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.
Roy Kasten
Overall
Centricity.198#934 of 1313
Breadth.457#454 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.143#415 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sturgill Simpson · A Sailor's Guide to Earth1057
Drive-By Truckers · American Band1055
Margo Price · Midwest Farmer's Daughter1029
Michael Kiwanuka · Love & Hate1013
Steve Gunn · Eyes on the Lines1010
Mavis Staples · Livin' on a High Note102
Emitt Rhodes · Rainbow Ends101
John Paul White · Beulah101
The James Hunter Six · Hold On!100
Norah Jones · Day Breaks100
SongOther Votes
Leonard Cohen · "You Want It Darker"41
David Bowie · "Lazarus"38
Drive-By Truckers · "What It Means"19
Charles Bradley · "Changes"10
Margo Price · "Hands of Time"8
Paul Simon · "Cool Papa Bell"1
Becky Warren · "Stay Calm, Get Low"0
Brandy Clark · "Homecoming Queen"0
Gregory Porter · "Take Me to the Alley"0
Norah Jones · "Don't Be Denied"0

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.23110Michael Gallucci · 2016
.19510Dorian Lynskey · 2016
.1957Stephen Haag · 2016
.1889Bob Townsend · 2016
.1879Alan Light · 2016
.1879L. Kent Wolgamott · 2016
.1847Mike Berick · 2016
.1839Jon Bream · 2016
.1819Brian Ives · 2016
.1718J. Anthony Ware · 2016
.1648Amy McCarthy · 2016
.1616Philip Martin · 2016
.1588Ellis Widner · 2016
.1548Peter Blackstock · 2016
.1508Phil Gallo · 2016
.1478Patrick Rogers · 2016
.1468Stephen M. Deusner · 2016
.1436Adam Gold · 2016
.1406Steve Klinge · 2016
.1396Charles R. Cross · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.356#233 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Courtney Barnett · Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit10166
Jason Isbell · Something More Than Free1050
Chris Stapleton · Traveller1030
Leon Bridges · Coming Home1028
Bob Dylan · Shadows in the Night1019
James McMurtry · Complicated Game1016
Natalie Prass · Natalie Prass1014
Laura Marling · Short Movie107
Ryley Walker · Primrose Green105
Pokey LaFarge · Something in the Water101

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.2758Alan Light · 2015
.23810Dacey Orr · 2015
.1996Max Blau · 2015
.1898L. Kent Wolgamott · 2015
.1544Janelle Bitker · 2015
.1527J. Anthony Ware · 2015
.1497Amy McCarthy · 2015
.1455Tom Finkel · 2015
.1447Gary Graff · 2015
.1446Mike Seely · 2015
.1325Charles R. Cross · 2015
.1266Bonnie Stiernberg · 2015
.1256Ray Padgett · 2015
.1256Robert Ker · 2015
.1246Ellis Widner · 2015
.1236Amy Reitnouer · 2016
.1236Patrick Rogers · 2015
.1216Jon Bream · 2015
.1196Chris Herrington · 2015
.1196Scott Lapatine · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.216#377 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music1077
Sun Kil Moon · Benji1047
Wussy · Attica!1028
Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread1027
Hurray for the Riff Raff · Small Town Heroes1012
The Delines · Colfax103
Quilt · Held in Splendor102
Chuck Prophet · Night Surfer101
Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens · Cold World101
Nick Waterhouse · Holly101

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.2186Steve Rosen · 2014
.2076Dan Ferguson · 2014
.1194Steve Klinge · 2014
.1154Steve Horowitz · 2014
.1134Jeremiah McNeil · 2014
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.1094Allen St John · 2014
.1084Bob Townsend · 2014
.1074Meredith Ochs · 2014
.1064Larry King · 2014
.1054Jeff Tamarkin · 2014
.1034Mike Berick · 2014
.0965J. Anthony Ware · 2014
.0814Leslie Berman · 2014
.0714Chris Gray · 2014
.0704Alex Woodward · 2014
.0684Michael Lach · 2014
.0684Stephen M. Deusner · 2014
.0674Andrew Dansby · 2014
.0674Peter Blackstock · 2014
.0674Philip Martin · 2014
.0674Tim Grierson · 2014
2012 original ballot
Centricity.102#381 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Dr. John · Locked Down1031
Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta1015
Kathleen Edwards · Voyageur108
Bill Fay · Life Is People105
Chuck Prophet · Temple Beautiful104
Ray Wylie Hubbard · The Grifter's Hymnal104
Lee Fields & the Expressions · Faithful Man103
Rumer · Boys Don't Cry101
The Amazing · Gentle Stream100
Ed Romanoff · Ed Romanoff100
SongOther Votes
Alabama Shakes · "Hold On"25
Bruce Springsteen · "We Take Care of Our Own"18
First Aid Kit · "Emmylou"11
Bob Dylan · "Pay in Blood"4
Lee Fields & the Expressions · "Faithful Man"4
Bill Fay · "This World"1
Chuck Prophet · "I Felt Like Jesus"0
Dr. John · "Revolution"0
Nada Surf · "When I Was Young"0
Quantic & Alice Russell · "Look Around the Corner"0

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.1608Kurt B. Reighley · 2012
.1387J. Anthony Ware · 2012
.1387Jon Bream · 2012
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.1327Ken Rayes · 2012
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.1307L. Kent Wolgamott · 2012
.1116Leland Rucker · 2012
.1096Arsenio Orteza · 2012
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.0925Lola Emanuelli · 2012
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.0894Thor Christensen · 2012
.0885Gary Chun · 2012
.0874Bob Townsend · 2012
.0845Andrew Bartlett · 2012
.0825Will Hermes · 2012
.0815Roy Trakin · 2012
.0664Bill O'Neill · 2012
.0664Jason MacNeil · 2012
2009 original ballot
Centricity.174#432 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Neko Case · Middle Cyclone10105
Allen Toussaint · The Bright Mississippi1021
Leonard Cohen · Live in London1019
M. Ward · Hold Time1010
Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens · What Have You Done, My Brother?105
Bottle Rockets · Lean Forward104
Slaid Cleaves · Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away ...104
Son Volt · American Central Dust102
Grace Basement · Gunmetal Gray100
Howard Eliott Payne · Bright Light Ballads100
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Empire State of Mind"88
Avett Brothers · "I & Love & You"19
Neko Case · "This Tornado Loves You"18
Buddy & Julie Miller · "Gasoline and Matches"5
Elvis Perkins · "Doomsday"3
Slaid Cleaves · "Cry"1
Son Volt · "Dynamite"1
Aceyalone · "Power to the People"0
Camera Obscura · "My Maudlin Career"0
Naomi Shelton and the Gospel Queens · "Am I Asking Too Much?"0

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.1066Jennifer Vineyard · 2009
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.0894Charles Johnson · 2009
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.0875Bob Townsend · 2009
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.0854Edd Hurt · 2009
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Similar Voters
.13320Andrew Gilstrap
.12726Dan Ferguson
.11718Peter Blackstock
.11716Amy McCarthy
.11610Dacey Orr
.11331Jon Bream
.11210Brian Ives
.11025Bob Townsend
.10917Steve Horowitz
.10916Patrick Rogers
.10733L. Kent Wolgamott
.10631Ellis Widner
.09929J. Anthony Ware
.09831Daniel Durchholz
.09716Meredith Ochs
.09418Jeff Tamarkin
.08923Steve Rosen
.08712Thor Christensen
.08620Larry King
.08421Phil Gallo
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