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.
Larry King
Overall
Centricity.205#919 of 1313
Breadth.450#462 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.359#268 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
David Bowie · Blackstar10208
Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker1080
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Skeleton Tree1056
Drive-By Truckers · American Band1055
Rolling Stones · Blue & Lonesome1025
Lucinda Williams · The Ghosts of Highway 20109
Shovels & Rope · Little Seeds103
Bob Dylan · Fallen Angels102
Gillian Welch · Boots No. 1: the Official Revival Bootleg100
Willie Nelson · For the Good Times100

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.3109Charles R. Cross · 2016
.2598Bill Holdship · 2016
.2006Bob Grossweiner · 2016
.1987Rob O'Connor · 2016
.1896Ron Hart · 2016
.1886Preston Jones · 2016
.1856Ashley Zlatopolsky · 2016
.1856Brian Bowe · 2016
.1806Michael Deeds · 2016
.1788Jon Bream · 2016
.1746Joel Elliot · 2016
.1728Bob Townsend · 2016
.1706Steve Klinge · 2016
.1676Stephen Slaybaugh · 2016
.1676Tim Riley · 2016
.1646Laurence Station · 2016
.1646Mark J. Lepage · 2016
.1636Andrew Bartlett · 2016
.1626Mike Rowell · 2016
.1608Mark Zepezauer · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.221#335 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Courtney Barnett · Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit10166
Bob Dylan · Shadows in the Night1019
Dave Rawlings Machine · Nashville Obsolete107
Dave Alvin & Phil Alvin · Lost Time104
Richard Thompson · Still103
Emmylou Harris and Rodney Crowell · The Traveling Kind102
Keith Richards · Crosseyed Heart102
Merle Haggard & Willie Nelson · Django and Jimmie101
Shovels & Rope · Busted Jukebox Volume One100
(various artists) · Another Day, Another Time: Celebrating the Music of Inside Llewyn Davis100

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.1976Tom Cheyney · 2015
.1435Charles R. Cross · 2015
.1224Lee Zimmerman · 2015
.1187Caryn Rose · 2015
.1164Jeff Tamarkin · 2015
.0995Leland Rucker · 2015
.0895Bill Holdship · 2015
.0895Peter Blackstock · 2015
.0885Ted Cox · 2015
.0884Roy Kasten · 2015
.0866Gary Graff · 2015
.0864Alan Light · 2015
.0714Ray Padgett · 2015
.0645Jesse Jarnow · 2015
.0634Stephen M. Deusner · 2015
.0624Bill Forman · 2015
.0544Ryan Maffei · 2015
.0514Steve Rosen · 2015
.0433Jon Young · 2015
.0423Steve Erickson · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.184#410 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Dave and Phil Alvin · Common Ground152
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music1077
Leonard Cohen · Popular Problems1028
Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread1027
Lucinda Williams · Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone1016
Bruce Springsteen · High Hopes107
Thompson · Family103
Tinariwen · Emmaar103
Willie Nelson · Band of Brothers102
Neil Young · Storytone52

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.2126Allen St John · 2014
.2096Salvatore Caputo · 2014
.2036Jeff Tamarkin · 2014
.2016Mike Berick · 2014
.1728Ellis Widner · 2014
.1496Bill Holdship · 2014
.1456Leslie Berman · 2014
.1256Philip Martin · 2014
.1186Jon Bream · 2014
.1174Jim Bessman · 2014
.1166Holly Gleason · 2014
.1166Steve Leftridge · 2014
.1124Jill Ettinger · 2014
.1104Mike Seely · 2014
.1084Jay Ruttenberg · 2014
.1084Meredith Ochs · 2014
.1054Roy Kasten · 2014
.1044Tom Finkel · 2014
.1014Bob Townsend · 2014
.0964Andrew Gilstrap · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.092#377 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Laura Marling · Once I Was an Eagle1021
Bombino · Nomad1019
Patty Griffin · American Kid104
Rokia TraorĂ© · Beautiful Africa104
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell · Old Yellow Moon102
Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong · Foreverly102
Richard Thompson · Electric102
Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos · Live in San Francisco101
Vince Gill and Paul Franklin · Bakersfield101
(various artists) · Inside Llewyn Davis Original Soundtrack Recording101
SongOther Votes
Brandy Clark · "Pray to Jesus"4
Bryan Ferry Orchestra · "Love Is the Drug"0
Jamestown Revival · "California"0
Natalie Maines · "Take It on Faith"0
Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong · "Long Time Gone"0

