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.
 
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Jason MacNeil
Overall
Centricity.247#816 of 1313
Breadth.550#295 of 1329
Metalism.006#418 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.233#361 of 542
Metalism.050#52 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Savages · Adore Life1521
Rolling Stones · Blue & Lonesome1425
Beach Slang · A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings136
Lucinda Williams · The Ghosts of Highway 20129
Band of Horses · Why Are You OK112
David Bowie · Blackstar7208
Explosions in the Sky · The Wilderness74
Field Music · Commontime73
Tragically Hip · Man Machine Poem72
Band of Skulls · By Default71
SongOther Votes
David Bowie · "Lazarus"38
The Weeknd (ft. Daft Punk) · "Starboy"14
Band of Horses · "Casual Party"4
Tegan and Sara · "U-Turn"3
Adele · "When We Were Young"2
Metallica · "Moth Into Flame"2
Savages · "The Answer"1
Band of Skulls · "Killer"0
Rolling Stones · "Hate to See You Go"0
Tragically Hip · "In a World Possessed by the Human Mind"0

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.2027Michael Deeds · 2016
.1596Larry King · 2016
.1016Kory Grow · 2016
.1004Steve Horowitz · 2016
.0996Jamie Ludwig · 2016
.0984Jim DeRogatis · 2016
.0915Hank Shteamer · 2016
.0864Bob Grossweiner · 2016
.0835Alan Light · 2016
.0835Erik Thompson · 2016
.0825Jon Bream · 2016
.0825Michael Roffman · 2016
.0824Ron Hart · 2016
.0815John Walker · 2016
.0814Michael Ayers · 2016
.0814Preston Jones · 2016
.0804Ashley Zlatopolsky · 2016
.0804Mac Randall · 2016
.0804Scott Mervis · 2016
.0795L. Kent Wolgamott · 2016
.0795Reiff, Corbin Reiff · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.243#316 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Shopping · Why Choose155
Beach House · Depression Cherry1419
El Vy · Return to the Moon131
Brandi Carlile · The Firewatcher's Daughter124
Alabama Shakes · Sound & Color1147
Wainwright Sisters · Songs in the Dark90
Grimes · Art Angels892
Metric · Pagans in Vegas71
Young Fathers · White Men Are Black Men Too67
Father John Misty · I Love You, Honeybear550
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Hello"41
Alabama Shakes · "Don't Wanna Fight"23
David Bowie · "Blackstar"20
Adele · "When We Were Young"1
Metric · "The Shade"1
Beach House · "Ppp"0
Brandi Carlile · "Mainstream Kid"0
Charles Bradley · "Changes"0
El Vy · "No Time to Crank the Sun"0
Young Fathers · "Shame"0

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.1979Roy Trakin · 2015
.1407Sarah Ventre · 2015
.1337Hilary Hughes · 2015
.1206Ken Rayes · 2015
.1197Barry Walters · 2015
.1176Reiff, Corbin Reiff · 2015
.1176Silas Valentino · 2015
.1096Marissa Muller · 2015
.1076Peter Tabakis · 2015
.1066Anthony Bozza · 2015
.1054Preston Jones · 2015
.1016Chris DeVille · 2015
.1014Sarah Zupko · 2015
.0996Mark J. Lepage · 2015
.0986Caryn Rose · 2015
.0866Jennifer Vineyard · 2015
.0854Oakland L. Childers · 2015
.0845Camille Dodero · 2015
.0845Christopher Barton · 2015
.0845Dan DeLuca · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.434#168 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
New Pornographers · Brill Bruisers1642
Cold Specks · Neuroplasticity152
War on Drugs · Lost in the Dream13103
Sharon Van Etten · Are We There1152
Alvvays · Alvvays1020
Eagulls · Eagulls93
Stars · No One Is Lost82
La Roux · Trouble in Paradise76
Ryan Adams · Ryan Adams619
D'Angelo · Black Messiah5162
SongOther Votes
Alvvays · "Archie, Marry Me"25
War on Drugs · "Red Eyes"25
New Pornographers · "Brill Bruisers"12
Spoon · "Rent I Pay"4
D'Angelo · "Really Love"3
Sinead O'Connor · "Take Me to Church"3
Stars · "From the Night"2
Augustines · "Nothing to Lose but Your Head"0
La Roux · "Kiss and Not Tell"0
Manic Street Preachers · "Walk Me to the Bridge"0

