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.
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Overall
Centricity.068#1205 of 1313
Breadth.447#476 of 1329
Metalism.013#357 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.038#485 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Thumbscrew · Convallaria150
Heron Oblivion · Heron Oblivion149
Barry Guy · The Blue Shroud130
Michael Formanek's Ensemble Kolossus · The Distance125
Kevin Morby · Singing Saw119
Thalia Zedek Band · Eve90
Helen Money · Become Zero82
Beach Slang · A Loud Bash of Teenage Feelings76
Tami Neilson · Don't Be Afraid62
Marissa Nadler · Strangers55

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.0372Michelle Geslani · 2016
.0362Rachel Leibrock · 2016
.0352Tobias Carroll · 2016
.0352Will Layman · 2016
.0342Michael Deeds · 2016
.0342Phil Freeman · 2016
.0332Jennifer Kelly · 2016
.0332Martin Johnson · 2016
.0322Daniel Chamberlin · 2016
.0322Jeffrey Silverstein · 2016
.0322Jim DeRogatis · 2016
.0322Meagan Fredette · 2016
.0322Mike McGonigal · 2016
.0302Andrea Warner · 2016
.0302Brad Cohan · 2016
.0242Kevin Korber · 2016
.0232Dan LeRoy · 2016
.0232Michael Dauphin · 2016
.0222Jason MacNeil · 2016
.0222Jim Connelly · 2016
.0222Joey Hood · 2016
.0222Mike Madden · 2016
.0222Reiff, Corbin Reiff · 2016
.0222Saul Austerlitz · 2016
2014 original ballot
Centricity.090#509 of 601
Metalism.100#41 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Thumbscrew · Thumbscrew150
Jim Roll · The Continuing Adventures of the Butterfly Kid140
Led Bib · The People in Your Neighbourhood130
Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread1227
Medeski, Martin, & Wood + Nels Cline · Woodstock Sessions Volume 2110
Chihei Hatakeyama · Void V90
Wovenhand · Refractory Obdurate81
Ty Segall · Manipulator733
Dylan Ryan/Sand · Circa60
Hiss Golden Messenger · Lateness of Dancers515

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.1144Jay Ruttenberg · 2014
.0684Matthew Oshinsky · 2014
.0332Salvatore Caputo · 2014
.0322Allen St John · 2014
.0322Dan Ferguson · 2014
.0322Steve Klinge · 2014
.0312Larry King · 2014
.0312Matthew Horne · 2014
.0312Meredith Ochs · 2014
.0312Steve Rosen · 2014
.0302Brett Koshkin · 2014
.0302Jeff Tamarkin · 2014
.0302Mike Berick · 2014
.0302Roy Kasten · 2014
.0292Grant Moser · 2014
.0292Jim Bessman · 2014
.0292Lee Zimmerman · 2014
.0292Matt Sebastian · 2014
.0282David Pehling · 2014
.0282Jaime Lees · 2014
.0282Jennifer Kelly · 2014
.0282Katherine Turman · 2014
.0282Stephen Haag · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.148#340 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ches Smith and These Arches · Hammered151
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Push the Sky Away1426
Ben Goldberg · Unfold Ordinary Mind131
Paramore · Paramore1220
Caitlin Rose · The Stand-In114
Ashley Monroe · Like a Rose930
Civil Wars · The Civil Wars85
Sam Amidon · Bright Sunny South72
Thermals · Desperate Ground60
Low · The Invisible Way59

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.1124Jason Ferguson · 2013
.1104Jennifer Kelly · 2013
.0985Rob Harvilla · 2013
.0774Dan Kois · 2013
.0764Jon Solomon · 2013
.0724D. Patrick Rodgers · 2013
.0714Elliott Sharp · 2013
.0674Alfred Soto · 2013
.0664Chris Richards · 2013
.0423Ellis Widner · 2013
.0413Jon Bream · 2013
.0383Dan DeLuca · 2013
.0383Robert Loerzel · 2013
.0352Will York · 2013
.0343Dave Heaton · 2013
.0342Josh Modell · 2013
.0322Allen St John · 2013
.0322Preston Jones · 2013
.0312Jim DeRogatis · 2013
.0292Dan Ferguson · 2013
.0292Jason Pettigrew · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.040#457 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Salim Nourallah · Hit Parade152
Ray Wylie Hubbard · The Grifter's Hymnal144
Eivind Opsvik · Overseas IV130
Shearwater · Animal Joy126
mewithoutYou · Ten Stories110
River City Extension · Don't Let the Sun Go Down on Your Anger91
Gift of Gab · The Next Logical Progression80
Low Cut Connie · Call Me Sylvia72
Lindstrøm · Smalhans65
Wreckless Eric & Amy Rigby · A Working Museum52

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.0362Thor Christensen · 2012
.0332Jennifer Kelly · 2012
.0332Jim Allen · 2012
.0332J. R. Taylor · 2012
.0332Mark Keresman · 2012
.0322Catherine Lewis · 2012
.0312Will Romano · 2012
.0232Richard Skanse · 2012
.0222J. Anthony Ware · 2012
.0212Ben Donnelly · 2012
.0212Evan Sawdey · 2012
.0212Hobey Echlin · 2012
.0212Matt Rice · 2012
.0212Mike Orme · 2012
.0212Roy Kasten · 2012
.0212Spencer Kornhaber · 2012
.0202Ben Westhoff · 2012
.0192Annie Zaleski · 2012
.0192Kurt B. Reighley · 2012
.0192Mark Deming · 2012
.0192Steve Erickson · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.045#638 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Gutbucket · Flock150
Ages and Ages · Alright You Restless140
Seabrook Power Plant · Seabrook Power Plant II130
Craig Taborn · Avenging Angel126
Akron/Family · Akron/Family II: The Cosmic Birth and Journey of Shinju TNT111
John Vanderslice · White Wilderness90
Roberts & Lord · Eponymous80
Shelby Lynne · Revelation Road76
Elbow · Build a Rocket Boys!612
Lucinda Williams · Blessed59

