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.
Steve Simels
Overall
Centricity.136#1071 of 1313
Breadth.424#530 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.029#499 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
The Monkees · Good Times!1018
The Lemon Twigs · Do Hollywood105
Cait Brennan · Debutante102
The Floor Models · Letter From Liverpool100
Gerry Devine and the Hi-Beams · Fire Lane100
The Linemen · Close the Place Down100
Nick Piunti · Trust Your Instincts100
The Speedlights · The Speedlights100
Steve Deaton Three · The Steve Deaton Three100
Swedish Polarbears · The Great Northern100

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.0443Greg Franklin · 2016
.0382Brian Bowe · 2016
.0382Deb Sprague · 2016
.0362John Dugan · 2016
.0342Bill Holdship · 2016
.0322Dave Gil de Rubio · 2016
.0322Jeff Tamarkin · 2016
.0322Jim Bessman · 2016
.0312Arsenio Orteza · 2016
.0292Don Share · 2016
.0262Ken Rayes · 2016
.0222Jim Connelly · 2016
.0222Matthew Oshinsky · 2016
.0212A.D. Amorosi · 2016
.0212Barry Walters · 2016
.0212Pat Pierson · 2016
.0202Annie Zaleski · 2016
.0202Cory Garcia · 2016
.0202Lyndsey Parker · 2016
.0202Marianne Meyer · 2016
.0202Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2016
.0202Steve Rosen · 2016
.0202Tom Lane · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.035#447 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sonics · This Is the Sonics109
Darlene Love · Introducing Darlene Love105
John Moreland · High on Tulsa Heat105
Brian Wilson · No Pier Pressure102
Keith Richards · Crosseyed Heart102
Steve Earle & the Dukes · Terraplane102
The Floor Models · Letter From Liverpool100
Graham Parker and the Rumour · Mystery Glue100
Steve Deaton Three · The Steve Deaton Three100
You Am I · Porridge and Hotsauce100

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.1204Gillian Gaar · 2015
.1204Steve Simels · 2016
.0513L. Kent Wolgamott · 2015
.0483Ray Padgett · 2015
.0443Bill Holmes · 2015
.0362Larry King · 2015
.0342Dan Ferguson · 2015
.0342Steve Simels · 2012
.0332Dave DiMartino · 2015
.0332Dave Gil de Rubio · 2015
.0332Jim Bessman · 2015
.0332Rob O'Connor · 2015
.0322Andrew Hamlin · 2015
.0252Ken Rayes · 2015
.0222Anders Smith Lindall · 2015
.0222Caryn Rose · 2015
.0222Eric Danton · 2015
.0222Michael Lach · 2015
.0222Ted Cox · 2015
.0212Bill Forman · 2015
.0212Jim Farber · 2015
.0212Leland Rucker · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.107#487 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
New Pornographers · Brill Bruisers1042
Lydia Loveless · Somewhere Else1025
Robert Plant · Lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar1015
Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey · Going Back Home105
Foo Fighters · Sonic Highways103
John Hiatt · Terms of My Surrender102
Nrbq · Brass Tacks101
Glenn Tillbrook · Happy Ending100
New Mendicants · Into the Lime100
The Weasels · Let There Be Weasels100

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.0944David Goldstein · 2014
.0744Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2014
.0714Al Choman · 2014
.0684Eric Swedlund · 2014
.0674Ben Salmon · 2014
.0654Andy Gensler · 2014
.0463Bob Grossweiner · 2014
.0453Mike Mettler · 2014
.0443Jere Pilapil · 2014
.0443Keith Creighton · 2014
.0413Bill O'Neill · 2014
.0383James Monger · 2014
.0352Meredith Ochs · 2014
.0342Jeff Tamarkin · 2014
.0342Peter Gerstenzang · 2014
.0332Bill Holmes · 2014
.0332Jim Bessman · 2014
.0332Mark J. Lepage · 2014
.0322Anders Smith Lindall · 2014
.0312Curtis Schieber · 2014
.0312Max Berry · 2014
2012 original ballot
Centricity.113#374 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball1035
Bob Dylan · Tempest1032
Graham Parker and the Rumour · Three Chords Good106
Ian Hunter · When I'm President103
Allah-Las · Allah-Las102
Ken Stringfellow · Danzig in the Moonlight101
Shoes · Ignition101
The Doughboys · Shakin' Our Souls100
The Floor Models · Floor Your Love100
Nelson Bragg · We Get What We Want100

