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.
Will Layman
Overall
Centricity.201#906 of 1281
Breadth.345#700 of 1297
Metalism.000#425 of 1297
2014 original ballot
Centricity.033#568 of 601
Metalism.000#97 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ambrose Akinmusire · The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint253
Somi · The Lagos Music Salon252
Bad Plus · The Rite of Spring102
Jason Moran · All Rise: a Joyful Elegy to Fats Waller101
Marc Ribot Trio · Live at the Village Vanguard55
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band · Landmarks53
Steve Lehman Octet · Mise En Abîme53
Henry Butler-Steven Bernsteind and the Hot Nine · Viper's Drag52
Dave Douglas and Uri Caine · Present Joys50
Mehliana · Taming the Dragon50

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.1194Larry Birnbaum · 2014
.0985Jon Solomon · 2014
.0493Anthony Dean-Harris · 2014
.0342Cam Patterson · 2014
.0332Chris Toenes · 2014
.0332Michael J. West · 2014
.0282Steve Hochman · 2014
.0232Britt Robson · 2014
.0222Charlie Braxton · 2014
.0222Darrell M McNeill · 2014
.0222Phil Gallo · 2014
.0222Phillip Overeem · 2014
.0212Gabe Meline · 2014
.0212Ken Capobianco · 2014
.0212Nate Chinen · 2014
.0212Paul Robicheau · 2014
.0212Rick Mitchell · 2014
.0202Jason Gubbels · 2014
.0202Tom Hull · 2014
2010 original ballot
Centricity.234#409 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Jason Moran & Bandwagon · Ten3010
The Jazz Passengers · Reunited150
Erykah Badu · New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh1039
Trombone Shorty · Backatown102
Vijay Iyer · Solo102
The National · High Violet596
Black Keys · Brothers588
Mavis Staples · You Are Not Alone526
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · I Learned the Hard Way526
Patty Griffin · Downtown Church511
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
New Pornographers · "Crash Years"14

Similar Ballots
.1896Sean Murphy · 2010
.1846Jeff Vrabel · 2010
.1798Sarah Zupko · 2010
.1676Steve Simels · 2010
.1515Charles Johnson · 2010
.1468Shane Harrison · 2010
.1418Andrew Bartlett · 2010
.1407David Cantwell · 2010
.1357Chris Riemenschneider · 2010
.1327K Leander Williams · 2010
.1327Steve Leftridge · 2010
.1315Kevin O'Hare · 2010
.1254Billy Altman · 2010
.1245Meredith Ochs · 2010
.1237Serene Dominic · 2010
.1227Jim Macnie · 2010
.1197Philip Martin · 2010
.1185Jonathan Perry · 2010
.1154Lissa Townsend Rodgers · 2010
.1154Michael J. West · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.335#236 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Vijay Iyer Trio · Historicity3015
Allen Toussaint · The Bright Mississippi2021
Animal Collective · Merriweather Post Pavilion15153
Dirty Projectors · Bitte Orca5107
Levon Helm · Electric Dirt522
Tinted Windows · Tinted Windows57
Henry Threadgill Zooid · This Brings Us To, Volume 154
Ben Allison · Think Free53
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble · Eternal Interlude53
John Fogerty · The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again51
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Empire State of Mind"88
Animal Collective · "My Girls"75
Dirty Projectors · "Stillness Is the Move"63
Black Eyed Peas · "I Gotta Feeling"21
Miranda Lambert · "Dead Flowers"10
The Decemberists · "The Rake's Song"8
Animal Collective · "Brother Sport"7
Weezer · "(If You're Wondering If I Want You Too) I Want You To"7
The Flaming Lips · "Convinced of the Hex"5
John Fogerty · "When Will I Be Loved?"0

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.30213Stephen M. Deusner · 2009
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.1365Meredith Ochs · 2009
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Similar Voters
.13012Jeff Vrabel
.1008Jed Lipinski
.09716Nate Chinen
.09611George Varga
.08710Thor Christensen
.08621Jim Macnie
.08110Ben Schumer
.0816Ron Mashate
.0799Andrew Martin
.0757Peter Margasak
.0747Anthony DeCurtis
.07210Seth Colter Walls
.0726Will Dana
.0724Dan Ouellette
.07014Steve Leftridge
.07010Meredith Ochs
.0709Rossiter Drake
.06811Julia Simon
.0686David Ritter
.0676Tad Hendrickson
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com