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.
Elliott Sharp
Overall
Centricity.199#932 of 1313
Breadth.553#294 of 1329
Metalism.073#142 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.116#426 of 542
Metalism.100#32 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Skeleton Tree3056
Pinegrove · Cardinal1026
Horse Lords · Interventions1010
Ka · Honor Killed the Samurai109
Lucinda Williams · The Ghosts of Highway 20109
Henry Threadgill · Old Locks and Irregular Verbs105
Kaitlyn Aurelia Smith · Ears513
Sumac · What One Becomes56
Tyshawn Sorey · The Inner Spectrum of Variables51
True Widow · Avvolgere50

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.0704Matt Fiander · 2016
.0694Paula Mejia · 2016
.0694Philip Cosores · 2016
.0694Robert Bishop · 2016
.0684Jordan Cronk · 2016
.0664Anders Smith Lindall · 2016
.0654Zachary Smith · 2016
.0453Taylor Peters · 2016
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.0413Jamie Ludwig · 2016
.0362Will Layman · 2016
.0352Andy Battaglia · 2016
.0352Gabe Vodicka · 2016
.0352John Dugan · 2016
.0352Michelle Geslani · 2016
.0352Wesley Case · 2016
2014 original ballot
Centricity.315#278 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
War on Drugs · Lost in the Dream30103
Merchandise · After the End208
Modern Baseball · You're Gonna Miss It All153
Beck · Morning Phase550
Parquet Courts · Sunbathing Animal546
Lana Del Rey · Ultraviolence544
Ty Segall · Manipulator533
Doug Paisley · Strong Feelings54
Pink Floyd · The Endless River53
Dierks Bentley · Riser51
SongOther Votes
Dierks Bentley · "Drunk on a Plane"8
Sam Hunt · "Leave the Night On"5
Magic! · "Rude"3
Sturgill Simpson · "Life of Sin"3
Florida Georgia Line · "Dirt"2
Dierks Bentley · "I Hold On"1
Lydia Loveless · "Everything's Gone"0
Miranda Lambert and Carrie Underwood · "Somethin' Bad"0
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill · "Meanwhile Back at Mama's"0
War on Drugs · "Burning"0

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.2448Brett Koshkin · 2014
.1899James Barber · 2014
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.1145Allen St John · 2014
.1135Michael Deeds · 2014
.1086John Hendrickson · 2014
.1086Kevin O'Donnell · 2014
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.1076JD Swerzenski · 2014
.1016Adam Gold · 2014
.0994Andrew Leahey · 2014
.0984Janelle Bitker · 2014
.0956Matthew Oshinsky · 2014
.0924Don Share · 2014
.0924Stephen Slaybaugh · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.293#234 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ka · The Night's Gambit259
Jason Isbell · Southeastern2033
Julia Holter · Loud City Song2010
Kurt Vile · Wakin on a Pretty Daze545
Lorde · Pure Heroine531
Ashley Monroe · Like a Rose530
Paramore · Paramore520
Oneohtrix Point Never · R Plus Seven518
Jessy Lanza · Pull My Hair Back54
Wolf Eyes · No Answer: Lower Floors53
SongOther Votes
Justin Timberlake · "Mirrors"26
Disclosure (ft. Sam Smith) · "Latch"14
Lady Gaga · "Gypsy"4
Haim · "If I Could Change Your Mind"2
Thundercat · "Oh Sheit It's X"2
Ashley Monroe · "The Morning After"0
Lady Gaga · "Sexxx Dreams"0
Lorde · "400 Lux"0
Paramore · "Daydreaming"0
Steve Gunn · "Lurker"0

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2012 original ballot
Centricity.416#142 of 485
Metalism.250#19 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Matthew E. White · Big Inner207
Pig Destroyer · Book Burner106
Ty Segall & White Fence · Hair104
Krallice · Years Past Matter103
Traxman · Da Mind of Traxman103
Divorce · Divorce101
Josephine Foster · Blood Rushing101
Rebecca Gates · The Float100
Frank Ocean · Channel Orange5169
Kendrick Lamar · Good Kid, m.A.A.d City5125
SongOther Votes
Future · "Straight Up"2
Daughn Gibson · "Tiffany Lou"1
Schoolboy Q (ft. Kendrick Lamar) · "Blessed"1
Sic Alps · "Moviehead"1
Daniel Bachman · "Seven Pines"0
Demoncy · "The Temple of Shadows"0
Earth · "The Rakehell"0
Gucci Mane · "Opposite"0
Pallbearer · "Foreigner"0
Thee Oh Sees · "So Nice"0

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.1176Brent Baldwin · 2012
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.0736Renato Pagnani · 2012
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.0614Josh Kortbein · 2012
.0603Albert Mudrian · 2012
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2010 original ballot
Centricity.022#672 of 699
Metalism.100#46 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Zs · New Slaves107
Harvey Milk · A Small Turn of Human Kindness105
Little Women · Throat105
Infinite Body · Carve Out the Face of My God103
Balam Acab · See Birds101
Christine Sehnaoui + Sven-Ake Johansson · La Vase/Slikke100
Haunted Houses · Invisible War of the Mind100
Jooklo Duo · High100
Nate Wooley + Paul Lytton · Creek Above 33100
Sean McCann · Open Resolve100
SongOther Votes
Balam Acab · "Big Boy"0
Christine Sehnaoui + Sven-Ake Johansson · "Slikke III"0
Harvey Milk · "I Know This Is No Place for You"0
Haunted Houses · "Misplaced Thoughts Are Gone Forever"0
Infinite Body · "What They Wanted to Be Was Useless"0
Jooklo Duo · "Serpents Time"0
Little Women · "Throat VI"0
Nate Wooley + Paul Lytton · "The Lonely Fisherman"0
Sean McCann · "Scapula"0
Zs · "Black Crown Ceremony I: Diamond Terrifier"0

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2009 original ballot
Centricity.031#648 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kurt Vile · Childish Prodigy1013
Blues Control · Local Flavor106
Mount Eerie · Wind's Poem104
Oneohtrix Point Never · Zones Without People101
Amen Dunes · Dia100
Gareth Davis & Steven R. Smith · Westering100
Harappian Night Recordings · The Glorious Gongs of Hainuwele100
Jeremy Jay · Slow Dance100
Sore Eros · Second Chants100
Willie Lane · Known Quantity100
SongOther Votes
Acoustic Family Creeps · "To Clean"0
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Bird Names · "Scandanavia"0
Blues Control · "On Through the Night"0
Grooms · "Fag Feels Good"0
Jeremy Jay · "In This Lonely Town"0
Kurt Vile · "Heart Attack"0
Oneohtrix Point Never · "Computer Vision"0
Sore Eros · "Lips Like Wine"0
Thee Oh Sees · "Meat Step Lively"0

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.08018Brett Koshkin
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