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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Charles Johnson
Overall
Centricity.308#672 of 1313
Breadth.539#313 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.400#232 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Drive-By Truckers · American Band1155
Tedeschi Trucks Band · Let Me Get By113
A Tribe Called Quest · We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service10184
Radiohead · A Moon Shaped Pool1091
Car Seat Headrest · Teens of Denial1076
Blood Orange · Freetown Sound1043
St. Paul & the Broken Bones · Sea of Noise102
Antje Duvekot · Toward the Thunder100
Parquet Courts · Human Performance926
Wilco · Schmilco910
SongOther Votes
Beyoncé · "Formation"98
A Tribe Called Quest · "We the People"55
Drive-By Truckers · "What It Means"19
Common (ft. Stevie Wonder) · "Black America Again"2
Blood Orange · "Hands Up"1
Cheap Trick · "No Direction Home"0
Green Day · "Revolution Radio"0
Mudcrutch · "Trailer"0
Tedeschi Trucks Band · "Let Me Get By"0

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.1747Dan Hyman · 2016
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2015 original ballot
Centricity.392#201 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Peter Case · Hwy 62110
Randall Bramblett · Devil Music110
Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp a Butterfly10209
Jason Isbell · Something More Than Free1050
Alabama Shakes · Sound & Color1047
Car Seat Headrest · Teens of Style109
Django Django · Born Under Saturn102
Chris Stamey · Euphoria101
Tame Impala · Currents952
Lizz Wright · Freedom and Surrender90
SongOther Votes
Alabama Shakes · "Don't Wanna Fight"23
Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars) · "Uptown Funk"19
Kendrick Lamar · "How Much a Dollar Cost"6
Car Seat Headrest · "Something Soon"4
Passion Pit · "Lifted Up (1985)"2
Chris Cornell · "Nearly Forgot My Broken Heart"0
Grace Potter · "Nobody's Born With a Broken Heart"0
Heartless Bastards · "Gates of Dawn"0
The London Souls · "When I'm With You"0
Peter Case · "Pelican Bay"0

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.2128Preston Jones · 2015
.1829Roy Trakin · 2015
.1786Janelle Bitker · 2015
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.1468Mike Greenhaus · 2015
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.0936Reiff, Corbin Reiff · 2015
.0914Andrew Bartlett · 2015
.0896Jon Bream · 2015
.0886Stephen M. Deusner · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.214#379 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires · Dereconstructed127
Ex Hex · Rips1157
TV on the Radio · Seeds1123
Hozier · Hozier116
tUnE-yArDs · Nikki Nack1031
Bruce Springsteen · High Hopes107
Ryan Adams · Ryan Adams919
Sylvan Esso · Sylvan Esso914
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · Give the People What They Want912
Real Estate · Atlas822
SongOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · "I"50
Hozier · "Take Me to Church"16
Sylvan Esso · "Coffee"12
Coldplay · "Magic"4
Ex Hex · "Waste Your Time"1
Lee Bains III & the Glory Fires · "The Company Man"1
Bruce Springsteen · "American Skin"0
Hold Steady · "I Hope This Whole Thing Didn't Frighten You"0
Ryan Adams · "Feels Like Fire"0
St. Paul and the Broken Bones · "Call Me"0

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.1518Gabriel Rosenberg · 2014
.1498Steve Baltin · 2014
.1387Hilary Hughes · 2014
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.1026Katie Moulton · 2014
.0984Jim Sullivan · 2014
.0956Ron Hart · 2014
.0916Douglas Wolk · 2014
.0895Eric Swedlund · 2014
.0894Anders Smith Lindall · 2014
.0874Nick Green · 2014
.0844David Goldstein · 2014
.0836Darrell M McNeill · 2014
.0835George A. Paul · 2014
.0835Paul Robicheau · 2014
.0824Jack Buehrer · 2014
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.0785Preston Jones · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.214#294 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Neko Case · The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You1145
Jagwar Ma · Howlin116
Mavis Staples · One True Vine115
Tedeschi Trucks Band · Made Up Mind114
Janelle Monáe · The Electric Lady1050
Lorde · Pure Heroine1031
Joy Formidable · Wolf's Law93
Randall Bramblett · The Bright Spots91
Trombone Shorty · Say That to Say This91
NC Music Army · We Are Not for Sale90
SongOther Votes
Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams) · "Get Lucky"116
Lorde · "Royals"75
Janelle Monáe (ft. Erykah Badu) · "Q.U.E.E.N."18
Vampire Weekend · "Unbelievers"7
Beyoncé · "Xo"6
Mavis Staples · "Can You Get to That"3
Paul McCartney · "New"2
Aoife O'Donovan · "Lay My Burden Down"0
Billy Bragg · "January Song"0
Mowgli's · "San Francisco"0

