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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Zachary Smith
Overall
Centricity.133#998 of 1228
Breadth.692#172 of 1244
Metalism.450#28 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.074#524 of 601
Metalism.350#18 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lykke Li · I Never Learn1515
Yob · Clearing the Path to Ascend1511
Triptykon · Melana Chasmata154
Woods of Desolation · As the Stars151
White Lung · Deep Fantasy1020
Godflesh · A World Lit Only by Fire104
Marissa Nadler · July53
Tombs · Savage Gold52
The Rentals · Lost in Alphaville51
Sólstafir · ÓTta51
SongOther Votes
Cloud Nothings · "I'm Not Part of Me"14
St. Vincent · "Prince Johnny"7
Lana Del Rey · "Brooklyn Baby"3
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra · "What We Loved Was Not Enough"3
Yob · "Marrow"1
Lykke Li · "Never Gonna Love Again"0
Nothing · "Guilty of Everything"0
Phish · "The Birds"0
United Nations · "Serious Business"0
White Lung · "Wrong Star"0

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.0624Caryn Ganz · 2014
.0613Brent Burton · 2014
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.0573Nick Green · 2014
.0564Claire Lobenfeld · 2014
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.0544Kory Grow · 2014
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.0533Tobias Carroll · 2014
.0504Phil Gallo · 2014
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.0463Janelle Bitker · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.157#334 of 453
Metalism.550#7 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Deafheaven · Sunbather1034
Waxahatchee · Cerulean Salt1023
Carcass · Surgical Steel1016
SubRosa · More Constant Than the Gods108
Joanna Gruesome · Weird Sister107
Windhand · Soma106
Inter Arma · Sky Burial104
Russian Circles · Memorial104
Wolf People · Fain102
Toxic Holocaust · Chemistry of Consciousness100
SongOther Votes
Kanye West · "Blood on the Leaves"11
Deafheaven · "Dream House"10
History of Apple Pie · "See You"1
The Men · "Half Angel Half Light"1
Veronica Falls · "Teenage"1
Coliseum · "Late Night Trains"0
In Solitude · "Sister"0
Kylesa · "Steady Breakdown"0
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "Push the Sky Away"0
Pelican · "Perpetual Dawn"0

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.1206Laina Dawes · 2013
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.0684Jenn Pelly · 2013
.0674A.S. Van Dorston · 2013
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2012 original ballot
Centricity.185#301 of 485
Metalism.550#12 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Pallbearer · Sorrow and Extinction1513
Neil Young & Crazy Horse · Psychedelic Pill1221
Baroness · Yellow & Green1124
Gaslight Anthem · Handwritten114
Ancestors · In Dreams and Time111
Converge · All We Love We Leave Behind1014
Cloud Nothings · Attack on Memory837
Witchcraft · Legend85
Horseback · Half Blood82
Titus Andronicus · Local Business615
SongOther Votes
Cloud Nothings · "Stay Useless"9
Jens Lekman · "The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love"2
Baroness · "Eula"0
Baroness · "Twinkler"0
Converge · "Predatory Glow"0
Down · "Misfortune Teller"0
Gaslight Anthem · "Blue Dahlia"0
JEFF the Brotherhood · "Wood Ox"0
Mares of Thrace · "The Gallwasp"0
Titus Andronicus · "(I Am The) Electric Man"0

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.2568Albert Mudrian · 2012
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.0914Kurt Orzeck · 2012
.0885Paul Thompson · 2012
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.0815Josh Kortbein · 2012
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.0644Christopher Alexander · 2012
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2011 original ballot
Centricity.087#590 of 693
Metalism.350#20 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Yob · Atma205
Junius · Reports From the Threshold of Death153
Morne · Asylum150
All Pigs Must Die · God Is War101
*Shels · Plains of the Purple Buffalo100
Rwake · Rest100
Yuck · Yuck553
Okkervil River · I Am Very Far58
Explosions in the Sky · Take Care, Take Care, Take Care54
Loss · Despond50
SongOther Votes
R.E.M. · "Oh My Heart"4
Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Why I Love You"3
Junius · "Transcend the Ghost"1
St. Vincent · "Strange Mercy"1
*Shels · "Butterflies on Luci's Way"0
Crowbar · "Cleanse Me, Heal Me"0
Marissa Nadler · "Baby I Will Leave You in the Morning"0
Okkervil River · "We Need a Myth"0
Russian Circles · "Schipol"0
Thou · "Something in the Way"0

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.1014Kurt Orzeck · 2011
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2010 original ballot
Centricity.110#539 of 699
Metalism.450#16 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Agalloch · Marrow of the Spirit2515
Alcest · Écailles de Lune155
Man's Gin · Smiling Dogs150
Gaslight Anthem · American Slang1016
Junius · The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist100
Titus Andronicus · The Monitor574
Roky Erickson & Okkervil River · True Love Cast Out All Evil515
Black Breath · Heavy Breathing55
Julie Christmas · The Bad Wife54
East of the Wall · Ressentiment50
SongOther Votes
The National · "Bloodbuzz Ohio"40
Deftones · "Diamond Eyes"2
Hold Steady · "Hurricane J"1
Best Coast · "Bratty B"0
Black Mountain · "Radiant Hearts"0
Dax Riggs · "See You All in Hell or New Orleans"0
Dillinger Escape Plan · "Gold Teeth on a Bum"0
Julie Christmas · "If You Go Away"0
Man's Gin · "Hate.Money.Love.Woman"0
The Ocean · "Firmament"0

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2009 original ballot
Centricity.187#408 of 683
Metalism.450#21 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Mastodon · Crack the Skye2043
Dredg · The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion201
Baroness · The Blue Record1038
Converge · Axe to Fall1033
Kylesa · Static Tensions1017
Irepress · Sol Eye Sea I100
The Decemberists · The Hazards of Love532
Art Brut · Art Brut Vs. Satan515
Mono · Hymn to the Immortal Wind54
Astra · The Weirding51
SongOther Votes
The Big Pink · "Velvet"7
Weezer · "Can't Stop Partying"2
Converge · "Dark Horse"1
Mastodon · "The Last Baron"1
Antony & the Johnsons · "Everglade"0
Baroness · "The Gnashing"0
Goes Cube · "Saab Sonnet"0
My Dying Bride · "My Body, a Funeral"0
Pelican · "Ephemeral (EP Version)"0
Sonic Youth · "Sacred Trickster"0

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