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.
Adam Gold
Overall
Centricity.413#424 of 1313
Breadth.589#245 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.361#265 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
David Bowie · Blackstar10208
Leonard Cohen · You Want It Darker1080
Sturgill Simpson · A Sailor's Guide to Earth1057
Iggy Pop · Post Pop Depression1029
Margo Price · Midwest Farmer's Daughter1029
Whitney · Light Upon the Lake1018
Japanese Breakfast · Psychopomp1010
Thao Nguyen With the Get Down Stay Down · A Man Alive107
A Giant Dog · Pile101
Sunflower Bean · Human Ceremony101

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.2778Stephen Haag · 2016
.2768Mark J. Lepage · 2016
.1976Brian Bowe · 2016
.1936Michael Ayers · 2016
.1866Bob Grossweiner · 2016
.1846Ashley Zlatopolsky · 2016
.1838L. Kent Wolgamott · 2016
.1826Jose Davila · 2016
.1778Brian Ives · 2016
.1776Stephen Slaybaugh · 2016
.1756Bill Holdship · 2016
.1756Preston Jones · 2016
.1708A.D. Amorosi · 2016
.1688Phil Gallo · 2016
.1676Steve Klinge · 2016
.1656Charles R. Cross · 2016
.1648Gary Chun · 2016
.1636Andrew Bartlett · 2016
.1576Sarah Ventre · 2016
.1477Jon Solomon · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.605#76 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kendrick Lamar · To Pimp a Butterfly10209
Courtney Barnett · Sometimes I Sit and Think, and Sometimes I Just Sit10166
Carly Rae Jepsen · Emotion1091
Chris Stapleton · Traveller1030
Kurt Vile · B'lieve I'm Goin Down1028
Deerhunter · Fading Frontier1018
D'Angelo · Black Messiah1017
Bully · Feels Like1016
Libertines · Anthems for Doomed Youth103
Borns · Dopamine100
SongOther Votes
Drake · "Hotline Bling"75
Carly Rae Jepsen · "Run Away With Me"40
Bully · "Trying"8
Hot Chip · "Huarache Lights"6
Silento · "Watch Me (Whip/Nae Nae)"3
Eagles of Death Metal · "I Love You All the Time"2
BØRNS · "Electric Love"1
Big Data (ft. Joywave) · "Dangerous"0
Broncho · "Class Historian"0
Declan McKenna · "Brazil"0

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.23311John Hendrickson · 2015
.20511Marc Hogan · 2015
.18110Joey Hood · 2015
.1799Rachel Brodsky · 2015
.1709Jill Menze · 2015
.15910Colin St. John · 2015
.1398Reiff, Corbin Reiff · 2015
.1389J. Anthony Ware · 2015
.1339Bree Davies · 2015
.1338Dacey Orr · 2015
.1328Anthony Bozza · 2015
.1308Althea Legaspi · 2015
.1308L. Kent Wolgamott · 2015
.1276Jem Aswad · 2015
.1276Jim DeRogatis · 2015
.1276Max Blau · 2015
.1268Forrest Wickman · 2015
.1268Jon Bream · 2015
.1248Michael Gallucci · 2015
.1238Josh Love · 2015
.1238Katie Moulton · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.574#63 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
D'Angelo · Black Messiah10162
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music1077
Angel Olsen · Burn Your Fire for No Witness1064
Ex Hex · Rips1057
Against Me! · Transgender Dysphoria Blues1056
Beck · Morning Phase1050
Ty Segall · Manipulator1033
Jack White · Lazaretto1025
EMA · The Future's Void1020
Pujol · Kludge102
SongOther Votes
Taylor Swift · "Shake It Off"52
War on Drugs · "Red Eyes"25
Angel Olsen · "Forgiven/Forgotten"6
Hurray for the Riff Raff · "The Body Electric"6
Jack White · "Lazaretto"6
Sylvan Esso · "Hey Mami"4
Black Keys · "Fever"3
Bully · "Milkman"2
Tweens · "Be Mean"2
Charli XCX · "Need Ur Luv"1

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.27913Patrick Rogers · 2014
.2348Stacey Anderson · 2014
.22811Alex Woodward · 2014
.21911James Barber · 2014
.21910Sarah Ventre · 2014
.21611L. Kent Wolgamott · 2014
.20110Katie Moulton · 2014
.1967Brett Koshkin · 2014
.18910Brian Orloff · 2014
.17810Jere Pilapil · 2014
.1709Melissa Locker · 2014
.1679Aaron Frank · 2014
.1669Melissa Fossum · 2014
.1639Alan Light · 2014
.1608Devon Maloney · 2014
.1608Kyle Petersen · 2014
.1599Althea Legaspi · 2014
.1596Chris Riemenschneider · 2014
.1596Jennifer Kelly · 2014
.1596Jill Ettinger · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.408#166 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · Yeezus10159
Arcade Fire · Reflektor1042
Queens of the Stone Age · ...Like Clockwork1032
Deerhunter · Monomania1022
Tegan and Sara · Heartthrob1021
Thee Oh Sees · Floating Coffin108
Diarrhea Planet · I'm Rich Beyond Your Wildest Dreams102
Promised Land Sound · Promised Land Sound101
Tristen · Caves101
Wild Belle · Isles100
SongOther Votes
Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams) · "Get Lucky"116
Haim · "The Wire"58
Kanye West · "Bound 2"29
Miley Cyrus · "Wrecking Ball"22
Charli XCX · "You (Ha Ha Ha)"10
Thee Oh Sees · "Toe Cutter - Thumb Buster"7
Arcade Fire · "Afterlife"6
Fidlar · "Cocaine"0
Wild Belle · "Keep You"0

