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.
Saul Austerlitz
Overall
Centricity.509#233 of 1313
Breadth.678#152 of 1329
Metalism.006#418 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.510#155 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kevin Morby · Singing Saw159
Anderson .Paak · Malibu1472
Kanye West · The Life of Pablo1372
Maren Morris · Hero1226
Blood Orange · Freetown Sound1143
Car Seat Headrest · Teens of Denial976
A Tribe Called Quest · We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service8184
Parquet Courts · Human Performance726
Noura Mint Seymali · Arbina63
Solange · A Seat at the Table5116
SongOther Votes
Kanye West · "Ultralight Beam"80
Maxwell · "Lake by the Ocean"8
Maren Morris · "80s Mercedes"7
Car Seat Headrest · "The Ballad of the Costa Concordia"1
Anderson .Paak · "The Season/Carry Me"0
Blood Orange · "Better Than Me"0
Kevin Gates · "Hard For"0
Mitski · "I Bet on Losing Dogs"0
Open Mike Eagle & Paul White · "Dive Bar Support Group"0
Paul Simon · "Proof of Love"0

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.26513Joe Levy · 2016
.2248Dan Hyman · 2016
.21111Todd Olmstead · 2016
.20311Tim Grierson · 2016
.20111Colin St. John · 2016
.1987Max Berry · 2016
.19610Melissa Locker · 2016
.1967Jason Gargano · 2016
.1919Jon LaFollette · 2016
.18910Chris Molanphy · 2016
.1879Britt Robson · 2016
.18610Joey Daniewicz · 2016
.18010Andrew Frisicano · 2016
.17810David Grossman · 2016
.17610Gary Chun · 2016
.1769Daniel Kohn · 2016
.17510Jason Gubbels · 2016
.1699Hardeep Phull · 2016
.1699Katie Moulton · 2016
.1679Joe Lynch · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.527#123 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Father John Misty · I Love You, Honeybear2050
Vince Staples · Summertime '061570
Kacey Musgraves · Pageant Material1432
Blur · The Magic Whip1015
Miguel · Wildheart949
Lana Del Rey · Honeymoon713
Screaming Females · Rose Mountain78
Shye Ben Tzur, Jonny Greenwood, and the Rajasthan Express · Junun70
Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp a Butterfly6209
Kamasi Washington · The Epic555
SongOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · "The Blacker the Berry"15
Speedy Ortiz · "Raising the Skate"13
Kacey Musgraves · "Biscuits"10
Sufjan Stevens · "Fourth of July"5
Marilyn Manson · "Third Day of a Seven Day Binge"3
Father John Misty · "Bored in the USA"2
Vince Staples · "Jump Off the Roof"2
Joanna Newsom · "Sapokanikan"1
Blur · "My Terracotta Heart"0
Mountain Goats · "Southwestern Territory"0

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.2208Jill Ettinger · 2015
.19310Jere Pilapil · 2015
.19110Hardeep Phull · 2015
.1869Ed Masley · 2015
.1787Laurence Station · 2015
.1639Austin Reed · 2015
.1589Carter Maness · 2015
.1498Gabe Meline · 2015
.1486Jaime Lees · 2015
.1448Jaime-Paul Falcon · 2015
.1438Paul Robicheau · 2015
.1418Kyle McGovern · 2015
.1388Katie Moulton · 2015
.1326Max Berry · 2015
.1325Lauren Reskin · 2015
.1316Jason Gargano · 2015
.1278Matthew Perpetua · 2015
.1277Alyssa Pereira · 2015
.1277Michael Gallucci · 2015
.1227Reiff, Corbin Reiff · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.512#92 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lana Del Rey · Ultraviolence1544
Sharon Van Etten · Are We There1452
Spoon · They Want My Soul1370
Courtney Barnett · A Sea of Split Peas1115
Todd Terje · It's Album Time1028
Jack White · Lazaretto925
Swans · To Be Kind849
Run the Jewels · Run the Jewels 27162
Shabazz Palaces · Lese Majesty721
Tinashe · Aquarius618
SongOther Votes
Jenny Lewis · "Just One of the Guys"17
St. Vincent · "Prince Johnny"7
Lykke Li · "No Rest for the Wicked"6
Run the Jewels (ft. Boots) · "Early"3
FKA Twigs · "Video Girl"1
Lana Del Rey · "Pretty When You Cry"1
Sharon Van Etten · "I Love You but I'm Lost"1
Spoon · "Rainy Taxi"1
Todd Terje · "Svensk Sas"1
Courtney Barnett · "Lance Jr."0

