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.
Mark Deming
Overall
Centricity.190#875 of 1228
Breadth.500#435 of 1244
Metalism.000#401 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.077#519 of 601
Metalism.000#94 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lydia Loveless · Somewhere Else1925
Wussy · Attica!928
Tweedy · Sukierae99
Peter Stampfel & the Brooklyn & Lower Manhattan Banjo Squadron · Better Than Expected91
Sweet Apple · The Golden Age of Glitter91
Ben Vaughn · Texas Road Trip90
Blue Snaggletooth · Beyond Thule90
Death of Samantha · If Memory Serves Us Well90
Single Mothers · Negative Qualities90
Sonic Avenues · Mistakes90

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.0834James Bradley · 2014
.0754Ted Cox · 2014
.0734Michael Lach · 2014
.0724Robert Loerzel · 2014
.0694Greg Kot · 2014
.0674Don Allred · 2014
.0664Nick Farruggia · 2014
.0443Michael Pollock · 2014
.0423Annie Zaleski · 2014
.0413Tom Hull · 2014
.0352Jaime Lees · 2014
.0352Jill Ettinger · 2014
.0352Seth Mnookin · 2014
.0322Jason Gargano · 2014
.0322Jeremiah McNeil · 2014
.0312Anders Smith Lindall · 2014
.0312Curtis Schieber · 2014
.0312Max Berry · 2014
.0302Andrew Gilstrap · 2014
.0302Dan Ferguson · 2014
.0302Steve Dollar · 2014
.0302Steve Rosen · 2014
.0302Steve Simels · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.178#323 of 453
Metalism.000#114 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Neko Case · The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You1045
Jason Isbell · Southeastern1033
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Push the Sky Away1026
Mavis Staples · One True Vine105
Stooges · Ready to Die104
Del Lords · Elvis Club103
Robbie Fulks · Gone Away Backward102
Mudhoney · Vanishing Point101
Obits · Bed & Bugs101
The Suburbs · Si Sauvage100
SongOther Votes
Lydia Loveless · "Boy Crazy"1
The Suburbs · "Turn the Radio On"1
Mudhoney · "I Like It Small"0
New Surfsiders · "Kokomo"0
Night Family · "Done by Now"0

Similar Ballots
.22110Robert Loerzel · 2013
.1056Bob Townsend · 2013
.1014Jeff Vrabel · 2013
.0994Andrew Bartlett · 2013
.0964Buzz Poole · 2013
.0944Laura Leebove · 2013
.0734Bill Holdship · 2013
.0694Jon Solomon · 2013
.0684Jon Bream · 2013
.0664Holly Gleason · 2013
.0634Geoffrey Himes · 2013
.0634Max Berry · 2013
.0624Eric Danton · 2013
.0614Candice Jones · 2013
.0614Tim Grierson · 2013
.0604Andrew Dansby · 2013
.0604Max Blau · 2013
.0594Charles Johnson · 2013
.0594Jim Tremayne · 2013
.0574Chris Conaton · 2013
.0574Christopher Monsen · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.050#442 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kelly Hogan · I Like to Keep Myself in Pain2014
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson · Wreck & Ruin103
Local H · Hallelujah! I'm a Bum103
Mark Eitzel · Don't Be a Stranger103
Heartless Bastards · Arrow102
Mission of Burma · Unsound102
Patterson Hood · Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance101
Catherine Irwin · Little Heater100
Salim Nourallah · Hit Parade52
Riverboat Gamblers · The Wolf You Feed50
SongOther Votes
Andre Williams · "Blame It on Obama"1
Lambchop · "If Not I'll Just Die"1
Andy Shernoff · "Let's Get the Band Back Together"0
Breakup Society · "Your Invitation to Quit"0
Durocs · "Nawgahide"0
End Times · "A Plea for Recklessness"0
Hives · "Take Back the Toys"0
Riverboat Gamblers · "Blue Ghosts"0
Scorpion Vs. Tarantula · "Don't Waste My Rock 'N' Roll"0
Waco Brothers & Paul Burch · "Great Chicago Fire"0

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.2107Dan Ferguson · 2012
.0593David Menconi · 2012
.0413Max Blau · 2012
.0403Ted Cox · 2012
.0292Jason Gargano · 2012
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.0282Deborah Sprague · 2012
.0282Steve Horowitz · 2012
.0272Jon Young · 2012
.0272Justin Cober-Lake · 2012
.0272Meredith Ochs · 2012
.0252Mark Keresman · 2012
.0252Steve Dollar · 2012
.0232Brian Bowe · 2012
.0222Jim Farber · 2012
.0192Ken Tucker · 2009
.0192Michael Tedder · 2012
.0192Mike Appelstein · 2012
.0182Greg Kot · 2012
.0182L. Kent Wolgamott · 2012
.0182Rob Harvilla · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.453#152 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
PJ Harvey · Let England Shake10128
Tom Waits · Bad As Me1095
Fucked Up · David Comes to Life1065
Wilco · The Whole Love1053
Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest1041
Low · C'mon1017
Feelies · Here Before1013
Dirtbombs · Party Store106
Tommy Keene · Behind the Parade105
Blue Snaggletooth · Dimension Thule100
SongOther Votes
Black Keys · "Lonely Boy"29
Wilco · "I Might"12
Low · "Try to Sleep"5
PJ Harvey · "Written on the Forehead"4
Dirtbombs · "Sharevari"3
Drive-By Truckers · "Everybody Needs Love"1
Patton Oswalt · "The Bugged Car"1
Tommy Keene · "Nowhere Drag"1
Jeni Lee Richey and the Great Tribulation · "Sure As the Rain"0
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · "Genuine. Part One"0

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.1917David Menconi · 2011
.1779Jim Connelly · 2011
.1689Steve Klinge · 2011
.1638Robert Loerzel · 2011
.1616John Kenyon · 2011
.1616Rob Trucks · 2011
.1546Paul Robicheau · 2011
.1516Laurence Station · 2011
.1506Larry King · 2011
.1506Parke Puterbaugh · 2011
.1498Bob Townsend · 2011
.1486Thorin Klosowski · 2011
.1468Aaron Hillis · 2011
.1246Laura Leebove · 2011
.1207Dan DeLuca · 2011
.1205Thor Christensen · 2011
.1177Mike Prevatt · 2011
.1177Phil Gallo · 2011
.1155Stephen Haag · 2011
.1147James Bradley · 2011
Similar Voters
.10125Robert Loerzel
.08815Dan Ferguson
.08217Bob Townsend
.08211David Menconi
.08110Jim Connelly
.07117Ted Cox
.0699Buzz Poole
.06810Jason Gargano
.06712Dan DeLuca
.0649Thor Christensen
.06113Greg Kot
.0597Todd Martens
.0587John Kenyon
.05714Steve Klinge
.05610Laura Leebove
.05311Aaron Hillis
.0538Rob Trucks
.0536Parke Puterbaugh
.05111Bill Holdship
.05013Eric Danton
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