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.1208Dan Kois · 2013
.1198Bill O'Neill · 2013
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2012 original ballot
Centricity.274#237 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball1235
Mountain Goats · Transcendental Youth1222
Alabama Shakes · Boys & Girls1032
Grizzly Bear · Shields1029
The Shins · Port of Morrow105
Cassandra Wilson · Another Country101
Tame Impala · Lonerism955
Nada Surf · The Stars Are Indifferent to Astronomy913
The dB's · Falling Off the Sky98
Bonnie Raitt · Slipstream97

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.1025Bob Grossweiner · 2012
.1004Jose Davila · 2012
.0985Chris M. Junior · 2012
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.0844Jim Farber · 2012
.0744Leland Rucker · 2012
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.0724James Rodgers · 2012
.0714Anthony Lombardi · 2012
.0714Don Allred · 2012
.0704Andrew Gilstrap · 2012
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2011 original ballot
Centricity.210#462 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Paul Simon · So Beautiful or So What1160
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals · Ashes & Fire1128
TV on the Radio · Nine Types of Light1127
Megafaun · Megafaun116
Raphael Saadiq · Stone Rollin'1032
Sarah Jarosz · Follow Me Down102
Dum Dum Girls · Only in Dreams923
Holy Ghost! · Holy Ghost!97
Ry Cooder · Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down97
Marti Jones and Don Dixon · Living Stereo90

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.1264Billy Altman · 2011
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2010 original ballot
Centricity.428#219 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs10144
Janelle Monáe · The ArchAndroid10133
Vampire Weekend · Contra10119
The National · High Violet1096
New Pornographers · Together1021
Tracey Thorn · Love and Its Opposite1016
Broken Bells · Broken Bells1014
Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs · God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise1010
Trombone Shorty · Backatown102
Robin Rogers · Back in the Fire100

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2009 original ballot
Centricity.367#184 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · It's Blitz!12113
Neko Case · Middle Cyclone12105
Rhett Miller · Rhett Miller113
Grizzly Bear · Veckatimest10105
M. Ward · Hold Time1010
Bruce Springsteen · Working on a Dream918
Andrew Bird · Noble Beast912
Derek Trucks Band · Already Free92
Antje Duvekot · The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer91
Jamie Hoover & Steve Stoeckel · English Afterthought90

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2008 original ballot
Centricity.276#278 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Vampire Weekend · Vampire Weekend10104
Hold Steady · Stay Positive1053
Raphael Saadiq · The Way I See It1044
Dr. Dog · Fate1011
Nada Surf · Lucky1010
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals · Cardinology108
Gym Class Heroes · The Quilt102
P. Hux · Kiss the Monster100
Randall Bramblett · Now It's Tomorrow100
Spongetones · Too Clever by Half100
SongOther Votes
Estelle (ft. Kanye West) · "American Boy"69
Beyoncé · "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"57
MGMT · "Time to Pretend"52
Hold Steady · "Sequestered in Memphis"11
Vampire Weekend · "A-Punk"11
Weezer · "Pork and Beans"11
Ting Tings · "Great DJ"7
Pretenders · "Boots of Chinese Plastic"2
Aimee Mann · "Freeway"0
Gym Class Heroes · "Guilty As Charged"0

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.14244Ken Rayes
.13432Bud Scoppa
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.12333Derek Paiva
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.11741Eric Danton
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