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.
Tristram Lozaw
Overall
Centricity.167#1009 of 1313
Breadth.343#700 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.272#339 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Carolina Eyck & ACME · Fantasias for Theremin and String Quartet250
Corey Henry · Lapeitah130
Skylark · Crossing Over130
David Bowie · Blackstar7208
Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker780
Esperanza Spalding · Emily's D+Evolution720
Paul Simon · Stranger to Stranger717
Explosions in the Sky · The Wilderness74
Kate Moore & Ashley Bathgate · Stories for Ocean Shells70
Snarky Puppy · Culcha Vulcha70

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.1946Bob Grossweiner · 2016
.1806Joel Elliot · 2016
.1316Ken Rayes · 2016
.1236Michael Gallucci · 2016
.1146Jon Bream · 2016
.1126Alan Light · 2016
.1096Ken Capobianco · 2016
.0924Scott Mervis · 2016
.0894Jeff Tamarkin · 2016
.0894Mac Randall · 2016
.0884Mike Berick · 2016
.0875Eugene Holley, Jr. · 2016
.0874Brian Bowe · 2016
.0834Ron Hart · 2016
.0824Preston Jones · 2016
.0814Ashley Zlatopolsky · 2016
.0814Mallory O'Donnell · 2016
.0804Jose Davila · 2016
.0794Steve Klinge · 2016
.0785Mark Zepezauer · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.212#339 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sufjan Stevens · Carrie & Lowell2081
JD McPherson · Let the Good Times Roll207
Jamie xx · In Colour1055
Donnie Trumpet & the Social Experiment · Surf1041
Ryley Walker · Primrose Green105
Bang on a Can All Stars · Field Recordings100
Rudresh Mahanthappa · Bird Calls54
Pops Staples · Don't Lose This52
Snarky Puppy · Sylva51
Flying Saucer Attack · Instrumentals 201550

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.2106Max Berry · 2015
.1366Ed Masley · 2015
.1356Seth Mnookin · 2015
.1034Brendan Mattox · 2015
.0744David Cantwell · 2015
.0744Marc Hogan · 2015
.0724Joey Daniewicz · 2015
.0724Scott Plagenhoef · 2015
.0714David Sikorski · 2015
.0714Nathan Mattise · 2015
.0704J. Anthony Ware · 2015
.0704Tim Grierson · 2015
.0694Christopher Monsen · 2015
.0694Philip Cosores · 2015
.0694Steve Rosen · 2015
.0684Austin Reed · 2015
.0684Daniel Sargeant · 2015
.0684Eric Sundermann · 2015
.0684Ilana Kaplan · 2015
.0684Mark Richardson · 2015
.0684Michael Roffman · 2015
.0684Steve Forstneger · 2015
2010 original ballot
Centricity.022#672 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Anais Mitchell · Hadestown203
Li'l Band O' Gold · Promised Land200
Rhys Chatham · A Crimson Grail102
Paul Thorn · Pimps and Preachers80
Peter Wolf · Midnight Souvenirs75
Tift Merritt · See You on the Moon75
Dr. John and the Lower 911 · Tribal72
Eels · Tomorrow Morning72
Trombone Shorty · Backatown72
Kermit Ruffins · Happy Talk70

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.0372Ken Tucker · 2010
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.0362Jordan Mamone · 2010
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.0352Stephen Haag · 2010
.0342Michael Ross · 2011
.0342M.J. Fine · 2010
.0332Andrew Hamlin · 2010
.0332Jon Young · 2010
.0312Kevin Moreau · 2010
.0312Will Layman · 2010
.0232Ken Roseman · 2010
.0212Andrew Gilstrap · 2010
.0212Emily Tartanella · 2010
.0212Jim Fouratt · 2010
.0202Alan Ranta · 2010
.0202Deborah Sprague · 2010
.0202Leland Rucker · 2010
.0202Marc Hirsh · 2010
.0202Tony Fletcher · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.223#364 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Vic Chesnutt · At the Cut259
(various artists) · Fire in My Bones: Raw + Rare + Otherworldly African-American Gospel [1944-2007]254
Allen Toussaint · The Bright Mississippi1021
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble · Eternal Interlude103
Phoenix · Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix5138
Green Day · 21st Century Breakdown525
Amadou & Mariam · Welcome to Mali518
Antje Duvekot · The Near Demise of the High Wire Dancer51
In the Country · Whiteout50
Joshua Redman · Compass50

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.1174Jeff Tamarkin · 2009
.1084Rob Trucks · 2009
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.1034Ken Rayes · 2009
.1024Jeff Vrabel · 2009
.1024John Dugan · 2009
.0784Will Layman · 2009
.0715Todd Kristel · 2009
.0664Bob Grossweiner · 2009
.0664Jim Tremayne · 2009
.0664Roy Trakin · 2009
.0654James Montgomery · 2009
.0644Angela Cravens · 2009
.0644Jon Bream · 2009
.0634Michael Gallucci · 2009
.0634Steve Erickson · 2009
.0624Charles R. Cross · 2009
.0624Derek Paiva · 2009
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2008 original ballot
Centricity.107#455 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
(various artists) · Always Lift Him Up: A Tribute to Blind Alfred Reed200
Plamen Karadonev · Crossing Lines150
Punch Brothers · Punch104
Daby Toure · Stereo Spirit101
Octopus Project · Hello, Avalanche101
Daniel Lanois · Here Is What Is100
Kevin Ayers · Unfairground100
MGMT · Oracular Spectacular540
David Byrne and Brian Eno · Everything That Happens Will Happen Today527
Radiohead · In Rainbows58

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.0443Julia Simon · 2008
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.0342Mark Jenkins · 2008
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.0333Britt Robson · 2008
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.08712Seth Mnookin
.0786Joel Elliot
.0548Brady Gerber
.0507Austin Reed
.0505David Hiltbrand
.04810Jeff Tamarkin
.0487Dusty Henry
.0475Julie Seabaugh
.0466Will Layman
.0447Jacob Webb
.04212Scott Mervis
.0424David Sikorski
.0419Mark J. Lepage
.0416Jim Sullivan
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.0414Brendan Mattox
.0408Michael Roffman
.0406Ilana Kaplan
.0394Dana Bos
.03813Tim Grierson
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