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.
Dave Heaton
Overall
Centricity.203#842 of 1228
Breadth.731#131 of 1244
Metalism.000#401 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.160#438 of 601
Metalism.000#94 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sylvan Esso · Sylvan Esso2014
Taylor Swift · 19891570
Freddie Gibbs & Madlib · Piñata1330
Happy Couple · Into the Woods120
Father · Young Hot Ebony92
Icypoles · My World Was Made for You90
Fear of Men · Loom66
Bitchin Bajas · Bitchin Bajas64
Angaleena Presley · American Middle Class516
Allo Darlin' · We Come From the Same Place53
SongOther Votes
ILoveMakonnen (ft. Drake) · "Tuesday"26
Alvvays · "Archie, Marry Me"25
Jenny Lewis · "She's Not Me"14
J. Cole · "Be Free"6
Ben Harper and Ellen Harper · "A House Is a Home"0
Benjamin Shaw · "You and Me"0
The Caribbean · "Imitation Air"0
Common (ft. Big Sean) · "Diamonds"0
Hallelujah the Hills · "Try This Instead"0
Nicholas Krgovich · "City of Night"0

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.0986Melissa Locker · 2014
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.0825Brennan Carley · 2014
.0725Thierry Cote · 2014
.0715Chris Willman · 2014
.0715Shannon Carlin · 2014
.0695David Cantwell · 2014
.0685Kim Taylor Bennett · 2014
.0674H. Drew Blackburn · 2014
.0645K Ross Hoffman · 2014
.0624David Grossman · 2014
.0614Bill O'Neill · 2014
.0614Caitlin White · 2014
.0614John Wenzel · 2014
.0614Max Bell · 2014
.0604Robert Bishop · 2014
.0593Bao Le-Huu · 2014
.0584David Malitz · 2014
.0563Barry Schwartz · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.224#288 of 453
Metalism.000#114 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lonnie Holley · Keeping a Record of It206
Eleanor Friedberger · Personal Record205
Pastels · Slow Summits106
Uncluded · Hokey Fright106
Iron & Wine · Ghost on Ghost105
Breathe Owl Breathe · Passage of Pegasus100
Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City5108
Yo la Tengo · Fade517
Mark Kozelek and Jimmy LaValle · Perils From the Sea51
Math & Physics Club · Our Hearts Beat Out Loud50
SongOther Votes
Elizabeth Morris · "Optimism"2
Low · "Just Make It Stop"2
Alan Jackson · "Blue Ridge Mountain Song"0
Amor de Días · "Jean's Waving"0
Ashley Monroe · "Like a Rose"0
J. Cole (ft. TLC) · "Crooked Smile"0
Monnone Alone · "The Business World"0
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "We No Who U R"0
Talib Kweli (ft. Rubix and Bajah) · "High Life"0
Yoko Ono/Plastic Ono Band · "Bad Dancer"0

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.2599Steve Klinge · 2013
.1177Matt Rice · 2013
.1055Allen St John · 2013
.1015Mike Appelstein · 2013
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.0824James Ford · 2013
.0734Craig Carson · 2013
.0715Doug Wallen · 2013
.0714Robert Christgau · 2013
.0685Jonah LaFollette · 2013
.0635Mac Wilson · 2013
.0625Jesse Jarnow · 2013
.0603Dave DiMartino · 2013
.0563Jeff Tamarkin · 2013
.0513Justin Cober-Lake · 2013
.0474Al Choman · 2013
.0464Michael Tatum · 2013
.0464Ryan Maffei · 2013
.0454Bud Scoppa · 2013
.0444David Goldstein · 2013
.0444Ted Cox · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.142#341 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Allo Darlin' · Europe2011
The Coup · Sorry to Bother You159
Taylor Swift · Red1033
Cat Power · Sun1031
Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta1015
Advance Base · A Shut-In's Prayer101
Black Swans · Occasion for Song101
Guided by Voices · The Bears for Lunch51
Landing · Landing50
Yuichiro Fujimoto · Speaks Melodies50
SongOther Votes
Miguel · "Adorn"55
Nicki Minaj · "Starships"9
Saint Etienne · "Tonight"4
Alan Jackson · "So You Don't Have to Love Me Anymore"3
Bowerbirds · "Overcome With Light"0
Hallelujah the Hills · "Get Me in a Room"0
Josh Turner · "Time Is Love"0
Kath Bloom · "Here I Am"0
Mountain Goats · "Cry for Judas"0
Windy & Carl · "A Thousand Miles From Nowhere"0

