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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Zachary Smith
Overall
Centricity.123#1102 of 1313
Breadth.700#123 of 1329
Metalism.400#29 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.095#439 of 542
Metalism.250#17 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Skeleton Tree1056
Anohni · Hopelessness1037
Sumac · What One Becomes106
Black Mountain · IV105
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas · Mariner103
Muncie Girls · From Caplan to Belsize101
Florist · The Birds Outside Sang100
Gouge Away · , Dies100
Mogwai · Atomic100
Rlyr · Delayer100
SongOther Votes
Emma Ruth Rundle · "Real Big Sky"1
Touché Amoré · "Rapture"1
Anohni · "Hopelessness"0
Bat for Lashes · "Close Encounters"0
Cobalt · "Elephant Graveyard"0
Cult of Luna & Julie Christmas · "Cygnus"0
Islands · "At Sea"0
Mothers · "Hold Your Own Hand"0
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "Skeleton Tree"0
Sunflower Bean · "I Want You to Give Me Enough Time"0

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.1285Lindsey Rhoades · 2016
.0934Joel Elliot · 2016
.0894Elliott Sharp · 2016
.0875Jamie Ludwig · 2016
.0674Jessica Gentile · 2016
.0654Dan Caffrey · 2016
.0624Adrien Begrand · 2016
.0614E.J. Friedman · 2016
.0613Kurt Orzeck · 2016
.0604Mark Zepezauer · 2016
.0584Jordan Cronk · 2016
.0584Philip Cosores · 2016
.0573Daniel Chamberlin · 2016
.0554Dave Clifford · 2016
.0554Dorian Lynskey · 2016
.0513Shawn Macomber · 2016
.0343Adam Kivel · 2016
.0343A.D. Amorosi · 2016
.0343Jonny Leather · 2016
.0343Matt Sullivan · 2008
2015 original ballot
Centricity.089#407 of 480
Metalism.200#16 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Colleen Green · I Want to Grow Up1913
Hop Along · Painted Shut930
Titus Andronicus · The Most Lamentable Tragedy918
Baroness · Purple97
Tribulation · The Children of the Night95
Autre Ne Veut · Age of Transparency92
Bosse-de-Nage · All Fours91
Caspian · Dust and Disquiet91
We Lost the Sea · Departure Songs90
Youth Lagoon · Savage Hills Ballroom90
SongOther Votes
Grimes · "Kill V. Maim"14
Colleen Green · "Deeper Than Love"5
Autre Ne Veut · "Over Now"0
Chelsea Wolfe · "After the Fall"0
Envy · "Footsteps in the Distance"0
Joanna Gruesome · "I Don't Wanna Relax"0
Purity Ring · "Flood on the Floor"0
Sufjan Stevens · "John My Beloved"0
Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats · "Melody Lane"0
Waxahatchee · "Summer of Love"0

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.1889Dan DeLuca · 2015
.1257Brady Gerber · 2015
.1106Brandon Stosuy · 2015
.0914Rob Hatch-Miller · 2015
.0895David Accomazzo · 2015
.0864Jason Gargano · 2015
.0855Jacob Webb · 2015
.0835Lindsey Thomas · 2015
.0815Ilana Kaplan · 2015
.0815Mac Wilson · 2015
.0815Reggie Ugwu · 2015
.0805Melissa Locker · 2015
.0785Katie Moulton · 2015
.0725Ira Gamerman · 2015
.0664Dave Clifford · 2015
.0624Scott Lapatine · 2015
.0614Brian J. Peterson · 2015
.0604Katherine St. Asaph · 2015
.0594Bree Davies · 2015
.0593Nicholas Taylor · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.074#524 of 601
Metalism.400#14 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lykke Li · I Never Learn1515
Yob · Clearing the Path to Ascend1511
Triptykon · Melana Chasmata154
Woods of Desolation · As the Stars151
White Lung · Deep Fantasy1020
Godflesh · A World Lit Only by Fire104
Marissa Nadler · July53
Tombs · Savage Gold52
The Rentals · Lost in Alphaville51
Sólstafir · ÓTta51
SongOther Votes
Cloud Nothings · "I'm Not Part of Me"14
St. Vincent · "Prince Johnny"7
Lana Del Rey · "Brooklyn Baby"3
Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra · "What We Loved Was Not Enough"3
Yob · "Marrow"1
Lykke Li · "Never Gonna Love Again"0
Nothing · "Guilty of Everything"0
Phish · "The Birds"0
United Nations · "Serious Business"0
White Lung · "Wrong Star"0

