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.
Mark J. Lepage
Overall
Centricity.501#247 of 1313
Breadth.424#530 of 1329
Metalism.033#220 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.364#262 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
The 1975 · I Like It When You Sleep, for You Are So Beautiful Yet So Unaware of It1032
Iggy Pop · Post Pop Depression1029
Margo Price · Midwest Farmer's Daughter1029
Lady Gaga · Joanne108
Kings of Leon · Walls102
Biffy Clyro · Elipsis100
Christine and the Queens · Chaleur Humaine100

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.3018Brian Bowe · 2016
.2728Adam Gold · 2016
.2718Stephen Slaybaugh · 2016
.2698Brett Callwood · 2016
.2638Bill Holdship · 2016
.2079Jon Solomon · 2016
.1876Ron Hart · 2016
.1856Ashley Zlatopolsky · 2016
.1846Jose Davila · 2016
.1746Joel Elliot · 2016
.1658Gary Chun · 2016
.1646Larry King · 2016
.1646Laurence Station · 2016
.1636Andrew Bartlett · 2016
.1626Mike Rowell · 2016
.1618A.D. Amorosi · 2016
.1616Rob O'Connor · 2016
.1586Sarah Ventre · 2016
.1538Dorian Lynskey · 2016
.1437Bob Townsend · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.507#130 of 480
Metalism.050#48 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp a Butterfly10209
Grimes · Art Angels1092
Jamie xx · In Colour1055
Tame Impala · Currents1052
Kurt Vile · B'lieve I'm Goin Down1028
Wilco · Star Wars1019
Lana Del Rey · Honeymoon1013
New Order · Music Complete1011
The Arcs · Yours, Dreamily103
Motörhead · Bad Magic100
SongOther Votes
Drake · "Hotline Bling"75
Kendrick Lamar · "King Kunta"69
Adele · "Hello"41
Kurt Vile · "Pretty Pimpin"27
David Bowie · "Blackstar"20
Grimes · "REALiTi"10
Jamie xx · "Gosh"10
Bob Dylan · "The Night We Called It a Day"1
Joanna Newsom · "Leaving the City"0
Lana Del Rey · "Honeymoon"0

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.25112Michael Roffman · 2015
.24312David Sikorski · 2015
.23011Marc Hogan · 2015
.22611Ken Rayes · 2015
.22212Tim Grierson · 2015
.22111Christopher Barton · 2015
.21911Reiff, Corbin Reiff · 2015
.21511Marissa Muller · 2015
.2158Jill Ettinger · 2015
.21111Anthony Bozza · 2015
.19410Barry Walters · 2015
.19210Roy Trakin · 2015
.18610Michael Gallucci · 2015
.1827Max Berry · 2015
.18110Aaron Hillis · 2015
.17810Scott Plagenhoef · 2015
.17610Kelsey McKinney · 2015
.1749Kory Grow · 2015
.1679Mark Richardson · 2015
.1669Austin Reed · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.391#211 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Leonard Cohen · Popular Problems1328
War on Drugs · Lost in the Dream10103
Taylor Swift · 19891070
Parquet Courts · Sunbathing Animal1046
Protomartyr · Under Color of Official Right1023
Alvvays · Alvvays1020
Robert Plant · Lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar1015
Afghan Whigs · Do to the Beast1012
Swans · To Be Kind949
Betty Who · Take Me When You Go84

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.3078Jason Gargano · 2014
.2156Grant Moser · 2014
.2036Bob Townsend · 2014
.1758Kyle McGovern · 2014
.1698Matt Fiander · 2014
.1206Glenn Gamboa · 2014
.1186Andrew Unterberger · 2014
.1136Alan Light · 2014
.1136James Barber · 2014
.1134Matt Sebastian · 2014
.1116Kevin O'Donnell · 2014
.1114Matt Hickey · 2014
.1084Brett Koshkin · 2014
.1066Dan DeLuca · 2014
.1066Rob Sheffield · 2014
.1046Al Choman · 2014
.1046L. Kent Wolgamott · 2014
.1044Jeff Niesel · 2014
.1034Allen St John · 2014
.1024Jay Ruttenberg · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.644#50 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
My Bloody Valentine · m b v1560
Arcade Fire · Reflektor1542
Queens of the Stone Age · ...Like Clockwork1532
David Bowie · The Next Day1345
Kanye West · Yeezus7159
Neko Case · The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You745
Lorde · Pure Heroine731
Justin Timberlake · The 20/20 Experience718
Eminem · The Marshall Mathers LP 2714
Nine Inch Nails · Hesitation Marks713

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.30712Serene Dominic · 2013
.25612Roy Trakin · 2013
.24811Alan Light · 2013
.2356Emily Kimball · 2013
.2066Clover Hope · 2013
.1936Jaime Lees · 2013
.1906Zeth Lundy · 2013
.1849Simon Vozick-Levinson · 2013
.1829Ed Masley · 2013
.1626Jason Gargano · 2013
.1618David Downs · 2013
.1618Kenneth Partridge · 2013
.1609Gary Graff · 2013
.1608Max Berry · 2013
.1568Melissa Fossum · 2013
.1548Alex Young · 2013
.1506Scott Mervis · 2013
.1496Craig Carson · 2013
.1496Jill Ettinger · 2013
.1488Brittany Spanos · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.754#12 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Frank Ocean · Channel Orange10169
Fiona Apple · The Idler Wheel...10100
Japandroids · Celebration Rock1072
Tame Impala · Lonerism1055
Grimes · Visions1050
Jack White · Blunderbuss1040
Cloud Nothings · Attack on Memory1037
Bob Dylan · Tempest1032
Godspeed You! Black Emperor · Allelujah! Don't Bend! Ascend!1021
Dinosaur Jr. · I Bet on Sky109

