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.
Derk Richardson
Overall
Centricity.214#898 of 1313
Breadth.487#392 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.271#340 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
David Bowie · Blackstar10208
Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker1080
Lambchop · Flotus1015
Mary Halvorson Octet · Away With You108
Vijay Iyer & Wadada Leo Smith · A Cosmic Rhythm With Each Stroke108
Allen Toussaint · American Tunes105
Nels Cline · Lovers104
Billy Bragg & Joe Henry · Shine a Light: Field Recordings From the Great American Railroad101
Joan Jeanrenaud · Visual Music100
Malwai Mouse Boys · Forever Is 4 You100

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.2146Larry Birnbaum · 2016
.1858Jon Solomon · 2016
.1746Laurence Station · 2016
.1347Jesse Jarnow · 2016
.1204Martin Johnson · 2016
.1176Bob Townsend · 2016
.1156Eric Danton · 2016
.1084J Poet · 2016
.1076Spencer Kornhaber · 2016
.1076Steve Rosen · 2016
.0984Jeremiah McNeil · 2016
.0944D. Strauss · 2016
.0874Bob Grossweiner · 2016
.0874Brian Bowe · 2016
.0865Ellis Widner · 2016
.0834Ron Hart · 2016
.0824Preston Jones · 2016
.0814Ashley Zlatopolsky · 2016
.0814Joel Elliot · 2016
.0814Mallory O'Donnell · 2016
2012 original ballot
Centricity.162#320 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Loudon Wainwright III · Older Than My Old Man Now1315
Lambchop · Mr. M136
Wadada Leo Smith · Ten Freedom Summers136
Beth Orton · Sugaring Season114
Henry Threadgill Zooid · Tomorrow Sunny/The Revelry, SPP111
Miles Davis Quintet · Live in Europe 1967110
Bob Dylan · Tempest732
Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas730
Mountain Goats · Transcendental Youth722
Mary Halvorson · Bending Bridges72
SongOther Votes
Carolina Chocolate Drops · "Leaving Eden"1
Leonard Cohen · "Going Home"1
Antony · "Landslide"0
Bettye LaVette · "Everybody Knows This Is Nowhere"0
Bob Dylan · "Long and Wasted Years"0
Lambchop · "The Good Life (Is Wasted)"0
Neil Young & Crazy Horse · "High Flyin' Bird"0
Norah Jones With Rodney Crowell · "If the Law Don't Want You"0
Ry Cooder · "The Wall Street Part of Town"0
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · "This Land Is Your Land"0

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.1576Bob Townsend · 2012
.1457Larry King · 2012
.1156Joey Daniewicz · 2012
.1004Steve Hochman · 2012
.0925Robert Christgau · 2012
.0884David Menconi · 2012
.0865Michael Tatum · 2012
.0835Max Berry · 2012
.0815Bob Grossweiner · 2012
.0804Jeff Tamarkin · 2012
.0795Daniel Sargeant · 2012
.0624Christopher Monsen · 2012
.0614Leland Rucker · 2012
.0614Will Hermes · 2012
.0604Jim Testa · 2012
.0594Dan Weiss · 2012
.0574Andrew Dansby · 2012
.0574Jason Gubbels · 2012
.0554Jesse Jarnow · 2012
.0553J Neo Marvin · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.275#379 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Tom Waits · Bad As Me1095
Paul Simon · So Beautiful or So What1060
Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest1041
Bill Callahan · Apocalypse1033
Ry Cooder · Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down107
Joe Henry · Reverie105
Meg Baird · Seasons on Earth105
Thurston Moore · Demolished Thoughts105
Steven Bernstein's Millennial Territory Orchestra · MTO Plays Sly101
Parkington Sisters · Till Voices Wake Us100
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109
tUnE-yArDs · "Bizness"37
Pistol Annies · "Hell on Heels"17
Wilco · "I Might"12
TV on the Radio · "Will Do"5
Ry Cooder · "No Banker Left Behind"3
Paul Simon · "Rewrite"2
Tom Waits · "Satisfied"2
Ry Cooder · "Wall Street Side of Town"0
Tinariwen · "Tenere Taqqim Tossam"0