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.2459David Goldstein · 2014
.2047Jeff Niesel · 2014
.1907Michael Gallucci · 2014
.1769Christopher Barton · 2014
.1718Eric Danton · 2014
.1648Erik Thompson · 2014
.1646Steve Klinge · 2014
.1506Jem Aswad · 2014
.1466Derek Miller · 2014
.1457Shane Harrison · 2014
.1277Ed Masley · 2014
.1257Amanda Petrusich · 2014
.1217Mac Wilson · 2014
.1216Erik Sateren · 2014
.1207Althea Legaspi · 2014
.1197Aaron Frank · 2014
.1195Scott Mervis · 2014
.1165David Accomazzo · 2014
.1157Dan Kois · 2014
.1136Gabriel Rosenberg · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.365#189 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
The National · Trouble Will Find Me1529
Tegan and Sara · Heartthrob1421
Suuns · Images Du Futur131
Jake Bugg · Shangri La124
Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City11108
Arctic Monkeys · AM920
Silvergun & Spleen · Semi Truck80
David Bowie · The Next Day745
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Push the Sky Away626
Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong · Foreverly52
SongOther Votes
Tegan and Sara · "Closer"24
Vampire Weekend · "Diane Young"19
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "Jubilee Street"8
The 1975 · "Chocolate"1
David Bowie · "The Next Day"1
The National · "Graceless"1
Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear · "Cut Me Some Slack"1
Anna Calvi · "Eliza"0
Metric · "Synthetica"0
Suuns · "2020"0

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.2318Scott Mervis · 2013
.1779Derek Paiva · 2013
.1656Quentin Huff · 2013
.1368George A. Paul · 2013
.1235Evie Nagy · 2013
.1014Jennifer Cooke · 2013
.0984Stephen Slaybaugh · 2013
.0976Ken Rayes · 2013
.0974Emily Kimball · 2013
.0934Buzz Poole · 2013
.0906Mac Wilson · 2013
.0895Tom Lane · 2013
.0876Mark Zepezauer · 2013
.0874Zeth Lundy · 2013
.0866Daniel Durchholz · 2013
.0815James Barber · 2013
.0804Jill Ettinger · 2013
.0795Max Berry · 2013
.0775Paul Robicheau · 2013
.0765Jonah LaFollette · 2013
.0765Travis Hay · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.132#355 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Cold Specks · I Predict a Graceful Expulsion175
Stars · The North150
Band of Skulls · Sweet Sour101
2:54 · 2:54100
Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball935
Gaslight Anthem · Handwritten94
Smashing Pumpkins · Oceania93
Sharon Van Etten · Tramp733
Kathleen Edwards · Voyageur78
Metric · Synthetica76
SongOther Votes
Bruce Springsteen · "We Take Care of Our Own"18
Jack White · "Sixteen Saltines"10
Gaslight Anthem · "45"3
Metric · "Youth Without Youth"1
Paul McCartney, Dave Grohl, Krist Novoselic and Pat Smear · "Cut Me Some Slack"1
2:54 · "Sugar"0
Band of Skulls · "You're Not Pretty but You Got It Goin' On"0
Cold Specks · "Winter Solstice"0
Pink · "Try"0
Stars · "Hold on When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It"0

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.1806Laura Leebove · 2012
.1146L. Kent Wolgamott · 2012
.0915Mike Cimicata · 2012
.0884Jud Cost · 2012
.0865Matt Thomas · 2012
.0805Jennifer Vineyard · 2012
.0684Michael Deeds · 2012
.0644Robert Christgau · 2012
.0634Caryn Ganz · 2012
.0634Mordechai Shinefield · 2012
.0634Roy Kasten · 2012
.0634Roy Trakin · 2012
.0624Ken Rayes · 2012
.0604Will Hermes · 2012
.0594Althea Legaspi · 2012
.0594Michael Tedder · 2012
.0584Travis Hay · 2012
.0573Scott Mervis · 2012
.0553Thor Christensen · 2012
.0533Bob Ruggiero · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.270#388 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals · Ashes & Fire1828
Anna Calvi · Anna Calvi154
Rod Picott · Welding Burns111
Mogwai · Hardcore Will Never Die, But You Will1010
Twilight Singers · Dynamite Steps108
Horrible Crowes · Elsie91
Wilco · The Whole Love853
Tom Waits · Bad As Me795
Foo Fighters · Wasting Light721
TV on the Radio · Nine Types of Light527
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109
Wilco · "I Might"12
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (ft. Karen O) · "Immigrant Song"7
Foo Fighters · "Walk"6
Sloan · "Unkind"1
Young the Giant · "My Body"1
Anna Calvi · "Desire"0
Mona · "Listen to Your Lover"0
Mona · "Teenager"0
Rolling Stones · "No Spare Parts"0