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.2049Ellis Widner · 2013
.1286Sarah Ventre · 2013
.1124Allen St John · 2013
.1105Steve Dollar · 2013
.1074Steve Klinge · 2013
.0674Dan DeLuca · 2013
.0674Daniel Durchholz · 2013
.0664Jon Bream · 2013
.0664Randall Grass · 2013
.0443Steve Leftridge · 2013
.0423Caitlin White · 2013
.0394Jer Fairall · 2013
.0332Jeff Vrabel · 2013
.0323Lee Zimmerman · 2013
.0302Bill Holmes · 2013
.0282Ezra Gale · 2013
.0282Phillip Overeem · 2013
.0262Deborah Sprague · 2013
.0262Laurence Station · 2013
.0252Steve Hochman · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.205#281 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball1035
Bob Dylan · Tempest1032
Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas1030
Neil Young & Crazy Horse · Psychedelic Pill1021
Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta1015
Patti Smith · Banga108
Bettye LaVette · Thankful N' Thoughtful107
Amadou & Mariam · Folila102
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale · Buddy & Jim101
Ry Cooder · Election Special101
SongOther Votes
Gotye (ft. Kimbra) · "Somebody That I Used to Know"30
Neil Young & Crazy Horse · "Ramada Inn"7
Afghan Whigs · "Lovecrimes"4
Patti Smith · "April Fool"1
Bob Dylan · "Roll on John"0
Jimmy Cliff · "Children's Bread"0
Van Morrison · "End of the Rainbow"0

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.25811Bob Grossweiner · 2012
.2097Jeff Tamarkin · 2012
.1806Bob Ruggiero · 2012
.1668Roy Trakin · 2012
.1648Steve Rosen · 2012
.1327Derk Richardson · 2012
.1317Gary Graff · 2012
.1186Bill Holdship · 2012
.1166Derek Paiva · 2012
.1166Holly Gleason · 2012
.1136Glenn Gamboa · 2012
.1126Ken Rayes · 2012
.1126Mike Mettler · 2012
.1124Steve Horowitz · 2012
.1116Al Choman · 2012
.1106James Bradley · 2012
.1056Arsenio Orteza · 2012
.1044J Neo Marvin · 2012
.1024Thor Christensen · 2012
.0975Matt Sebastian · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.338#292 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
PJ Harvey · Let England Shake10128
Tom Waits · Bad As Me1095
Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest1041
Fountains of Wayne · Sky Full of Holes1017
Nick Lowe · The Old Magic1014
Garland Jeffreys · The King of In-Between107
Dave Alvin · Eleven Eleven105
John Hiatt · Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns103
John Doe · Keeper102
Merle Haggard · Working in Tennessee101

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.2096Jeff Tamarkin · 2011
.2086Stephen Haag · 2011
.2046Steve Simels · 2011
.2016Steve Ciabattoni · 2011
.1966Parke Puterbaugh · 2011
.1938Geoffrey Himes · 2011
.1266Steve Rosen · 2011
.1226Robert Loerzel · 2011
.1216Jim Connelly · 2011
.1214Randy Lewis · 2011
.1196Mark Deming · 2011
.1196Phil Gallo · 2011
.1184Jim Bessman · 2011
.1144Jay Bennett · 2011
.1126Aaron Hillis · 2011
.1116Gareth Grundy · 2011
.1114Billy Altman · 2011
.1114David Menconi · 2011
.1084Rob Trucks · 2011
.1054Buzz Poole · 2011
.1054Lloyd Sachs · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.065#600 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Mavis Staples · You Are Not Alone1026
Laura Marling · I Speak Because I Can1014
Los Lobos · Tin Can Trust109
Bob Dylan · The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9)107
Laurie Anderson · Homeland107
Bryan Ferry · Olympia106
Mike Patton · Mondo Cane103
John Jorgenson · One Stolen Night101
Peter Case · Wig101
Sparks · Seduction of Ingmar Bergman101

