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.
Ken Roseman
Overall
Centricity.023#1290 of 1313
Breadth.560#280 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.010#536 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Shirley Collins · Lodestar102
Coreyah · Seoul Folks100
Dr. John · Celebrating Mac and His Music100
Faustus · Death and Other Animals100
Feedel Band · Ethiopian Ocean100
Home Service · A New Ground100
The Klezmatics · Heretics100
Lenka Lichtenberg · Yiddish Journey100
Merry Hell · Bloodlines100
Sandaraa · Sandaraa100
SongOther Votes
Allen Toussaint · "American Tune"0
Allen Toussaint · "Big Chief"0
Fish Out of Water · "Cold Haily Rainey Night"0
Home Service · "Kellingley"0
Merry Hell · "We Need Each Other Now"0
The U-Liners · "You Can't Giddyup by Sayin' Whoa"0

Similar Ballots
.0202Ken Roseman · 2011
.0202Stephen M. Deusner · 2016
.0192Shane Harrison · 2016
2014 original ballot
Centricity.014#597 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn · Béla Fleck & Abigail Washburn102
Black Prairie · Fortune100
Kirrontzi · Tradition 2.1100
The Melodic · Effra Parade100
Serpentyne · Myths and Muses100
Shir · From the Heart100
Steeleye Span · Wintersmith100
The Two Sisters · Songs & Chansons100
Zvuloon Dub System · Anbessa Dub100
(various artists) · Dear Jean Artists Celebrate Jean Ritchie100
SongOther Votes
Bela Fleck & Abigail Washburn · "Whatcha Gonna Do"0
Debra Cowan and John Roberts · "Wintergrace"0
The Druids · "The Farmer's Three Sons"0
Judy Collins · "One I Love"0
Osaka Monaurail · "Calinga"0
Phil Lassiter · "Strut"0
Shtreimml · "Lullabye for Halleli"0

Similar Ballots
.0282J Poet · 2014
.0242Steve Hochman · 2014
2011 original ballot
Centricity.064#614 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
The Decemberists · The King Is Dead1039
Bombino · Agadez1011
Andy Statman · Old Brooklyn102
June Tabor & Oysterband · Ragged Kingdom101
Home Service · Live 1986100
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra · Song of Solstice100
The Klezmatics · Live at Town Hall100
La Bottine Souriante · Appellation d'Origine Controlee100
Richard Thompson · Live at the BBC100
The Urban Folk Quartet · Live100
SongOther Votes
Architecture in Helsinki · "Escapee"0
Fairport Convention · "Festival Bell"0
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra · "Time to Remember the Poor"0
Lucky Dub · "Rise"0
Rosie Carson Kevin Dempsey · "Green Grows the Laurel"0
Stackridge · "Lost and Found"0
The Urban Folk Quartet · "Wedding Dress"0
The Zombies · "Breathe Out Breathe In"0

Similar Ballots
.0292David Royko · 2011
.0282William Ruhlmann · 2011
.0272John Payne · 2011
.0272Mark Jenkins · 2011
.0272Marty Lipp · 2011
.0272Tad Hendrickson · 2011
.0262Banning Eyre · 2011
.0262Larry Birnbaum · 2011
.0242Jeff Vrabel · 2011
.0242Parke Puterbaugh · 2011
.0232Andrew Nash · 2011
.0232Anthony DeCurtis · 2011
.0232Jim DeRogatis · 2011
.0232Kevin Moreau · 2011
.0232Lloyd Sachs · 2011
.0232Mike Berick · 2011
.0232Stephen Haag · 2011
.0222Bobby Tanzilo · 2011
.0222Ken Roseman · 2016
.0212Jim Farber · 2011
.0212Larry King · 2013
2010 original ballot
Centricity.013#688 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Brian Wilson · Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin103
Alasdair Roberts & Friends · Too Long in This Condition102
Dr. John and the Lower 911 · Tribal102
Karan Casey & John Doyle · Exiles Return101
Asleep at the Wheel and Leon Rausch · It's a Good Day100
Blowzabella · Dance100
Jim Moray · In Modern History100
John Jones · Rising Road100
Sam Bush · Circles Around Me100
Vagabond Opera · The Zeitgeist Beckons100
SongOther Votes
Black Prairie · "A Prairie Musette"0
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra · "Green Man"0
Jennifer Cutting's Ocean Orchestra · "Summer Will Come 'Round Again"0
King Teddy · "Another Candle"0
Little Johnny England · "Welcome to the Sparrow Club"0
The Unthanks · "Flowers of the Town"0
The Unthanks · "Here's the Tender Coming"0