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.26112D. Patrick Rodgers · 2013
.23012Rob Harvilla · 2013
.19410Alex Young · 2013
.19310Adam Graham · 2013
.18810James Montgomery · 2013
.17610Jere Pilapil · 2013
.1749David Downs · 2013
.1679Sean Fennessey · 2013
.1668Michael Ayers · 2013
.1609Joey Daniewicz · 2013
.1588Lindsey Thomas · 2013
.1579Simon Vozick-Levinson · 2013
.1559Colin St. John · 2013
.1507Lauren Reskin · 2013
.1427Hank Shteamer · 2013
.1408Michael Gallucci · 2013
.1388Alan Light · 2013
.1368Caryn Ganz · 2013
.1358Daniel Kreps · 2013
.1357Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.362#178 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Frank Ocean · Channel Orange10169
Tame Impala · Lonerism1055
Jack White · Blunderbuss1040
Fresh & Onlys · Long Slow Dance104
Pujol · United States of Being103
Here We Go Magic · A Different Ship102
Diamond Rugs · Diamond Rugs101
Natural Child · For the Love of the Game101
Turbo Fruits · Butter101
JEFF the Brotherhood · Hypnotic Nights100
SongOther Votes
Alabama Shakes · "Hold On"25
Tame Impala · "Feels Like We Only Go Backwards"14
Juicy J (ft. Lil Wayne and 2 Chainz) · "Bandz a Make Her Dance"13
Jack White · "Sixteen Saltines"10
Ellie Goulding · "Anything Could Happen"5
Bruce Springsteen · "Wrecking Ball"4
Black Keys · "Lonely Boy"2
Thee Oh Sees · "Lupine Dominus"2
Wild Belle · "Keep You"0

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.21410D. Patrick Rodgers · 2012
.1787Scott Mervis · 2012
.1436Mark J. Lepage · 2012
.1428L. Kent Wolgamott · 2012
.1408Will Hermes · 2012
.1376Thor Christensen · 2012
.1207Roy Trakin · 2012
.1077Gary Graff · 2012
.1046D. Patrick Rodgers · 2011
.1006Daniel Dzodin · 2012
.0974Michael Hoinski · 2012
.0966Matthew Perpetua · 2012
.0956Jon Bream · 2012
.0956Kenneth Partridge · 2012
.0956Ken Rayes · 2012
.0956Travis Hay · 2012
.0946Al Choman · 2012
.0936Jim Macnie · 2012
.0936Jon Jon Scott · 2012
.0916Daniel Durchholz · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.398#216 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
PJ Harvey · Let England Shake10128
Fucked Up · David Comes to Life1065
Fleet Foxes · Helplessness Blues1058
Kurt Vile · Smoke Ring for My Halo1055
Real Estate · Days1039
Atlas Sound · Parallax1018
Thee Oh Sees · Castlemania103
JEFF the Brotherhood · We Are the Champions102
Tristen · Charlatans at the Garden Gate101
U2 · Achtung Baby 20th Anniversary Edition101
SongOther Votes
Real Estate · "It's Real"17
Thee Oh Sees · "The Dream"4
Guided by Voices · "The Unsinkable Fats Domino"2
Those Darlins · "Be Your Bro"2
JEFF the Brotherhood · "Whatever I Want"0

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.2638Laurence Station · 2011
.22110D. Patrick Rodgers · 2011
.1919Jason Diamond · 2011
.1647Jamieson Cox · 2011
.1357Jim Connelly · 2011
.1176Daniel Hopkins · 2011
.1156Judy Berman · 2011
.1146Michael Ayers · 2011
.1136Steven Hyden · 2011
.1096Jason P. Woodbury · 2011
.1086Mike Prevatt · 2011
.1056Anthony Lombardi · 2011
.1044Rob Hatch-Miller · 2011
.1026Aaron Hillis · 2011
.0966Susan Moll · 2011
.0965Martin Douglas · 2011
.0964Kiersten Tarr · 2011
.0955Mike Escoto · 2011
.0954Jason Cherkis · 2011
.0954Michael Deeds · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.443#203 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
LCD Soundsystem · This Is Happening10151
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs10144
Beach House · Teen Dream10110
Deerhunter · Halcyon Digest1076
Superchunk · Majesty Shredding1048
Bruce Springsteen · The Promise1033
Fresh & Onlys · Play It Strange108
Love Language · Libraries103
Here We Go Magic · Pigeons102
Jaill · There's No Sky100
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Arcade Fire · "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"36
LCD Soundsystem · "I Can Change"36
LCD Soundsystem · "Drunk Girls"20
Beach House · "Zebra"14
Yeasayer · "Ambling Alp"13
Fresh & Onlys · "Waterfall"3
Here We Go Magic · "Collector"3
Deerhunter · "Coronado"1
MGMT · "Brian Eno"0

