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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Michael Azerrad
Overall
Centricity.294#708 of 1313
Breadth.694#129 of 1329
Metalism.006#418 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.340#291 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
David Bowie · Blackstar15208
Frank Ocean · Blonde15101
Battle Trance · Blade of Love151
St. Lenox · Ten Hymns From My American Gothic150
Kendrick Lamar · Untitled Unmastered1034
Qasim Naqvi · Chronology100
Anohni · Hopelessness537
Rolling Stones · Blue & Lonesome525
Tim Hecker · Love Streams58
Joan As Police Woman/Benjamin Lazar Davis · Let It Be You50
SongOther Votes
Anohni · "Drone Bomb Me"25
Iggy Pop · "Gardenia"8
The Monkees · "You Bring the Summer"3
Sleaford Mods · "Tcr"3
Joan As Police Woman/Benjamin Lazar Davis · "Broke Me in Two"0
Luke Temple · "Maryanne Was Quiet"0
Sad13 · "Get a Yes"0
Shearwater · "Pale Kings"0
St. Lenox · "Thurgood Marshall"0
Wet · "Don't Wanna Be Your Girl"0

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2015 original ballot
Centricity.534#120 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp a Butterfly20209
Courtney Barnett · Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit20166
Kamasi Washington · The Epic2055
Shamir · Ratchet1025
Julia Holter · Have You in My Wilderness523
Jim O'Rourke · Simple Songs511
Julien Baker · Sprained Ankle510
Benjamin Clementine · At Least for Now54
Empress Of · Me53
Colleen · Captain of None52
SongOther Votes
Missy Elliott (ft. Pharrell Williams) · "WTF (Where They From)"49
David Bowie · "Blackstar"20
Shamir · "Call It Off"6
Chvrches · "Clearest Blue"3
Dion and Paul Simon · "New York Is My Home"2
Empress Of · "Kitty Kat"1
Deerhoof · "Tiny Bubbles"0
Lower Dens · "Ondine"0
Tune-Yards · "Wait for a Minute"0
U.S. Girls · "Damn That Valley"0

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.2118Brian Orloff · 2015
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.1278Katie Moulton · 2015
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.1238Matthew Perpetua · 2015
.1238Patrick Wall · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.165#425 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
tUnE-yArDs · Nikki Nack2031
Deerhoof · La Isla Bonita206
Glass Ghost · Lyfe200
Amen Dunes · Love106
Sharon Van Etten · Are We There552
Sun Kil Moon · Benji547
Wye Oak · Shriek57
Battle Trance · Palace of Wind51
Qasim Naqvi · Fjoloy50
Teen · The Way and Color50
SongOther Votes
FKA Twigs · "Two Weeks"59
Charli XCX · "Boom Clap"37
Perfume Genius · "Queen"34
tUnE-yArDs · "Water Fountain"25
ILoveMakonnen · "Club Goin' Up on a Tuesday"15
Sharon Van Etten · "Your Love Is Killing Me"14
Röyksopp & Robyn · "Do It Again"12
Run the Jewels · "Oh My Darling Don't Cry"7
Father John Misty · "Bored in the USA"5
Todd Terje · "Johnny and Mary (Featuring Bryan Ferry)"3

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.1155Aaron Hillis · 2014
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2013 original ballot
Centricity.355#197 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · Yeezus15159
Buke and Gase · General Dome151
Luke Temple · Good Mood Fool150
Tim Hecker · Virgins1026
Julia Holter · Loud City Song1010
Dawn of Midi · Dysnomia104
Front Bottoms · Talon of the Hawk104
The Knife · Shaking the Habitual526
Phosphorescent · Muchacho517
Braids · Flourish // Perish52
SongOther Votes
Phosphorescent · "Song for Zula"22
Vampire Weekend · "Diane Young"19
Parquet Courts · "Stoned and Starving"16
Vampire Weekend · "Step"16
Pusha T · "Numbers on the Boards"13
David Bowie · "Where Are We Now?"12
Waxahatchee · "Peace and Quiet"2
Front Bottoms · "Twin-Sized Mattress"0
Omar Souleyman · "Wami Wami"0
Teen · "Carolina"0

