteen · "Outlaw Pete"3
U2 · "Moment of Surrender"3
Franz Ferdinand · "Lucid Dreams"1
Kiss · "Modern Day Delilah"0

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.1307Zena Tsarfin · 2009
.1237Alan Light · 2009
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.1156Clifford J Corcoran · 2009
.1146Laina Dawes · 2009
.1136Josh Davidson · 2009
.1134Gillian G Gaar · 2009
.1126Quentin Huff · 2009
.1106Calum Marsh · 2009
.1076DX Ferris · 2009
Similar Voters
.16013Serene Dominic
.10517Leonard Pierce
.1037Dave Lipp
.09913Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins
.09013Pete Freedman
.08812Quentin Huff
.08518Derek Paiva
.0846Josh Davidson
.08119Ron Hart
.0794Gillian G Gaar
.0786David Ritter
.0776Andy Odom
.0776Shawn Edwards
.0728Arielle Castillo
.0727Andrew Martin
.07115Charles R. Cross
.0717John Kenyon
.06912Stacey Anderson
.0698Thomas Hauner
.0696Will Dana
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com