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.
Mark Deming
Overall
Centricity.183#973 of 1313
Breadth.513#355 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.158#410 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Alice Bag · Alice Bag191
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Skeleton Tree956
Drive-By Truckers · American Band955
Iggy Pop · Post Pop Depression929
Lambchop · Flotus915
Bob Mould · Patch the Sky99
Lydia Loveless · Real99
Alejandro Escovedo · Burn Something Beautiful95
Wussy · Forever Sounds95
I Don't Cares · Wild Stab94

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.3228Bill Holdship · 2016
.1946Philip Martin · 2016
.1366Bob Townsend · 2016
.1346Peter Blackstock · 2016
.1274Brian Bowe · 2016
.1214Max Berry · 2016
.1186Jim Tremayne · 2016
.1186Stephen M. Deusner · 2016
.1144Stephen Slaybaugh · 2016
.1134Brett Callwood · 2016
.1134Laurence Station · 2016
.1124Mark J. Lepage · 2016
.1124Mike Rowell · 2016
.1084Jim Testa · 2016
.1074Jim Bessman · 2016
.1064Nicholas Taylor · 2016
.1034Larry King · 2016
.1015Jon Solomon · 2016
.0915Daniel Durchholz · 2016
.0764Jim Connelly · 2016
2015 original ballot
Centricity.179#358 of 480
Metalism.000#85 of 483
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sufjan Stevens · Carrie & Lowell1081
Wilco · Star Wars1019
James McMurtry · Complicated Game1016
Protomartyr · The Agent Intellect1016
Downtown Boys · Full Communism1010
Sonics · This Is the Sonics109
Mountain Goats · Beat the Champ108
Bottle Rockets · South Broadway Athletic Club105
Jon Spencer Blues Explosion · Freedom Tower: No Wave Dance Party 2015100
Rachel Grimes · The Clearing100
SongOther Votes
Courtney Barnett · "Pedestrian at Best"52
Sleater-Kinney · "A New Wave"16
Titus Andronicus · "Dimed Out"10
Childbirth · "Siri, Open Tinder"1
Jason Isbell · "If It Takes a Lifetime"1
Sonics · "Bad Betty"1
Yo la Tengo · "Friday I'm in Love"1
Metz · "The Swimmer"0
Rachel Bloom · "The Sexy Getting Ready Song"0
Whiskey Charmers · "Neon Motel Room"0

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.21410John Tryneski · 2015
.2017Jason Gargano · 2015
.1908Tobias Carroll · 2015
.1688L. Kent Wolgamott · 2015
.1586Cam Patterson · 2015
.1576Max Berry · 2015
.1377Ted Cox · 2015
.1307J. Anthony Ware · 2015
.1287Steve Knopper · 2015
.1235Jill Ettinger · 2015
.1225Robert Christgau · 2015
.1215Michael Tatum · 2015
.1197Mark Zepezauer · 2015
.1145Stephen Haag · 2015
.1096Jon LaFollette · 2015
.1075Andrew Bartlett · 2015
.1056Chris Herrington · 2015
.1046Philip Cosores · 2015
.1034Geoffrey Himes · 2015
.1026Daniel Durchholz · 2015
.1026Eric Danton · 2015
2014 original ballot
Centricity.077#519 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lydia Loveless · Somewhere Else1925
Wussy · Attica!928
Tweedy · Sukierae99
Peter Stampfel & the Brooklyn & Lower Manhattan Banjo Squadron · Better Than Expected91
Sweet Apple · The Golden Age of Glitter91
Ben Vaughn · Texas Road Trip90
Blue Snaggletooth · Beyond Thule90
Death of Samantha · If Memory Serves Us Well90
Single Mothers · Negative Qualities90
Sonic Avenues · Mistakes90

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.0824James Bradley · 2014
.0754Ted Cox · 2014
.0744Michael Lach · 2014
.0734Robert Loerzel · 2014
.0694Greg Kot · 2014
.0674Don Allred · 2014
.0664Nick Farruggia · 2014
.0443Michael Pollock · 2014
.0423Annie Zaleski · 2014
.0423Tom Hull · 2014
.0362Seth Mnookin · 2014
.0352Jaime Lees · 2014
.0352Jill Ettinger · 2014
.0322Jason Gargano · 2014
.0322Jeremiah McNeil · 2014
.0312Anders Smith Lindall · 2014
.0312Curtis Schieber · 2014
.0312Max Berry · 2014
.0302Andrew Gilstrap · 2014
.0302Dan Ferguson · 2014
.0302Nicholas Taylor · 2014
.0302Steve Dollar · 2014
.0302Steve Rosen · 2014
.0302Steve Simels · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.178#323 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Neko Case · The Worse Things Get, the Harder I Fight, the Harder I Fight, the More I Love You1045
Jason Isbell · Southeastern1033
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Push the Sky Away1026
Mavis Staples · One True Vine105
Stooges · Ready to Die104
Del Lords · Elvis Club103
Robbie Fulks · Gone Away Backward102
Mudhoney · Vanishing Point101
Obits · Bed & Bugs101
The Suburbs · Si Sauvage100
SongOther Votes
Lydia Loveless · "Boy Crazy"1
The Suburbs · "Turn the Radio On"1
Mudhoney · "I Like It Small"0
New Surfsiders · "Kokomo"0
Night Family · "Done by Now"0