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.32410Michael Gallucci · 2014
.2388Traviss Cassidy · 2014
.2007Jem Aswad · 2014
.19710Althea Legaspi · 2014
.1957Scott Mervis · 2014
.1729Ed Masley · 2014
.1656Laurence Station · 2014
.1639Michael Roffman · 2014
.1636Janelle Bitker · 2014
.1559Jim Fouratt · 2014
.1559Ken Capobianco · 2014
.1539Paul Robicheau · 2014
.1518Corey du Browa · 2014
.1458Jennifer Vineyard · 2014
.1436Jason Gargano · 2014
.1408Caitlin White · 2014
.1408JD Swerzenski · 2014
.1368Dan Kois · 2014
.1368Kyle Petersen · 2014
.1368Travis Hay · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.596#68 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
The National · Trouble Will Find Me1429
Speedy Ortiz · Major Arcana139
Haim · Days Are Gone1261
Run the Jewels · Run the Jewels1131
Daft Punk · Random Access Memories1075
Kurt Vile · Wakin on a Pretty Daze1045
Danny Brown · Old930
Phosphorescent · Muchacho817
Bombino · Nomad719
Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City6108
SongOther Votes
Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams) · "Get Lucky"116
Haim · "The Wire"58
Kacey Musgraves · "Follow Your Arrow"21
Queens of the Stone Age · "My God Is the Sun"4
Phosphorescent · "The Quotidian Beasts"2
Speedy Ortiz · "No Below"2
Kurt Vile · "Pure Pain"1
M.I.A. · "Know It Ain't Right"1
The National · "Pink Rabbits"1
Sky Ferreira · "Heavy Metal Heart"1

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.31414Steven Hyden · 2013
.30813Steven Arroyo · 2013
.26713Colin St. John · 2013
.25211Maureen Miller · 2013
.22511Jeff Gage · 2013
.22410Drew Hinshaw · 2013
.21910Michael Gallucci · 2013
.21110Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2013
.20811Gary Chun · 2013
.20710Derek Paiva · 2013
.20610J. Anthony Ware · 2013
.20310David Goldstein · 2013
.19910Chris Molanphy · 2013
.1977Jeff Vrabel · 2013
.19610Lindsey Thomas · 2013
.18910Mark Zepezauer · 2013
.1859Matthew Oshinsky · 2013
.18310Mac Wilson · 2013
.1759Aaron Mendelson · 2013
.1749Sarah Grant · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.569#76 of 485
Metalism.050#70 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
El-P · Cancer 4 Cure1528
Metric · Synthetica146
Twin Shadow · Confess138
Fiona Apple · The Idler Wheel...11100
Jack White · Blunderbuss1040
Baroness · Yellow & Green1024
Goat · World Music814
Kayhan Kalhor · I Will Not Stand Alone80
Frank Ocean · Channel Orange6169
Swans · The Seer550
SongOther Votes
Gotye (ft. Kimbra) · "Somebody That I Used to Know"30
Frank Ocean · "Bad Religion"15
Regina Spektor · "All the Rowboats"3
Tnght · "Goooo"2
Avett Brothers · "Paul Newman Vs. the Demons"0
Craig Finn · "Rented Room"0
El-P · "For My Upstairs Neighbor"0
Metric · "Speed the Collapse"0
Roc Marciano · "We Ill"0
Twin Shadow · "When the Movie's Over"0

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.25012Jonathan Lundeen · 2012
.2278Anthony Miccio · 2012
.1666Jill Ettinger · 2012
.1518Andrew Miller · 2012
.1498Roy Trakin · 2012
.1486Jason Gargano · 2012
.1446Mark J. Lepage · 2012
.1438Jeremy D. Larson · 2012
.1436Scott Mervis · 2012
.1408Douglas Wolk · 2012
.1408Paul Thompson · 2012
.1398Steve Erickson · 2012
.1396Thor Christensen · 2012
.1366Deborah Sprague · 2012
.1346Craig Hlavaty · 2012
.1317Dan Reilly · 2012
.1217Brandon Stosuy · 2012
.1217James Rodgers · 2012
.1187Mehan Jayasuriya · 2012
.1167Rob Harvilla · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.473#129 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
PJ Harvey · Let England Shake16128
Panda Bear · Tomboy1518
Girls · Father, Son, Holy Ghost1344
Smith Westerns · Dye It Blonde118
AraabMuzik · Electronic Dream103
My Morning Jacket · Circuital919
tUnE-yArDs · w h o k i l l8134
Kurt Vile · Smoke Ring for My Halo755
Nicolas Jaar · Space Is Only Noise617
Cults · Cults515
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Niggas in Paris"63
Girls · "Vomit"15
Cults · "Go Outside"10
Coldplay · "Paradise"8
My Morning Jacket · "Holdin' On to Black Metal"7
St. Vincent · "Cheerleader"4
Panda Bear · "Last Night at the Jetty"3
AraabMuzik · "Golden Touch"0
EMA · "Butterfly Knife"0
Kurt Vile · "Peeping Tomboy"0