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.1036Adrien Begrand · 2014
.0985Jonathan Lundeen · 2014
.0984Laina Dawes · 2014
.0845Josh Timmermann · 2014
.0775Phil Cosores · 2014
.0765John Tryneski · 2014
.0624Caryn Ganz · 2014
.0614Rob Sheffield · 2014
.0613Brent Burton · 2014
.0574Claire Lobenfeld · 2014
.0573Nick Green · 2014
.0563Matt Ryan · 2014
.0554Kory Grow · 2014
.0554Michael Pollock · 2014
.0534Phil Gallo · 2014
.0533Tobias Carroll · 2014
.0514Saul Austerlitz · 2014
.0513Janelle Bitker · 2014
.0494Dan DeLuca · 2014
.0494Michael Roffman · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.157#334 of 453
Metalism.550#8 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Deafheaven · Sunbather1034
Waxahatchee · Cerulean Salt1023
Carcass · Surgical Steel1016
SubRosa · More Constant Than the Gods108
Joanna Gruesome · Weird Sister107
Windhand · Soma106
Inter Arma · Sky Burial104
Russian Circles · Memorial104
Wolf People · Fain102
Toxic Holocaust · Chemistry of Consciousness100
SongOther Votes
Kanye West · "Blood on the Leaves"11
Deafheaven · "Dream House"10
History of Apple Pie · "See You"1
The Men · "Half Angel Half Light"1
Veronica Falls · "Teenage"1
Coliseum · "Late Night Trains"0
In Solitude · "Sister"0
Kylesa · "Steady Breakdown"0
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "Push the Sky Away"0
Pelican · "Perpetual Dawn"0

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.1608Jason Heller · 2013
.1508Brice Ezell · 2013
.1448Jonathan Lundeen · 2013
.1408Kory Grow · 2013
.1385Thorin Klosowski · 2013
.1345Albert Mudrian · 2013
.1216Laina Dawes · 2013
.1186Adrien Begrand · 2013
.1086Marcos Hassan · 2013
.0974Kevin Stewart-Panko · 2013
.0965Dave Clifford · 2013
.0955Mike R. Meyer · 2013
.0934Kurt Orzeck · 2013
.0926Paul Thompson · 2013
.0866Brandon Stosuy · 2013
.0856Zach Kelly · 2013
.0744Mike Appelstein · 2013
.0684Jenn Pelly · 2013
.0674A.S. Van Dorston · 2013
.0674Ben Salmon · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.185#301 of 485
Metalism.550#12 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Pallbearer · Sorrow and Extinction1513
Neil Young & Crazy Horse · Psychedelic Pill1221
Baroness · Yellow & Green1124
Gaslight Anthem · Handwritten114
Ancestors · In Dreams and Time111
Converge · All We Love We Leave Behind1014
Cloud Nothings · Attack on Memory837
Witchcraft · Legend85
Horseback · Half Blood82
Titus Andronicus · Local Business615
SongOther Votes
Cloud Nothings · "Stay Useless"9
Jens Lekman · "The End of the World Is Bigger Than Love"2
Baroness · "Eula"0
Baroness · "Twinkler"0
Converge · "Predatory Glow"0
Down · "Misfortune Teller"0
Gaslight Anthem · "Blue Dahlia"0
JEFF the Brotherhood · "Wood Ox"0
Mares of Thrace · "The Gallwasp"0
Titus Andronicus · "(I Am The) Electric Man"0

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.2588Albert Mudrian · 2012
.1676Mike R. Meyer · 2012
.1206Brandon Stosuy · 2012
.1176Laina Dawes · 2012
.0984Brent Burton · 2012
.0954Kevin Stewart-Panko · 2012
.0954Kyle Ryan · 2012
.0934Kurt Orzeck · 2012
.0924Nicholas Taylor · 2012
.0895Paul Thompson · 2012
.0884Austin L. Ray · 2012
.0825Josh Kortbein · 2012
.0734Richard Skanse · 2012
.0674Hank Shteamer · 2012
.0654Christopher Alexander · 2012
.0644Matt Sebastian · 2012
.0644Max Berry · 2012
.0644Rob Sheffield · 2012
.0644Scott Lapatine · 2012
.0634Matt Sullivan · 2012
.0634Nick Green · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.087#590 of 693
Metalism.350#20 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Yob · Atma205
Junius · Reports From the Threshold of Death153
Morne · Asylum150
All Pigs Must Die · God Is War101
*Shels · Plains of the Purple Buffalo100
Rwake · Rest100
Yuck · Yuck553
Okkervil River · I Am Very Far58
Explosions in the Sky · Take Care, Take Care, Take Care54
Loss · Despond50
SongOther Votes
R.E.M. · "Oh My Heart"4
Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Why I Love You"3
Junius · "Transcend the Ghost"1
St. Vincent · "Strange Mercy"1
*Shels · "Butterflies on Luci's Way"0
Crowbar · "Cleanse Me, Heal Me"0
Marissa Nadler · "Baby I Will Leave You in the Morning"0
Okkervil River · "We Need a Myth"0
Russian Circles · "Schipol"0
Thou · "Something in the Way"0

