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.
Matt Sebastian
Overall
Centricity.386#494 of 1313
Breadth.506#367 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.354#275 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Savages · Adore Life3021
David Bowie · Blackstar20208
Angel Olsen · My Woman1070
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Skeleton Tree1056
Blood Orange · Freetown Sound543
PJ Harvey · The Hope Six Demolition Project516
Dinosaur Jr. · Give a Glimpse of What Yer Not59
Suede · Night Thoughts54
Teenage Fanclub · Here54
Operators · Blue Wave51

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.37710Stephen Slaybaugh · 2016
.2648Laurence Station · 2016
.22910Kory Grow · 2016
.2076Jaime Lees · 2016
.2046Brian Bowe · 2016
.1826Jill Ettinger · 2016
.1796Jeremiah McNeil · 2016
.1646Lindsey Rhoades · 2016
.1578Fred Mills · 2016
.1528Robert Loerzel · 2016
.1447Daniel Kreps · 2016
.1427Zach Schonfeld · 2016
.1387Judy Berman · 2016
.1206Erik Thompson · 2016
.1176Peter Tabakis · 2016
.1156Ken Capobianco · 2016
.1146Lyndsey Parker · 2016
.1146Melissa Locker · 2016
.1144Jaime Lowe · 2016
.1136Joe Lynch · 2016
2014 original ballot
Centricity.463#139 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
St. Vincent · St. Vincent10111
War on Drugs · Lost in the Dream10103
Spoon · They Want My Soul1070
Ex Hex · Rips1057
Future Islands · Singles1033
Ty Segall · Manipulator1033
Afghan Whigs · Do to the Beast1012
Shellac · Dude Incredible1011
Merchandise · After the End108
Joseph Arthur · Lou100

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.2878Grant Moser · 2014
.2718Scott Mervis · 2014
.2016Michael Gallucci · 2014
.1939JD Swerzenski · 2014
.1906Jim DeRogatis · 2014
.1896Bob Townsend · 2014
.1789Mac Wilson · 2014
.1786Byron Crawford · 2014
.1746Jeff Niesel · 2014
.1708John Hendrickson · 2014
.1664Emily Kimball · 2014
.1658Colin St. John · 2014
.1467Althea Legaspi · 2014
.1417Katie Moulton · 2014
.1377Erik Thompson · 2014
.1347J. Anthony Ware · 2014
.1327Dan Kois · 2014
.1327Maria Jean Sullivan · 2014
.1287Michael Roffman · 2014
.1256John Bush · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.293#234 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
My Bloody Valentine · m b v1060
Arcade Fire · Reflektor1042
Savages · Silence Yourself1041
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Push the Sky Away1026
Blood Orange · Cupid Deluxe1016
John Grant · Pale Green Ghosts1011
The Weeknd · Kiss Land105
Wooden Shjips · Back to Land102
Lee Ranaldo and the Dust · Last Night on Earth101
The Ocean Blue · Ultramarine100

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.2096John Everhart · 2013
.2066Chad Radford · 2013
.1334Emily Kimball · 2013
.1246Zach Schonfeld · 2013
.1186Barry Walters · 2013
.1184Jim DeRogatis · 2013
.1154Todd Martens · 2013
.1114Jill Ettinger · 2013
.1114Nathaniel Hawks · 2013
.1094Mark J. Lepage · 2013
.1054Buzz Poole · 2013
.1054Zeth Lundy · 2013
.1044Jennifer Kelly · 2013
.0974Aaron Hillis · 2013
.0955Ed Masley · 2013
.0935Erik Thompson · 2013
.0875Brett Koshkin · 2013
.0815M.J. Fine · 2013
.0774Serene Dominic · 2013
.0724Travis Hay · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.276#236 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Japandroids · Celebration Rock1072
Tame Impala · Lonerism1055
Neil Young & Crazy Horse · Psychedelic Pill1021
Spiritualized · Sweet Heart Sweet Light1017
Bob Mould · Silver Age1014
Divine Fits · A Thing Called Divine Fits1012
Diiv · Oshin109
Metric · Synthetica106
Paul Weller · Sonik Kicks101
Soulsavers · The Light the Dead See101
SongOther Votes
Japandroids · "The House That Heaven Built"46
Cloud Nothings · "Stay Useless"9
Neil Young & Crazy Horse · "Ramada Inn"7
Afghan Whigs · "Lovecrimes"4
Metric · "Youth Without Youth"1
The Weeknd · "Wicked Games"1
Chromatics · "Into the Black"0
Dinosaur Jr. · "Watch the Corners"0
Paul Weller · "Dragonfly"0
Paul Westerberg · "My Road Now"0

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.3049Kyle Ryan · 2012
.2107Grant Moser · 2012
.1636Mark J. Lepage · 2012
.1614Emily Kimball · 2012
.1417Mike Cimicata · 2012
.1367Mike Prevatt · 2012
.1327Max Blau · 2012
.1285Zeth Lundy · 2012
.1257Jonathan Garrett · 2012
.1255Matt Ryan · 2012
.1215Scott Mervis · 2012
.1176Luis Paez-Pumar · 2012
.1136Glenn Gamboa · 2012
.1116James Barber · 2012
.1106Stephen Thompson · 2012
.1066Scott Lapatine · 2012
.1056Greg Kot · 2012
.1045Larry King · 2012
.1036Marty Brown · 2012
.0986Nick Spacek · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.335#298 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Wild Flag · Wild Flag1090
The Roots · Undun1059
M83 · Hurry Up, We're Dreaming1055
Girls · Father, Son, Holy Ghost1044
War on Drugs · Slave Ambient1022
The Antlers · Burst Apart1016
Feelies · Here Before1013
Twilight Singers · Dynamite Steps108
Gang of Four · Content102
Peter Murphy · Ninth101
SongOther Votes
M83 · "Midnight City"65
Wild Flag · "Romance"31
Black Keys · "Lonely Boy"29
Yuck · "Get Away"10
Lykke Li · "I Follow Rivers"5
J Mascis · "Is It Done?"1
Jack White · "Love Is Blindness"0
Japanese Popstars (ft. Robert Smith) · "Take Forever"0
Paul Weller · "Starlite"0
Wire · "Two Minutes"0