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.32414Julia Simon · 2010
.26512Anthony Lombardi · 2010
.24712Matt Sebastian · 2010
.23811Althea Legaspi · 2010
.2298Jason Gargano · 2010
.2238Jonah Flicker · 2010
.2148Brett Koshkin · 2010
.2118Michael Deeds · 2010
.2027Mark J. Lepage · 2010
.20110Ian Port · 2010
.19710Andy Dubbin · 2010
.1969Bret Gladstone · 2010
.1889Robert Bishop · 2010
.1869Puja Patel · 2010
.1799Ryan Schreiber · 2010
.1739Jim Connelly · 2010
.1719D. Patrick Rodgers · 2010
.1689David Marchese · 2010
.1619Daniel Sargeant · 2010
.1606J Edward Keyes · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.303#263 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Animal Collective · Merriweather Post Pavilion10153
Phoenix · Wolfgang Amadeus Phoenix10138
Dan Auerbach · Keep It Hid107
Fresh & Onlys · Grey-Eyed Girls102
Jesus Lizard · Goat102
Marked Men · Ghosts101
Rolling Stones · Get Yer Ya-Ya's Out101
Box Elders · Alice and Friends100
Ham1 · The Underground Stream100
Turbo Fruits · Echo Kid100
SongOther Votes
Phoenix · "1901"80

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.1517Bret Gladstone · 2009
.0925Scott Mervis · 2009
.0874Julie Seabaugh · 2009
.0865Amanda Petrusich · 2009
.0864Luke Hackney · 2009
.0855Byron Crawford · 2009
.0854Laura Barcella · 2009
.0844Jose Davila · 2009
.0844Lindsay Zoladz · 2009
.0835Anna Deem · 2009
.0835Julia Simon · 2009
.0834Jim DeRogatis · 2009
.0825Andrew Dansby · 2009
.0814Andy Battaglia · 2009
.0805Caitlin Dewey · 2009
.0805Roy Trakin · 2009
.0795James Montgomery · 2009
.0795Tom Lane · 2009
.0785Chris DeVille · 2009
.0785Evan Sawdey · 2009
.0785Jennifer Vineyard · 2009
.0785Melissa Maerz · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.260#293 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Fleet Foxes · Fleet Foxes1087
Raphael Saadiq · The Way I See It1044
David Byrne and Brian Eno · Everything That Happens Will Happen Today1027
Walkmen · You & Me1025
Times New Viking · Rip It Off1012
Dr. Dog · Fate1011
Department of Eagles · In Ear Park104
Little Joy · Little Joy104
Boston Spaceships · Brown Submarine103
Holly Golightly and the Brokeoffs · Dirt Don't Hurt101
SongOther Votes
Beyoncé · "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"57
M.I.A. · "Paper Planes"53
MGMT · "Electric Feel"19
Hold Steady · "Constructive Summer"11
MGMT · "Kids"9
Beck · "Gamma Ray"8
Walkmen · "In the New Year"7
Bruce Springsteen · "Girls in Their Summer Clothes"1
Panda Bear · "Take Pills"0
Radiohead · "Nude"0

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.2039Spencer Patterson · 2008
.2028D. Patrick Rodgers · 2008
.1569Rob Brunner · 2008
.1407Scott Mervis · 2008
.1398Charles Johnson · 2008
.1267Mike Greenhaus · 2008
.1227Simon Vozick-Levinson · 2008
.1157Amanda Petrusich · 2008
.1077Alan Light · 2008
.1056Justin Gage · 2008
.1017Whitney Pastorek · 2008
.1016John Elsasser · 2008
.0996Chris Herrington · 2008
.0996Will Hermes · 2008
.0994Steve Ciabattoni · 2008
.0986Greg Kot · 2008
.0977Tim Grierson · 2008
.0976Scott Wilson · 2008
.0956Edna Gundersen · 2008
.0946Jim Fouratt · 2008
Similar Voters
.24760D. Patrick Rodgers
.16231Patrick Rogers
.15848Scott Mervis
.14954Michael Gallucci
.14442Michael Ayers
.14327Julia Simon
.14135Mark J. Lepage
.14037Joey Hood
.13652L. Kent Wolgamott
.13551Roy Trakin
.13250Althea Legaspi
.13236Michael Deeds
.13027John Hendrickson
.12946Ken Rayes
.12451Gary Graff
.12432Hilary Hughes
.12237Daniel Sargeant
.12144Bob Grossweiner
.11940Alan Light
.11933Charles R. Cross
.11933Preston Jones
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