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.28913Michael Ayers · 2011
.22611Mark Zepezauer · 2011
.2069Ben Schumer · 2011
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.1789Ian Port · 2011
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.1698Daniel Hopkins · 2011
.1516Jason Gargano · 2011
.1478Sarah Ventre · 2011
.1428J. Anthony Ware · 2011
.1427James Montgomery · 2011
.1375Jem Aswad · 2011
.1358Nate Patrin · 2011
.1347Max Blau · 2011
.1317Althea Legaspi · 2011
.1317Marissa G. Muller · 2011
.1297Joey Daniewicz · 2011
.1297Mike Powell · 2011
.1277Paul Thompson · 2011
.1277Scott Plagenhoef · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.627#57 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs17144
Sleigh Bells · Treats1485
Flying Lotus · Cosmogramma1252
Best Coast · Crazy for You1243
Yeasayer · Odd Blood1023
New Pornographers · Together921
Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti · Before Today851
Surfer Blood · Astro Coast723
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy6265
Beach House · Teen Dream5110
SongOther Votes
Kanye West (ft. Dwele) · "Power"68
Rick Ross (ft. Styles P) · "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"26
Best Coast · "Boyfriend"25
Deerhunter · "Helicopter"20
Das Racist · "Hahahaha JK?"14
Yeasayer · "Ambling Alp"13
Spoon · "Written in Reverse"11
Arcade Fire · "We Used to Wait"8
LCD Soundsystem · "Pow Pow"3
Hold Steady · "The Sweet Part of the City"2

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.31615Ryan Schreiber · 2010
.30811Ben Schumer · 2010
.29915Shawn Anderson · 2010
.29811Jonah Flicker · 2010
.27813Byron Crawford · 2010
.27614David Hudnall · 2010
.24913Jeff Klingman · 2010
.23911Trevor Kelley · 2010
.2328Michael Hoinski · 2010
.23012Julia Simon · 2010
.22812Marissa G. Muller · 2010
.22713Jon Jon Scott · 2010
.2189Thor Christensen · 2010
.2188Brett Koshkin · 2010
.21712Ian Port · 2010
.21412Matt Diehl · 2010
.21311John Bush · 2010
.21010Daniel Hopkins · 2010
.2088Michael Endelman · 2010
.20712Tim Grierson · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.503#78 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Animal Collective · Merriweather Post Pavilion17153
Grizzly Bear · Veckatimest14105
Avett Brothers · I and Love and You1341
Fat Freddy's Drop · Dr. Boondigga and the Big BW112
Fever Ray · Fever Ray1052
Andrew Bird · Noble Beast912
Akron/Family · Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free811
Dirty Projectors · Bitte Orca7107
Amadou & Mariam · Welcome to Mali618
Wild Beasts · Two Dancers58
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Empire State of Mind"88
Animal Collective · "My Girls"75
Dirty Projectors · "Stillness Is the Move"63
Phoenix · "Lisztomania"41
Avett Brothers · "I & Love & You"19
Animal Collective · "In the Flowers"3
Paramore · "Ignorance"2
Amadou & Mariam · "Welcome to Mali"1
Foo Fighters · "Wheels"1
Asher Roth · "Lark on My Go-Kart"0

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.2809Joan Anderman · 2009
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.21510Amanda Petrusich · 2009
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.21111Jim Fouratt · 2009
.2116Ron Mashate · 2009
.21011Kimberly Chun · 2009
.20410Matthew Perpetua · 2009
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.2006Brooke Foster · 2009
.19710Michael Azerrad · 2009
.19610Daniel Durchholz · 2009
.1899Spencer Patterson · 2009
.1879Derek Barber · 2009
.1858Brent Baldwin · 2009
.1849Michael Connelly · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.262#290 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Rodriguez · Cold Fact185
Hold Steady · Stay Positive1453
Vampire Weekend · Vampire Weekend12104
Wolf Parade · At Mount Zoomer1113
Death Cab for Cutie · Narrow Stairs1022
Irma Thomas · Simply Grand92
Thalia Zedek Band · Liars and Prayers83
Raconteurs · Consolers of the Lonely716
Destroyer · Trouble in Dreams63
Dub Colossus · A Town Called Addis50
SongOther Votes
Vampire Weekend · "Oxford Comma"18
Rodriguez · "Sugar Man"1
Tricky · "Puppy Toy"1
Coldplay · "Cemeteries of London"0
Conor Oberst · "Eagle on a Pole"0
Death Cab for Cutie · "No Sunlight"0
Evangelista · "Truth Is Dark Like Outer Space"0
Hold Steady · "One for the Cutters"0
Irma Thomas · "What Can I Do"0
Raconteurs · "Many Shades of Black"0

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.1436Byron Crawford · 2008
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.1074Steve Kandell · 2008
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.0966Doug Wallen · 2008
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.0835Whitney Pastorek · 2008
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.0764Charles R. Cross · 2008
.0754Andrew Bartlett · 2008
.0754Cortney Harding · 2008
.0745Paul Robicheau · 2008
.0724Meredith Ochs · 2008
.0705Tom Lane · 2008
.0705Trevor Kelley · 2008
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.20148Jason Gargano
.19451Byron Crawford
.17652Michael Ayers
.17460Michael Gallucci
.17343James Montgomery
.16852Scott Mervis
.16759Paul Robicheau
.16430Ben Schumer
.16059Colin St. John
.16049Aaron Hillis
.15660Chris Molanphy
.15656Will Hermes
.15149Jere Pilapil
.15149Jonathan Lundeen
.15147Dan DeLuca
.15144Kimberly Chun
.15040Ed Masley
.14955Brian Orloff
.14954Roy Trakin
.14658Mark Zepezauer
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