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.2116Peter Gerstenzang · 2012
.2036Jeff Tamarkin · 2012
.1316Bill Holdship · 2012
.1224Bill Holmes · 2012
.1064Scott Mervis · 2012
.0704Larry King · 2012
.0664Bob Grossweiner · 2012
.0654Ken Capobianco · 2012
.0654Roy Trakin · 2012
.0634Ken Rayes · 2012
.0634Mike Mettler · 2012
.0624Al Choman · 2012
.0604Matt Thomas · 2012
.0573Peter Gerstenzang · 2009
.0363J. Anthony Ware · 2012
.0353Mike Madden · 2012
.0343L. Kent Wolgamott · 2012
.0332Jim Bessman · 2012
.0332Mark Keresman · 2012
.0332Steve Simels · 2015
2011 original ballot
Centricity.172#504 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Tom Waits · Bad As Me1095
The Beach Boys · The Smile Sessions1022
Fountains of Wayne · Sky Full of Holes1017
Laura Marling · A Creature I Don't Know1012
The Jayhawks · Mockingbird Time104
John Hiatt · Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns103
Willie Nile · The Innocent Ones102
The Bangles · Sweetheart of the Sun100
Dwight Twilley · Soundtrack100
Vegas With Randolph · Above the Blue100

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.2106Parke Puterbaugh · 2011
.2076Larry King · 2011
.1234Curtis Schieber · 2011
.1224Allen St John · 2011
.1184Edd Hurt · 2011
.1124Andrew Dansby · 2011
.1074Michael Goldberg · 2011
.0864Nick Duerden · 2011
.0824Ken Rayes · 2011
.0754Charles R. Cross · 2011
.0754Michael Gallucci · 2011
.0714Arsenio Orteza · 2011
.0714Chris Willman · 2011
.0714Jim Connelly · 2011
.0684Holly George-Warren · 2011
.0684Rob Tannenbaum · 2011
.0664James Bradley · 2011
.0644Phil Gallo · 2011
.0522Don Share · 2011
.0383Noel Murray · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.198#448 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs10144
Mavis Staples · You Are Not Alone1026
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · I Learned the Hard Way1026
MGMT · Congratulations1022
Roky Erickson & Okkervil River · True Love Cast Out All Evil1015
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers · Mojo109
Jenny & Johnny · I'm Having Fun Now106
Brian Wilson · Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin103
Weezer · Hurley101
Southern Culture on the Skids · The Kudzu Ranch100
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186

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.2367Kevin O'Hare · 2010
.2058Bill Holdship · 2010
.1986John Milward · 2010
.1656Will Layman · 2010
.1506Carlo Wolff · 2010
.1387Chris Riemenschneider · 2010
.1327David Cantwell · 2010
.1287Steve Rosen · 2010
.1216Sarah Zupko · 2010
.1214Toure · 2010
.1174Dan Ferguson · 2010
.1156Rachel Leibrock · 2010
.1154Rick Mitchell · 2010
.1076Alan Ranta · 2010
.1076Jennifer Vineyard · 2010
.1046Dan DeLuca · 2010
.1046D. Patrick Rodgers · 2010
.1044Thor Christensen · 2010
.1034Jeff Vrabel · 2010
.1026Paul Robicheau · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.146#478 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Wilco · Wilco (The Album)1043
U2 · No Line on the Horizon1025
Rosanne Cash · The List1023
Bruce Springsteen · Working on a Dream1018
Pearl Jam · Backspacer1017
Tinted Windows · Tinted Windows107
Brendan Benson · My Old, Familiar Friend104
Soundtrack of Our Lives · Communion104
Marshall Crenshaw · Jaggedland102
Willie Nile · House of a Thousand Guitars100

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.2116Ken Rayes · 2009
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.1214Thor Christensen · 2009
.1164Anthony DeCurtis · 2009
.1164Salvatore Caputo · 2009
.1156Dave Lindquist · 2009
.1124Dan Aloi · 2009
.1124Meredith Ochs · 2009
.1104David Adler · 2009
.1104Rick Petreycik · 2009
.1084Lloyd Sachs · 2009
.1074Holly George-Warren · 2009
.1064Derk Richardson · 2009
.1034Peter Gerstenzang · 2009
.1015Mike Mettler · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.292#263 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Hold Steady · Stay Positive1053
Randy Newman · Harps and Angels1047
My Morning Jacket · Evil Urges1042
Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-20061035
She & Him · Volume One1027
Duffy · Rockferry1021
Mudcrutch · Mudcrutch109
Paul Weller · 22 Dreams109
The Clash · Live at Shea Stadium103
Mudhoney · The Lucky Ones101

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Similar Voters
.13612John Milward
.12917Thor Christensen
.12021Jeff Tamarkin
.11819Peter Gerstenzang
.11811Kevin O'Hare
.11513Whitney Pastorek
.11324Charles R. Cross
.11223Larry King
.11128Ken Rayes
.11027Bill Holdship
.11012Salvatore Caputo
.10910Jack Buehrer
.10711Scott Holter
.09320Al Choman
.08917Holly George-Warren
.08810Anthony DeCurtis
.08711Carlo Wolff
.08612Michael Goldberg
.08513Allen St John
.0848Parke Puterbaugh
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com