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.28212Anna Deem · 2011
.23912Dan DeLuca · 2011
.2007Grant Moser · 2011
.1979Daniel Hopkins · 2011
.1977Jason Gargano · 2011
.18910Daniel Durchholz · 2011
.1847Andrew Downing · 2011
.1789Althea Legaspi · 2011
.1768Laura Leebove · 2011
.1678Rebecca Raber · 2011
.1676Evie Nagy · 2011
.1508Byron Crawford · 2011
.1478Steve Klinge · 2011
.1247Mike Prevatt · 2011
.1227Tim Grierson · 2011
.1217Brian Boone · 2011
.1215Michael Deeds · 2011
.1195Brian Bowe · 2011
.1185Kyle Ryan · 2011
.1166Michael Ayers · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.491#149 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
LCD Soundsystem · This Is Happening10151
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs10144
Beach House · Teen Dream10110
Black Keys · Brothers1088
Grinderman · Grinderman 21061
Bruce Springsteen · The Promise1033
Neil Young · Le Noise1027
Yeasayer · Odd Blood1023
Lloyd Cole · Broken Record101
Nitzer Ebb · Industrial Complex100
SongOther Votes
Arcade Fire · "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"36
LCD Soundsystem · "I Can Change"36
Best Coast · "Boyfriend"25
Crystal Castles (ft. Robert Smith) · "Not in Love"23
Gorillaz (ft. Mos Def and Bobby Womack) · "Stylo"18
Superchunk · "Digging for Something"14
Black Keys · "Next Girl"7
Broken Social Scene · "World Sick"5
Resolution · "Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3"0
Wire · "Two Minutes"0

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.29213Julia Simon · 2010
.26512Adam Gold · 2010
.25311Althea Legaspi · 2010
.2508Michael Endelman · 2010
.2388Mark J. Lepage · 2010
.2268Ben Schumer · 2010
.21211Daniel Durchholz · 2010
.20810Anna Deem · 2010
.20610Robert Bishop · 2010
.20310Anthony Lombardi · 2010
.20210Shawn Anderson · 2010
.2028Brett Koshkin · 2010
.20110Kenneth Partridge · 2010
.1879Bret Gladstone · 2010
.1849Ryan Schreiber · 2010
.1848Trevor Kelley · 2010
.1807Michael Deeds · 2010
.1749Saul Austerlitz · 2010
.1719Byron Crawford · 2010
.1719John Hood · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.516#71 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Phoenix · Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix10138
Neko Case · Middle Cyclone10105
The xx · The xx1092
The Flaming Lips · Embryonic1064
Sonic Youth · The Eternal1041
Camera Obscura · My Maudlin Career1031
Dinosaur Jr. · The Farm1021
Metric · Fantasies1019
Matt and Kim · Grand108
Doves · Kingdom of Rust104

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.2788Zeth Lundy · 2009
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.2016MacKenzie Wilson · 2009
.1956Steve Klinge · 2009
.1946Ken Micallef · 2009
.1936Jason Gargano · 2009
.1936Laura Barcella · 2009
.1906Ed Condran · 2009
.1896Jose Davila · 2009
.1866Christian Hoard · 2009
.1846Julie Seabaugh · 2009
.1658Andy Greenwald · 2009
.1618Brian Orloff · 2009
.1586Brett Koshkin · 2009
.1497Lauren Reskin · 2009
.1467Mark Zepezauer · 2009
.1437Adam Mazmanian · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.361#196 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
TV on the Radio · Dear Science10153
Kanye West · 808s & Heartbreak1056
David Byrne and Brian Eno · Everything That Happens Will Happen Today1027
Magnetic Fields · Distortion1021
Black Keys · Attack & Release1017
Glasvegas · Glasvegas1011
Spiritualized · Songs in A & E1011
Gutter Twins · Saturnalia109
Cure · 4:13 Dream102
Everything Absent or Distorted (A Love Story) · The Great Collapse100

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.1966Andrew Bartlett · 2008
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.1014Julie Seabaugh · 2008
.1014Mark J. Lepage · 2008
.1004Parke Puterbaugh · 2008
.0894Craig Hlavaty · 2008
.0864Billy Altman · 2008
.0826Reed Fischer · 2008
.0794Nick Anderman · 2008
.0694George A. Paul · 2008
.0665Andrew Stout · 2008
.0664Scott Mervis · 2008
.0654James Barber · 2008
.0635Todd McKenzie · 2008
.0634Peter S Scholtes · 2008
.0614Kory Grow · 2008
.0614Melissa Maerz · 2008
Similar Voters
.18537Mark J. Lepage
.18027Anna Deem
.17922Grant Moser
.16833Jason Gargano
.15943Scott Mervis
.15827Julia Simon
.15628Jim DeRogatis
.15449Althea Legaspi
.13738Steve Klinge
.13028Brett Koshkin
.12931Byron Crawford
.12919Emily Kimball
.12728Zeth Lundy
.12441Brian Orloff
.12224Jaime Lees
.12043Daniel Durchholz
.12028Fred Mills
.11832Mike Prevatt
.11715Daniel Hopkins
.11624Ed Condran
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