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.2336Randy Lewis · 2010
.2016Curtis Schieber · 2010
.1336Steve Rosen · 2010
.1084Michael Goldberg · 2010
.0804Stephen M. Deusner · 2010
.0734Omar Kholeif · 2010
.0684Derk Richardson · 2010
.0463Bob Townsend · 2010
.0453Andrew Gilstrap · 2010
.0442Sean Nelson · 2010
.0413Marianne Meyer · 2010
.0383Holly George-Warren · 2010
.0362Allen St John · 2010
.0362Steve Ciabattoni · 2010
.0342Jeff Vrabel · 2010
.0342Lloyd Sachs · 2010
.0342Thor Christensen · 2010
.0332Billy Altman · 2010
.0332Dave DiMartino · 2010
.0332Tom Cheyney · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.168#442 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Avett Brothers · I and Love and You1041
Bob Dylan · Together Through Life1025
Rosanne Cash · The List1023
Levon Helm · Electric Dirt1022
Bruce Springsteen · Working on a Dream1018
Pearl Jam · Backspacer1017
Elvis Costello · Secret, Profane & Sugarcane109
Dave Rawlings Machine · A Friend of a Friend107
Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women · Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women102
New Lost City Ramblers · Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go? - 50 Years101
SongOther Votes
Avett Brothers · "I & Love & You"19
Dave Rawlings Machine · "Sweet Tooth"0
Rosanne Cash · "Sea of Heartbreak"0

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.3048Allen St John · 2009
.2176Thor Christensen · 2009
.2066Jeff Vrabel · 2009
.2026Anthony DeCurtis · 2009
.2006Meredith Ochs · 2009
.1996Rick Petreycik · 2009
.1976Steve Simels · 2009
.1896Phil Sutcliffe · 2009
.1617Steve Leftridge · 2009
.1266Bob Grossweiner · 2009
.1206Leland Rucker · 2009
.1164Steve Pick · 2009
.1144Holly George-Warren · 2009
.1134Dan Aloi · 2009
.1124Josh Baron · 2009
.1124Mike Berick · 2009
.1124Ricardo Baca · 2009
.1114Stephen Haag · 2009
.1084Bill O'Neill · 2009
.1074Bill Holdship · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.210#343 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-20061035
David Byrne and Brian Eno · Everything That Happens Will Happen Today1027
She & Him · Volume One1027
Kings of Leon · Only by the Night1023
Lucinda Williams · Little Honey1021
Elvis Costello and the Imposters · Momofuku1013
Charlie Haden Family & Friends · Rambling Boy109
Neil Young · Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968108
Pretenders · Break Up the Concrete107
Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis · Two Men With the Blues104
SongOther Votes
Kings of Leon · "Sex on Fire"15
Killers · "Human"11
Solange · "Sandcastle Disco"5
Airborne Toxic Event · "Sometime Around Midnight"1
Bob Dylan · "Dignity"0

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.1916Bob Grossweiner · 2008
.1896Randy Lewis · 2008
.1826Oliver Hall · 2008
.1505Peter Gerstenzang · 2008
.1457Holly George-Warren · 2008
.1457Melissa Ruggieri · 2008
.1336Rachel Leibrock · 2008
.1186Edna Gundersen · 2008
.1144Al Choman · 2008
.1134Allen St John · 2008
.1094Andrew Nash · 2008
.1094Julie Seabaugh · 2008
.1094Spencer Kaufman · 2008
.1084Dan Aloi · 2008
.1075Bill Holdship · 2008
.1065Jaan Uhelszki · 2008
.1065Josh Davidson · 2009
.1025Will McClain · 2008
.1014William Ruhlmann · 2008
.0984Thor Christensen · 2008
Similar Voters
.19228Allen St John
.19035Jeff Tamarkin
.15916Randy Lewis
.14328Holly George-Warren
.13818Thor Christensen
.13536Steve Rosen
.13231Bob Townsend
.12523Steve Simels
.11825Derk Richardson
.11631Bill Holdship
.11212Rick Petreycik
.11034Ellis Widner
.11026Charles R. Cross
.10630Bob Grossweiner
.10412Salvatore Caputo
.10318Meredith Ochs
.10119Mike Berick
.10029Jon Bream
.09826Philip Martin
.09820Roy Kasten
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