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.0342Curtis Schieber · 2011
.0342Evie Nagy · 2011
.0342Peter Margasak · 2011
.0332David Shirley · 2011
.0332Jose Davila · 2011
.0322Carrie Havranek · 2008
.0322Gail Worley · 2011
.0322Josh Modell · 2011
.0322Phil Sutcliffe · 2011
.0322Randy Lewis · 2011
.0312Ernesto Lechner · 2011
.0302Jay Lustig · 2008
.0302Salvatore Caputo · 2011
.0292Ellen Carpenter · 2008
.0262Nick Duerden · 2011
.0232Marianne Meyer · 2011
.0222Jim Macnie · 2011
.0212Erik Kenward · 2011
.0212Ethan Stanislawski · 2011
.0212Jon Solomon · 2011
.0212Nate Chinen · 2011
.0212Richard Skanse · 2011
.0212Seth Colter Walls · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.119#529 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Nels Cline Singers · Initiate152
Jason Moran & Bandwagon · Ten1410
Mynabirds · What We Lose in the Fire We Gain in the Flood138
Big Boi · Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty12119
Danny! · Where Is Danny?110
Rita Indiana y Los Misterios · El Juidero95
Eric Bibb · Booker's Guitar80
Northern Portrait · Criminal Art Lovers70
Little Women · Throat65
Jerry Leake · Cubist50

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.0774Carlos Reyes · 2010
.0704Eric Harvey · 2010
.0694Seth Colter Walls · 2010
.0644Nate Chinen · 2010
.0352Steve Jansen · 2010
.0342Sean Murphy · 2010
.0332Brad Cohan · 2010
.0332Dan Ferguson · 2010
.0332Jon Young · 2010
.0332Mike Berick · 2010
.0332Tad Hendrickson · 2010
.0322Etan Rosenbloom · 2010
.0322Michael J. West · 2010
.0302Will Layman · 2010
.0272Andrew Geraghty · 2010
.0252Jason Gargano · 2010
.0252Max Berry · 2010
.0242Elliott Sharp · 2010
.0232Anthony Lombardi · 2010
.0232Blanca Méndez · 2010
.0232Craig Carson · 2010
.0232Matthew Perpetua · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.036#642 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
mewithoutYou · It's All Crazy! It's All False! It's All a Dream! It's Alright!190
DM Stith · Heavy Ghost131
Derek Webb · Stockholm Syndrome120
Akron/Family · Set 'Em Wild, Set 'Em Free1111
David Crowder Band · Church Music100
Andy Milne and Benoit Delbecq · Where Is Pannonica?90
Jookabox · Dead Zone Boys80
Mountain Goats · The Life of the World to Come716
Beat Circus · Boy From Black Mountain60
Linda Oh Trio · Entry51

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.0403Matt Fiander · 2009
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.0282Rob O'Connor · 2009
.0272Michael Goldberg · 2009
.0222Michael Connelly · 2009
.0222Saul Austerlitz · 2009
.0222Spencer Patterson · 2009
.0212Evan Sawdey · 2009
.0202Jennifer Kelly · 2009
.0202Paul Robicheau · 2009
.0202Richard Gehr · 2009
.0202Seth Colter Walls · 2009
.0192Doug Wallen · 2009
.0192Jed Lipinski · 2009
.0192Justin Spicer · 2009
.0182Andrew Gilstrap · 2009
.0182Andrew Hall · 2009
.0182Heidi Vanderlee · 2009
.0182Michael Lach · 2009
.0182Theon Weber · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.032#541 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Aaron Parks · Invisible Cinema190
Shackeltons · The Shackeltons130
Flight of the Conchords · Flight of the Conchords1210
Duke Spirit · Neptune116
Marco Benevento · Invisible Baby100
Public Record · Public Record90
Woven Hand · Ten Stones81
Jookabox · Ropechain70
Lucksmiths · First Frost60
Avishai Cohen Trio · Gently Disturbed51

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.0222James Rodgers · 2008
.0222John Hood · 2008
.0222Liz Ohanesian · 2008
.0222Steve Haruch · 2008
.0212Adam Mazmanian · 2008
.0212Lindsey Thomas · 2008
.0212Mike Cimicata · 2008
.0202Chris Neal · 2008
.0202Lissa Townsend Rodgers · 2008
.0202Marianne Meyer · 2008
.0202Tom Lane · 2008
Similar Voters
.07715Jennifer Kelly
.04110Elliott Sharp
.0418Seth Colter Walls
.0416John Hood
.03710Jon Solomon
.0367Mike Berick
.0347Matt Fiander
.03311J. Anthony Ware
.0326Steve Haruch
.0297Dan Ferguson
.0285Josh Modell
.0284Salvatore Caputo
.0279Evan Sawdey
.0276Nate Chinen
.0275Evie Nagy
.0268Jon Bream
.0266Dan Kois
.0256Tobias Carroll
.0256Zeth Lundy
.0255Dan Caffrey
.0255Jim DeRogatis
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