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.
Will Layman
Overall
Centricity.227#871 of 1313
Breadth.369#644 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.304#315 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
A Tribe Called Quest · We Got It From Here... Thank You 4 Your Service20184
Jonathan Finlayson & Sicilian Defense · Moving Still202
Henry Threadgill · Old Locks and Irregular Verbs155
Chance the Rapper · Coloring Book10131
Kendrick Lamar · Untitled Unmastered1034
Michael Formanek's Ensemble Kolossus · The Distance55
Steve Lehman & Sélébéyone · Sélébéyone54
Greg Ward & Ten Tongues · Touch My Beloved's Thoughts53
Bill Frisell · When You Wish Upon a Star51
Wynton Marsalis and the JALC Orchestra · The Absynnian Mass50

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.2196Martin Johnson · 2016
.1668Jason Gubbels · 2016
.1036Edna Gundersen · 2016
.1034Zeth Lundy · 2016
.1026Christopher Monsen · 2016
.0954Bob Grossweiner · 2016
.0944Dan Hyman · 2016
.0916Ken Capobianco · 2016
.0904Jason Gargano · 2016
.0904Ron Hart · 2016
.0884Deb Sprague · 2016
.0874Robert Christgau · 2016
.0864Oliver Wang · 2016
.0854D. Strauss · 2016
.0854Ryan Patrick · 2016
.0836John Seroff · 2016
.0834Kyle Ryan · 2016
.0764Christopher Matthew Jensen · 2016
.0744Makkada B. Selah · 2016
.0734Gabe Vodicka · 2016
2014 original ballot
Centricity.033#568 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ambrose Akinmusire · The Imagined Savior Is Far Easier to Paint253
Somi · The Lagos Music Salon252
Bad Plus · The Rite of Spring102
Jason Moran · All Rise: a Joyful Elegy to Fats Waller101
Marc Ribot Trio · Live at the Village Vanguard55
Brian Blade & the Fellowship Band · Landmarks53
Steve Lehman Octet · Mise En Abîme53
Henry Butler-Steven Bernsteind and the Hot Nine · Viper's Drag52
Dave Douglas and Uri Caine · Present Joys50
Mehliana · Taming the Dragon50

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.1194Larry Birnbaum · 2014
.0985Jon Solomon · 2014
.0493Anthony Dean-Harris · 2014
.0342Cam Patterson · 2014
.0332Chris Toenes · 2014
.0332Michael J. West · 2014
.0282Steve Hochman · 2014
.0222Britt Robson · 2014
.0222Charlie Braxton · 2014
.0222Phillip Overeem · 2014
.0212Darrell M McNeill · 2014
.0212Gabe Meline · 2014
.0212Ken Capobianco · 2014
.0212Nate Chinen · 2014
.0212Paul Robicheau · 2014
.0212Phil Gallo · 2014
.0212Rick Mitchell · 2014
.0202Jason Gubbels · 2014
.0202Tom Hull · 2014
2010 original ballot
Centricity.234#409 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Jason Moran & Bandwagon · Ten3010
The Jazz Passengers · Reunited150
Erykah Badu · New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh1039
Trombone Shorty · Backatown102
Vijay Iyer · Solo102
The National · High Violet596
Black Keys · Brothers588
Mavis Staples · You Are Not Alone526
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · I Learned the Hard Way526
Patty Griffin · Downtown Church511
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
New Pornographers · "Crash Years"14

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.1926Sean Murphy · 2010
.1896Jeff Vrabel · 2010
.1828Sarah Zupko · 2010
.1716Steve Simels · 2010
.1535Charles Johnson · 2010
.1528Shane Harrison · 2010
.1488Andrew Bartlett · 2010
.1437David Cantwell · 2010
.1407Chris Riemenschneider · 2010
.1375Kevin O'Hare · 2010
.1367Steve Leftridge · 2010
.1357K Leander Williams · 2010
.1307Serene Dominic · 2010
.1305Meredith Ochs · 2010
.1287Jim Macnie · 2010
.1275Jonathan Perry · 2010
.1267Philip Martin · 2010
.1244Lissa Townsend Rodgers · 2010
.1234Billy Altman · 2010
.1227Alan Light · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.335#236 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Vijay Iyer Trio · Historicity3015
Allen Toussaint · The Bright Mississippi2021
Animal Collective · Merriweather Post Pavilion15153
Dirty Projectors · Bitte Orca5107
Levon Helm · Electric Dirt522
Tinted Windows · Tinted Windows57
Henry Threadgill Zooid · This Brings Us To, Volume 154
Ben Allison · Think Free53
John Hollenbeck Large Ensemble · Eternal Interlude53
John Fogerty · The Blue Ridge Rangers Rides Again51
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Empire State of Mind"88
Animal Collective · "My Girls"75
Dirty Projectors · "Stillness Is the Move"63
Black Eyed Peas · "I Gotta Feeling"21
Miranda Lambert · "Dead Flowers"10
The Decemberists · "The Rake's Song"8
Animal Collective · "Brother Sport"7
Weezer · "(If You're Wondering If I Want You Too) I Want You To"7
The Flaming Lips · "Convinced of the Hex"5
John Fogerty · "When Will I Be Loved?"0

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.30513Stephen M. Deusner · 2009
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.1528Jed Lipinski · 2009
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.1454Chip Stern · 2009
.1345Meredith Ochs · 2009
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.12312Jeff Vrabel
.09516Nate Chinen
.0948Jed Lipinski
.09211George Varga
.08926Jim Macnie
.0899Martin Johnson
.08210Thor Christensen
.08114Seth Colter Walls
.07910Ben Schumer
.0769Andrew Martin
.07510Jeremiah McNeil
.0746Ron Mashate
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.06914Steve Leftridge
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.0697Anthony DeCurtis
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.0676Will Dana
.06611Larry Birnbaum
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