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.1295Keith Harris · 2012
.1227David Cantwell · 2012
.1066Chris Herrington · 2012
.0954Quentin Huff · 2012
.0954Tom Hull · 2012
.0944Laura Leebove · 2012
.0836Chris Burlingame · 2012
.0836Ryan Maffei · 2012
.0695Josh Timmermann · 2012
.0675Joey Daniewicz · 2012
.0674Stephen M. Deusner · 2012
.0645Kyle Kramer · 2012
.0635Jonathan Bradley · 2012
.0634Luis Paez-Pumar · 2012
.0624Max Berry · 2012
.0604Jennifer Vineyard · 2012
.0594Greg Kot · 2012
.0564Brian Orloff · 2012
.0554Jer Fairall · 2012
.0544Christopher Monsen · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.253#402 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Mountain Goats · All Eternals Deck2016
The Caribbean · Discontinued Perfume152
Kurt Vile · Smoke Ring for My Halo1055
Pistol Annies · Hell on Heels1042
Mount Moriah · Mount Moriah102
Jeffrey Lewis · A Turn in the Dream-Songs101
Black Swans · Don't Blame the Stars100
Shabazz Palaces · Black Up571
Girls · Father, Son, Holy Ghost544
Robin Guthrie and Harold Budd · Bourdeaux50
SongOther Votes
Nicki Minaj · "Super Bass"94
Taylor Swift · "Mean"9
Jens Lekman · "An Argument With Myself"4
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins · "Bats in the Attic"2
Tom Waits · "Bad As Me"2
Thurston Moore · "Benediction"1
All Tiny Creatures · "An Iris"0
Killer Mike · "Burn"0
Pains of Being Pure at Heart · "The Body"0
Seapony · "Where We Go"0

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.1478J. Anthony Ware · 2011
.1428Alfred Soto · 2011
.1358Josh Timmermann · 2011
.1338Keith Harris · 2011
.1227Andrew Hall · 2011
.1227Theon Weber · 2011
.0976Mike Powell · 2011
.0926Dan DeLuca · 2011
.0926Justin Chun · 2011
.0825Stephen M. Deusner · 2011
.0785Bryan C Reed · 2011
.0785Michael Ayers · 2011
.0784Michael Deeds · 2011
.0765Anthony Lombardi · 2011
.0764K Leander Williams · 2011
.0735Blanca Méndez · 2011
.0735Brent Baldwin · 2011
.0735Scott Mervis · 2011
.0735Todd Kristel · 2011
.0725Michael Robbins · 2011
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2010 original ballot
Centricity.288#357 of 699
Metalism.000#120 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Radio Dept. · Clinging to a Scheme209
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy15265
Damien Jurado · Saint Bartlett106
Darren Hanlon · I Will Love You at All101
A Weather · Everyday Balloons100
Jamey Johnson · The Guitar Song747
Taylor Swift · Speak Now734
Laurie Anderson · Homeland77
Breathe Owl Breathe · Magic Central71
Kath Bloom · Thin Thin Line70
SongOther Votes
Kanye West (ft. Dwele) · "Power"68
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists · "Bottled in Cork"16
Taylor Swift · "Mine"12
Radio Dept. · "Heaven's on Fire"9
Girls · "Heartbreaker"5
Jamey Johnson · "Playing the Part"2
Reflection Eternal (ft. Jay Electronica, J. Cole & Mos Def) · "Just Begun"2
Darren Hanlon · "All These Things"1
J. Cole · "Who Dat"0
Lucky Soul · "Up in Flames"0

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.1096Geoffrey Himes · 2010
.1087Joshua Alston · 2010
.1057David Greenwald · 2010
.1047Dan Weiss · 2010
.0857Joe Gross · 2010
.0806Ian Cohen · 2010
.0797Allison Stewart · 2010
.0796Will Hermes · 2010
.0786Steve Rosen · 2010
.0766J. Anthony Ware · 2010
.0756Gary Graff · 2010
.0756Kelly Dearmore · 2010
.0736David Hudnall · 2010
.0736Paul Robicheau · 2010
.0726Bobby Reed · 2010
.0726Charles Aaron · 2010
.0726Rachel Devitt · 2010
.0716Stephen M. Deusner · 2010
.0696Derek Paiva · 2010
.0684Drew Fortune · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.151#473 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Girls · Album2062
Brad Paisley · American Saturday Night1526
Yo la Tengo · Popular Songs1524
Mountain Goats · The Life of the World to Come1016
Clientele · Bonfires on the Heath1011
Peter Broderick & Machinefabriek · Blank Grey Canvas Sky100
Ghostface Killah · Ghostdini: The Wizard of Poetry in Emerald City56
Lisa Germano · Magic Neighbor52
Lullatone · Songs That Spin in Circles50
Slaraffenland · We're on Your Side50
SongOther Votes
Girls · "Lust for Life"41
Taylor Swift · "You Belong With Me"39
Pains of Being Pure at Heart · "Young Adult Friction"19
Brad Paisley · "Welcome to the Future"13
Yacht · "Psychic City"6
Kid Cudi (ft. MGMT and Ratatat) · "Pursuit of Happiness"4
Cotton Candy · "Fantastic and Spectacular"0
George Strait · "Living for the Night"0
Joel Plaskett · "Through and Through and Through"0
Pastels & Tenniscoats · "Vivid Youth"0

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.09819Theon Weber
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.06820Josh Timmermann
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.06622Alfred Soto
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