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.1004Kurt Orzeck · 2011
.0835Heather Muse · 2011
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.0614Kelly Dearmore · 2011
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.0563Eric T Miller · 2011
.0543Jaime Lees · 2011
.0534Anna Deem · 2011
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.0513Brian Bowe · 2011
.0473Christian Schaeffer · 2011
.0383Jim Connelly · 2011
.0353Byron Crawford · 2011
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.0353Jason Adams · 2011
.0343Althea Legaspi · 2011
.0343Amanda Petrusich · 2011
.0343Ian Cohen · 2011
.0343Rob Sheffield · 2011
.0343Tris McCall · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.110#539 of 699
Metalism.450#16 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Agalloch · Marrow of the Spirit2515
Alcest · Écailles de Lune155
Man's Gin · Smiling Dogs150
Gaslight Anthem · American Slang1016
Junius · The Martyrdom of a Catastrophist100
Titus Andronicus · The Monitor574
Roky Erickson & Okkervil River · True Love Cast Out All Evil515
Black Breath · Heavy Breathing55
Julie Christmas · The Bad Wife54
East of the Wall · Ressentiment50
SongOther Votes
The National · "Bloodbuzz Ohio"40
Deftones · "Diamond Eyes"2
Hold Steady · "Hurricane J"1
Best Coast · "Bratty B"0
Black Mountain · "Radiant Hearts"0
Dax Riggs · "See You All in Hell or New Orleans"0
Dillinger Escape Plan · "Gold Teeth on a Bum"0
Julie Christmas · "If You Go Away"0
Man's Gin · "Hate.Money.Love.Woman"0
The Ocean · "Firmament"0

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.1588Michael Tedder · 2010
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.0884Brandon Stosuy · 2010
.0875Zena Tsarfin · 2010
.0864Max Berry · 2010
.0855L. Kent Wolgamott · 2010
.0815Eric Danton · 2010
.0795Stephen Thompson · 2010
.0785Jim Connelly · 2010
.0735Steve Klinge · 2010
.0674Geoffrey Himes · 2010
.0674Michael Ayers · 2010
.0634Michael Gallucci · 2010
.0614Andrew Miller · 2010
.0613Kevin Stewart-Panko · 2010
.0604Glenn Gamboa · 2010
.0604Michael Pollock · 2010
.0603Jeff Treppel · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.187#408 of 683
Metalism.450#21 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Mastodon · Crack the Skye2043
Dredg · The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion201
Baroness · The Blue Record1038
Converge · Axe to Fall1033
Kylesa · Static Tensions1017
Irepress · Sol Eye Sea I100
The Decemberists · The Hazards of Love532
Art Brut · Art Brut Vs. Satan515
Mono · Hymn to the Immortal Wind54
Astra · The Weirding51
SongOther Votes
The Big Pink · "Velvet"7
Weezer · "Can't Stop Partying"2
Converge · "Dark Horse"1
Mastodon · "The Last Baron"1
Antony & the Johnsons · "Everglade"0
Baroness · "The Gnashing"0
Goes Cube · "Saab Sonnet"0
My Dying Bride · "My Body, a Funeral"0
Pelican · "Ephemeral (EP Version)"0
Sonic Youth · "Sacred Trickster"0

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.2949J T Ramsay · 2009
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.1297Michael Robbins · 2009
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.1035Trevor Kelley · 2009
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.0934Brandon Stosuy · 2009
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.0924Craig Hlavaty · 2009
.0924Kurt Orzeck · 2009
.0914Albert Mudrian · 2009
.0904Adam Bregman · 2009
.0904Adem Tepedelen · 2009
.0904Brad Angle · 2009
.0904Kevin Stewart-Panko · 2009
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.12231Brandon Stosuy
.11919Albert Mudrian
.10735Adrien Begrand
.10724Kurt Orzeck
.10028Laina Dawes
.09126Jonathan Lundeen
.09024Nick Green
.08225Marcos Hassan
.08116Kevin Stewart-Panko
.07918Zena Tsarfin
.07911J T Ramsay
.07617Brent Burton
.07513Jeff Treppel
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