Similar Ballots
.0292David Nadelle · 2010
.0292David Royko · 2009
.0292Jon Dale · 2010
.0292Rick Petreycik · 2010
.0292Tristram Lozaw · 2010
.0282Steve Simels · 2010
.0272Kevin Moreau · 2010
.0202Ken Roseman · 2008
.0192Kerry Dexter · 2010
.0192Mikael Wood · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.011#674 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Os Mutantes · Haih ... Or Amortecedor ...202
Spiro · Lightbox201
Susan McKeown Lorin Sklamberg · Saints & Tzadiks200
Martin Simpson · True Stories100
Sway Machinery · Hidden Melodies Revealed51
Daniel Kahn & the Painted Bird · Partisans & Parasites50
Maddy Prior · Seven for Old England50
Madness · The Liberty of Norton Folgate50
Peatbog Faeries · Live50
The Ukrainians · Diaspora50
SongOther Votes
Jackie Oates · "The Sheffield Grinder/Mavis"0
Levon Helm · "Golden Bird"0
Margot MacDonald · "Complicated"0
Margot MacDonald · "Hold On"0
Os Mutantes · "2000 E Agarrum"0
Wheeler Street · "Birdsong"0
Wheeler Street · "My Son John"0

Similar Ballots
.0312David Shirley · 2009
.0302Buzz Poole · 2009
.0302Tom Cheyney · 2009
.0282Nathan Carson · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.026#550 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Brian Wilson · That Lucky Old Sun106
Dr. John and the Lower 911 · City That Care Forgot103
Imagined Village · The Imagined Village102
Billy Bragg · Mr. Love & Justice101
Doorley/Fowlis/Martin · Dual101
Chumbawamba · The Boy Bands Have Won100
Eliza Carthy · Dreams of Breathing Underwater100
Moving Hearts · Live in Dublin100
Ojos de Brujo · Techari Live100
Whapweasel · Colour100
SongOther Votes
Randy Newman · "A Few Words in Defense of Our Country"4
Billy Bragg · "I Keep Faith"0
Blind Boys of Alabama · "Make a Better World"0
The Demon Barbers · "The Good Old Days [Demon Barbers]"0
Dr. John and the Lower 911 · "Black Gold"0
Emily Smith · "Audience of Souls"0
Fairport Convention (ft. Steve Ashley) · "Best Wishes"0

Similar Ballots
.0664Richard Gehr · 2008
.0643William Ruhlmann · 2008
.0623Peter Gerstenzang · 2008
.0463James Rodgers · 2008
.0302Bill Milkowski · 2008
.0292Marty Lipp · 2008
.0292Rick Petreycik · 2008
.0272Phil Sutcliffe · 2011
.0242Kerry Dexter · 2008
.0232Bill Holdship · 2008
.0232Jud Cost · 2008
.0202Jack Rabid · 2008
.0202Ken Roseman · 2010
.0182Derk Richardson · 2008
.0182Gary Graff · 2008
.0182Melissa Ruggieri · 2008
.0182Richard Skanse · 2008
.0172John Aizlewood · 2008
Similar Voters
.0407William Ruhlmann
.0327Tom Cheyney
.0284Rick Petreycik
.0274David Royko
.0224Jeff Vrabel
.0196Steve Hochman
.0185Marty Lipp
.0184Kevin Moreau
.0175Allen St John
.0166Kerry Dexter
.0163Tad Hendrickson
.0156Bill Holdship
.0143Anthony DeCurtis
.0143Lloyd Sachs
.0136Bob Grossweiner
.0134Derk Richardson
.0124Tristram Lozaw
.0123Andrew Nash
.0123Thor Christensen
.0116Gary Graff
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