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2012 original ballot
Centricity.156#327 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Here We Go Magic · A Different Ship202
Teen · In Limbo200
Dirty Projectors · Swing Lo Magellan1533
Scott Walker · Bish Bosch1021
Deerhoof · Breakup Song101
Sharon Van Etten · Tramp533
Metz · Metz516
Lower Dens · Nootropics56
Yellow Ostrich · Strange Land51
People Get Ready · People Get Ready50
SongOther Votes
Solange · "Losing You"40
Santigold · "Disparate Youth"14
Killer Mike · "Reagan"11
Major Lazer (ft. Amber Coffman) · "Get Free"8
Cloud Nothings · "Fall In"2
Flock of Dimes · "Curtain"2
Grizzly Bear · "Sleeping Ute"2
Here We Go Magic · "How Do I Know"1
Buke and Gase · "Misshaping Introduction"0
tUnE-yArDs, Angelique Kidjo, Ahmir '?Uestlove' Thompson, Akua Naru · "Lady"0

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2011 original ballot
Centricity.262#398 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
tUnE-yArDs · w h o k i l l20134
Wye Oak · Civilian2027
Beauty Feast · Soft Spot200
Hubble · Hubble Drums100
St. Vincent · Strange Mercy564
Psychic Paramount · II59
Deerhoof · Deerhoof Vs. Evil55
Yellow Ostrich · The Mistress51
Delicate Steve · Wondervisions50
Nat Baldwin · People Changes50
SongOther Votes
Nicki Minaj · "Super Bass"94
tUnE-yArDs · "Bizness"37
Das Racist · "Michael Jackson"19
Lil Wayne (ft. Cory Gunz) · "6 Foot 7 Foot"16
Eleanor Friedberger · "My Mistakes"9
Wye Oak · "Holy Holy"7
Beauty Feast · "It Grows"0
Delicate Steve · "Butterfly"0
They Might Be Giants · "Canajoharie"0
Yellow Ostrich · "Whale"0

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2010 original ballot
Centricity.095#555 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Dirty Projectors + Bjork · Mount Wittenberg Orca155
Buke and Gase · Riposte153
Phosphorescent · Here's to Taking It Easy1018
Freedy Johnston · Rain on the City102
Citay · Dream Get Together101
Philistines Jr. · If a Band Plays in the Woods...?101
Callers · Life of Love100
Candy Claws · Hidden Lands100
Sleigh Bells · Treats585
Wye Oak · My Neighbor My Creator50
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Janelle Monáe (ft. Big Boi) · "Tightrope"103
Das Racist · "Hahahaha JK?"14
Willow Smith · "Whip My Hair"12
Sleigh Bells · "Infinity Guitars"11
Justin Bieber · "U Smile (800% Slower by Shamantis)"6
Phosphorescent · "It's Hard to Be Humble (When You're From Alabama)"4
The Agitator · "Let's Get Marching"0
Callers · "How You Hold Your Arms"0
Dirty Projectors · "Ascending Melody"0

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2009 original ballot
Centricity.407#150 of 683
Metalism.050#107 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Dirty Projectors · Bitte Orca25107
Grizzly Bear · Veckatimest15105
Animal Collective · Merriweather Post Pavilion10153
tUnE-yArDs · BiRd-BrAiNs1018
Wye Oak · The Knot109
Orchestre Poly-Rythmo de Cotonou · Echos Hypnotiques, Vol. 2102
Jim O'Rourke · The Visitor510
Cobalt · Gin58
Deradoorian · Mind Raft50
Dustin Wong · Seasons50
SongOther Votes
Animal Collective · "My Girls"75
Grizzly Bear · "Two Weeks"64
Dirty Projectors · "Stillness Is the Move"63
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · "Zero"58
Lady Gaga · "Bad Romance"50
Phoenix · "Lisztomania"41
Big Boi (ft. Gucci Mane) · "Shine Blockas"20
Raekwon (ft. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck and Method Man) · "House of Flying Daggers"15
Jay-Z · "D.O.A. (Death of Auto-Tune)"13
tUnE-yArDs · "Sunlight"3

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2008 original ballot
Centricity.334#225 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
TV on the Radio · Dear Science20153
Fleet Foxes · Fleet Foxes2087
Juana Molina · Un Dia2010
Deerhoof · Offend Maggie1010
Ponytail · Ice Cream Spiritual!510
Jamie Lidell · Jim57
Kasai Allstars · In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic55
Mudhoney · The Lucky Ones51
Ruby Suns · Sea Lion51
Charlotte Sometimes · Waves and the Both of Us50
SongOther Votes
Estelle (ft. Kanye West) · "American Boy"69
Santogold · "L.E.S. Artistes"48
Rihanna · "Disturbia"20
TV on the Radio · "Golden Age"17
John Legend (ft. Andre 3000) · "Green Light"8
Blitzen Trapper · "Furr"7
Annie · "I Know Ur Girlfriend Hates Me"5
will.i.am · "Yes We Can"4
Robyn · "Konichiwa Bitches"3
Charlotte Sometimes · "Losing Sleep"0

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