Similar Ballots
.2538Buzz Poole · 2011
.18810Phil Gallo · 2011
.1779Brent Baldwin · 2011
.1739George Varga · 2011
.1726Nathan Hogan · 2011
.1719J. Anthony Ware · 2011
.1699Gary Graff · 2011
.1669Chris Herrington · 2011
.1608Max Berry · 2011
.1606Tad Hendrickson · 2011
.1586Paul Robicheau · 2011
.1556Thor Christensen · 2011
.1546Steve Matteo · 2011
.1496Allen St John · 2011
.1486Carlo Wolff · 2011
.1456Salvatore Caputo · 2011
.1408Daniel Durchholz · 2011
.1358Jim Sullivan · 2011
.1317Bob Townsend · 2011
.1317Ted Cox · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.055#615 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Nels Cline · Dirty Baby152
Laurie Anderson · Homeland137
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan · Hawk126
James Blackshaw · All Is Falling102
Clogs · The Creatures in the Garden of Lady Walton101
Mavis Staples · You Are Not Alone826
Richard Thompson · Dream Attic86
Ali Farka Touré and Toumani Diabaté · Ali & Toumani85
Antony & the Johnsons · Swanlights85
Robert Wyatt, Gilad Atzmon, Ros Stephen · For the Ghosts Within83
SongOther Votes
The National · "Bloodbuzz Ohio"40
Arcade Fire · "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"36
Aloe Blacc · "I Need a Dollar"16
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · "I Learned the Hard Way"6
Isobel Campbell and Mark Lanegan · "Come Undone"1
Bettye LaVette · "Salt of the Earth"0
Bonnie "Prince" Billy & the Cairo Gang · "That's What Our Love Is"0
Jimi Hendrix · "Tears of Rage"0
Rolling Stones · "Loving Cup (Alternate Take)"0
Trombone Shorty · "On Your Way Down"0

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.20310Steve Rosen · 2010
.1769Steve Klinge · 2010
.1135Will Layman · 2010
.0954Larry King · 2010
.0855Ted Cox · 2010
.0824Allen St John · 2010
.0814Jeff Vrabel · 2010
.0785Brian Orloff · 2010
.0784Anthony DeCurtis · 2010
.0784Steve Simels · 2010
.0775Omar Kholeif · 2010
.0705Marianne Meyer · 2010
.0694Stephen M. Deusner · 2010
.0644Andy Odom · 2010
.0614Bret Gladstone · 2010
.0613Brad Cohan · 2010
.0584Jon Solomon · 2010
.0574Chris Riemenschneider · 2010
.0574Jeremiah McNeil · 2010
.0554David Cantwell · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.126#512 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Leonard Cohen · Live in London1519
Henry Threadgill Zooid · This Brings Us To, Volume 1154
Wadada Leo Smith Golden Quartet · Spiritual Dimensions152
Rokia Traoré · Tchamantché107
Nels Cline · Coward104
Marianne Faithfull · Easy Come, Easy Go103
Kronos Quartet · Floodplain101
Wilco · Wilco (The Album)543
Rosanne Cash · The List523
Loudon Wainwright III · High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project513

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.1694Larry Birnbaum · 2009
.1294Steve Klinge · 2009
.1214Allen St John · 2009
.1174Dan Ouellette · 2009
.1174Mark Keresman · 2009
.1114Buzz Poole · 2009
.1104David Adler · 2009
.1104Rick Petreycik · 2009
.1084Steve Horowitz · 2009
.1074Bill Holdship · 2009
.1074Holly George-Warren · 2009
.1074Tom Hull · 2009
.1064Steve Simels · 2009
.1044Michael Ross · 2009
.1024Max Berry · 2009
.1004Ken Rayes · 2009
.0954Leslie Berman · 2009
.0734Jim Macnie · 2009
.0724Robert Christgau · 2009
.0674Jason MacNeil · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.394#161 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Jim White · Transnormal Skiperoo201
Fleet Foxes · Fleet Foxes1087
Randy Newman · Harps and Angels1047
Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-20061035
Orchestra Baobab · Made in Dakar1012
Joan As Police Woman · To Survive101
Steven Bernstein · Diaspora Suite101
Suarasama · Fajar Di Atas Awan100
TV on the Radio · Dear Science5153
Fern Knight · Fern Knight50
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Chasing Pavements"19
TV on the Radio · "Golden Age"17
Al Green (ft. Anthony Hamilton) · "Lay It Down"8
Randy Newman · "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country"4
Bob Dylan · "Mississippi"2
Duffy · "Warwick Avenue"2
Bill Frisell · "A Change Is Gonna Come"0
Jim White · "Jailbird"0
Ry Cooder · "Pink-O-Boogie"0
Teddy Thompson · "Don't Know What I Was Thinking"0

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.1859Jason Fine · 2008
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.1387Rick Mitchell · 2008
.1377Scott Mervis · 2008
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.1255Steve Simels · 2008
.1245Charles R. Cross · 2008
.1237Roy Trakin · 2008
.1227Ken Rayes · 2008
.1177Edna Gundersen · 2008
.1146Jack Buehrer · 2008
.1126Holly George-Warren · 2008
.1105Dominic Salerno · 2008
.1056Bret Gladstone · 2008
.1026Richard Gehr · 2008
.1024Edd Hurt · 2008
.1016Preston Jones · 2008
.1006Christian Hoard · 2008
.1006Joe Tangari · 2008
Similar Voters
.13220Allen St John
.12816Buzz Poole
.11325Larry King
.11230Steve Klinge
.11022Rick Mitchell
.10422Holly George-Warren
.10321Jeff Tamarkin
.09917David Menconi
.09727Steve Rosen
.09122Bob Townsend
.09023Charles R. Cross
.09013Billy Altman
.0909Jason Fine
.08912George Varga
.08713Thor Christensen
.08520Max Berry
.08512Jim Sullivan
.07916Steve Simels
.07910Anthony DeCurtis
.07821Scott Mervis
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