Similar Ballots
.56414Scott Mervis · 2012
.36610Jason Gargano · 2012
.27012Matthew Perpetua · 2012
.26412Colin St. John · 2012
.23611Steven Hyden · 2012
.23511Will Hermes · 2012
.22310Mike Prevatt · 2012
.22010Christopher Alexander · 2012
.21810Paul Thompson · 2012
.21810Scott Lapatine · 2012
.2066Bob Townsend · 2012
.1906Stephen Haag · 2012
.1829Mike Madden · 2012
.1789Jim Macnie · 2012
.1766Kyle Ryan · 2012
.1726Thor Christensen · 2012
.1716Anthony Miccio · 2012
.1696Michael Ayers · 2012
.1686Grant Moser · 2012
.1648Michael Gallucci · 2012
2010 original ballot
Centricity.623#59 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy18265
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs18144
Deerhunter · Halcyon Digest1376
Black Keys · Brothers1188
Grinderman · Grinderman 21161
Eminem · Recovery719
Bruce Springsteen · The Promise633
Gorillaz · Plastic Beach632
Titus Andronicus · The Monitor574
MGMT · Congratulations522

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.44512Preston Jones · 2010
.26112Serene Dominic · 2010
.2298Ramiro Burr · 2010
.2258Bill Holdship · 2010
.21710Althea Legaspi · 2010
.2138Steve Baltin · 2010
.20610Julia Simon · 2010
.20410Jennifer Vineyard · 2010
.1976John Everhart · 2010
.19010Pete Freedman · 2010
.18610Gary Graff · 2010
.1868Ed Condran · 2010
.1836Allen St John · 2010
.1826John Milward · 2010
.1779Jeremiah McNeil · 2010
.1776Eric Elbogen · 2010
.1756Brett Koshkin · 2010
.1668Matt Sebastian · 2010
.1648Michael Ayers · 2010
.1639Shawn Anderson · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.398#157 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · It's Blitz!13113
Sonic Youth · The Eternal1341
Dead Weather · Horehound1328
Dinosaur Jr. · The Farm1321
PJ Harvey and John Parish · A Woman a Man Walked By1312
Grizzly Bear · Veckatimest7105
The Decemberists · The Hazards of Love732
Pearl Jam · Backspacer717
Glasvegas · Glasvegas711
Eels · Hombre Lobo710

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.2176Laurence Station · 2009
.2046Thor Christensen · 2009
.2016Dominic Salerno · 2009
.1938Clifford J Corcoran · 2009
.1718James Hannaham · 2009
.1597Omar Kholeif · 2009
.1494Jaime Lees · 2009
.1477Jennifer Vineyard · 2009
.1346Jason MacNeil · 2009
.1296Adam Mazmanian · 2009
.1276Brian Bowe · 2009
.1276Jon Bream · 2009
.1226Jed Lipinski · 2009
.1214Ed Condran · 2009
.1214Matt Ryan · 2009
.1214Matt Sebastian · 2009
.1196Heather Phares · 2009
.1186Melissa Maerz · 2009
.1186Whitney Pastorek · 2009
.1184Joseph Robinson · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.327#233 of 568
Metalism.200#27 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
TV on the Radio · Dear Science15153
Gutter Twins · Saturnalia159
MGMT · Oracular Spectacular1240
Kings of Leon · Only by the Night1223
Metallica · Death Magnetic1223
Serena Ryder · Is It O.K.90
Baby Dee · Safe Inside the Day81
Mountain Goats · Heretic Pride710
Raconteurs · Consolers of the Lonely516
Motörhead · Motorizer50

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.2136Ben Mitchell · 2008
.1444Michael Coyle · 2008
.1427Edna Gundersen · 2008
.1236Clifford J Corcoran · 2008
.1204Niki D'Andrea · 2008
.1146Roy Trakin · 2008
.1085Jaan Uhelszki · 2008
.1076Whitney Pastorek · 2008
.1044Matt Sebastian · 2008
.1024Steve Kandell · 2008
.1014Parke Puterbaugh · 2008
.1004Ben Wener · 2008
.1004Craig Hlavaty · 2008
.1004Jason Bracelin · 2008
.0994Chris Riemenschneider · 2008
.0964Shae Moseley · 2008
.0954Kevin O'Hare · 2008
.0924Ken Micallef · 2008
.0894Bill Holdship · 2008
.0864John Walker · 2008
Similar Voters
.20637Jason Gargano
.19222Serene Dominic
.18727Thor Christensen
.17346Scott Mervis
.16754Roy Trakin
.16537Matt Sebastian
.15520Anthony Bozza
.14223Omar Kholeif
.13935Bill Holdship
.13932Bob Townsend
.13850Gary Graff
.13827Brian Bowe
.13734Al Choman
.13525Jaime Lees
.13127Stephen Haag
.13115Clifford J Corcoran
.13043Michael Gallucci
.12940Ken Rayes
.12917Edna Gundersen
.12840Jennifer Vineyard
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com