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.27210Chris Norris · 2011
.2049Derek Paiva · 2011
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.1437Rachel Leibrock · 2011
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.1345Jon Wiederhorn · 2011
.1316Steve Baltin · 2011
.1267Jed Gottlieb · 2011
.1247J. Anthony Ware · 2011
.1175Billy Altman · 2011
.1175Steve Matteo · 2011
.1167Jim Sullivan · 2011
.1157Derk Richardson · 2011
.1135Salvatore Caputo · 2011
.1125Paul Robicheau · 2011
.1105Carlo Wolff · 2011
.1076Glenn Gamboa · 2011
.1066Max Berry · 2011
.1056Alan Light · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.206#438 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
The National · High Violet2296
Gaslight Anthem · American Slang1516
Kirsten Jones · The Mad Mile120
Vampire Weekend · Contra10119
Ray LaMontagne & the Pariah Dogs · God Willin' & the Creek Don't Rise910
Against Me! · White Crosses815
Stars · The Five Ghosts73
Flamingo · Brandon Flowers61
Royal Wood · The Waiting60
Manic Street Preachers · Postcards From a Young Man52
SongOther Votes
Eminem (ft. Rihanna) · "Love the Way You Lie"27
Vampire Weekend · "Holiday"6
Rolling Stones · "Plundered My Soul"4
Gaslight Anthem · "American Slang"3
Brandon Flowers · "Crossfire"2
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers · "I Should Have Known It"2
The National · "Terrible Love"1
Stars · "We Don't Want Your Body"1
Pete Yorn · "Precious Stone"0
Royal Wood · "On Top of Your Love"0

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.1506Allen St John · 2010
.1496Charles Johnson · 2010
.1468Mordechai Shinefield · 2010
.1436Josh Baron · 2010
.1265Jonathan Perry · 2010
.1146Alan Light · 2010
.1035Carlo Wolff · 2010
.1016Dan Weiss · 2010
.0946Jonathan Bradley · 2010
.0926Charles R. Cross · 2010
.0926Steve Leftridge · 2010
.0925Mike Mettler · 2010
.0904MacKenzie Wilson · 2010
.0875Stephen Thompson · 2010
.0724Max Berry · 2010
.0714Michael Gallucci · 2010
.0694Rob Trucks · 2010
.0665George A. Paul · 2010
.0664Steve Baltin · 2010
.0664Steve Ciabattoni · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.185#412 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Glasvegas · Glasvegas1811
Manic Street Preachers · Journal for Plague Lovers165
Metric · Fantasies1419
Dead Weather · Horehound1228
Alexisonfire · Old Crows/Young Cardinals102
Wilco · Wilco (The Album)843
Them Crooked Vultures · Them Crooked Vultures619
Pearl Jam · Backspacer617
Rosanne Cash · The List523
Joel Plaskett · Three53
SongOther Votes
Pearl Jam · "The Fixer"15
La Roux · "Bulletproof"13
Metric · "Help, I'm Alive"10
Editors · "Papillon"3
Airborne Toxic Event · "Sometime Around Midnight"2
Dead Weather · "Cuts Like a Buffalo"1
Depeche Mode · "Wrong"1
Alexisonfire · "Young Cardinals"0
Glasvegas · "Geraldine"0
Matthew Good · "Last Parade"0

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.1816Mark J. Lepage · 2009
.1696Bill Holdship · 2009
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.1407Charles R. Cross · 2009
.1196Whitney Pastorek · 2009
.1086Steve Reynolds · 2009
.1034Ed Condran · 2009
.1025Josh Davidson · 2009
.1014Matt Ryan · 2009
.1014Thor Christensen · 2009
.1005Clifford J Corcoran · 2009
.1004MacKenzie Wilson · 2009
.0955Chris Neal · 2009
.0935Richard Skanse · 2009
.0924David Adler · 2009
.0914Craig Hlavaty · 2009
.0914David Menconi · 2009
.0914Lloyd Sachs · 2009
.0914Rick Petreycik · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.152#414 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Glasvegas · Glasvegas1811
Gaslight Anthem · The '59 Sound1427
Lucinda Williams · Little Honey1321
Futureheads · This Is Not the World122
AC/DC · Black Ice106
Dears · Missiles93
Constantines · Kensington Heights81
Kaiser Chiefs · Off With Their Heads66
Coldplay · Viva la Vida, or Death and All His Friends535
Adele · 19512
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Chasing Pavements"19
Pink · "So What"19
Katy Perry · "I Kissed a Girl"14
Ting Tings · "Shut Up and Let Me Go"5
Glasvegas · "Geraldine"4
Futureheads · "The Beginning of the Twist"1
Coldplay · "Lovers in Japan"0
Kaiser Chiefs · "Never Miss a Beat"0
Keane · "The Lovers Are Losing"0
Manic Street Preachers · "Umbrella"0

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.1766Carrie Havranek · 2008
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.1006Deborah Sprague · 2008
.1004Jeff Tamarkin · 2008
.0994Jay Lustig · 2008
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.0975Jonathan Garrett · 2008
.0964Constantine Caloudas · 2008
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.0845Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins · 2008
.0845Rodney Dugue · 2008
.0825David Peisner · 2008
.0825Rachel Devitt · 2008
.0775Alex Henderson · 2008
.0775Jeanne Fury · 2008
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.12231Derek Paiva
.11130Charles R. Cross
.10825Mark J. Lepage
.10634Jennifer Vineyard
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.10132Ken Rayes
.10036George A. Paul
.10030Scott Mervis
.09617Craig Hlavaty
.09432Michael Gallucci
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