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.22110Robert Loerzel · 2013
.1046Bob Townsend · 2013
.1004Jeff Vrabel · 2013
.0974Buzz Poole · 2013
.0954Andrew Bartlett · 2013
.0954Laura Leebove · 2013
.0714Bill Holdship · 2013
.0664Jon Bream · 2013
.0664Jon Solomon · 2013
.0654Holly Gleason · 2013
.0644Geoffrey Himes · 2013
.0634Candice Jones · 2013
.0634Max Berry · 2013
.0624Charles Johnson · 2013
.0624Eric Danton · 2013
.0614Max Blau · 2013
.0614Tim Grierson · 2013
.0604Andrew Dansby · 2013
.0584Christopher Monsen · 2013
.0574Chris Conaton · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.050#442 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kelly Hogan · I Like to Keep Myself in Pain2014
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson · Wreck & Ruin103
Local H · Hallelujah! I'm a Bum103
Mark Eitzel · Don't Be a Stranger103
Heartless Bastards · Arrow102
Mission of Burma · Unsound102
Patterson Hood · Heat Lightning Rumbles in the Distance101
Catherine Irwin · Little Heater100
Salim Nourallah · Hit Parade52
Riverboat Gamblers · The Wolf You Feed50
SongOther Votes
Andre Williams · "Blame It on Obama"1
Lambchop · "If Not I'll Just Die"1
Andy Shernoff · "Let's Get the Band Back Together"0
Breakup Society · "Your Invitation to Quit"0
Durocs · "Nawgahide"0
End Times · "A Plea for Recklessness"0
Hives · "Take Back the Toys"0
Riverboat Gamblers · "Blue Ghosts"0
Scorpion Vs. Tarantula · "Don't Waste My Rock 'N' Roll"0
Waco Brothers & Paul Burch · "Great Chicago Fire"0

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.2107Dan Ferguson · 2012
.0593David Menconi · 2012
.0413Ted Cox · 2012
.0403Max Blau · 2012
.0292Jason Gargano · 2012
.0282Deborah Sprague · 2012
.0282Steve Horowitz · 2012
.0282Thor Christensen · 2012
.0272Jon Young · 2012
.0272Justin Cober-Lake · 2012
.0272Meredith Ochs · 2012
.0262Mark Keresman · 2012
.0262Steve Dollar · 2012
.0232Brian Bowe · 2012
.0222Jim Farber · 2012
.0192Ken Tucker · 2009
.0192Michael Tedder · 2012
.0192Mike Appelstein · 2012
.0182Brian Orloff · 2012
.0182Daniel Durchholz · 2012
.0182Greg Kot · 2012
.0182L. Kent Wolgamott · 2012
.0182Rob Harvilla · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.453#152 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
PJ Harvey · Let England Shake10128
Tom Waits · Bad As Me1095
Fucked Up · David Comes to Life1065
Wilco · The Whole Love1053
Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest1041
Low · C'mon1017
Feelies · Here Before1013
Dirtbombs · Party Store106
Tommy Keene · Behind the Parade105
Blue Snaggletooth · Dimension Thule100
SongOther Votes
Black Keys · "Lonely Boy"29
Wilco · "I Might"12
Low · "Try to Sleep"5
PJ Harvey · "Written on the Forehead"4
Dirtbombs · "Sharevari"3
Drive-By Truckers · "Everybody Needs Love"1
Patton Oswalt · "The Bugged Car"1
Tommy Keene · "Nowhere Drag"1
Jeni Lee Richey and the Great Tribulation · "Sure As the Rain"0
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · "Genuine. Part One"0

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.1967David Menconi · 2011
.1809Jim Connelly · 2011
.1729Steve Klinge · 2011
.1668Robert Loerzel · 2011
.1666Rob Trucks · 2011
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.1576Laurence Station · 2011
.1576Paul Robicheau · 2011
.1566Larry King · 2011
.1536Parke Puterbaugh · 2011
.1526Thorin Klosowski · 2011
.1498Aaron Hillis · 2011
.1498Bob Townsend · 2011
.1246Laura Leebove · 2011
.1237Dan DeLuca · 2011
.1237Mike Prevatt · 2011
.1235Thor Christensen · 2011
.1215Stephen Haag · 2011
.1207Phil Gallo · 2011
.1177James Bradley · 2011
Similar Voters
.10316David Menconi
.10316Jim Connelly
.10132Robert Loerzel
.09617Jason Gargano
.09514John Tryneski
.09420Dan Ferguson
.09322Bob Townsend
.09227Ted Cox
.08922Bill Holdship
.08820Max Berry
.08020Dan DeLuca
.06721L. Kent Wolgamott
.06622Daniel Durchholz
.06515Stephen Haag
.06514Jill Ettinger
.06514Max Blau
.06318Steve Klinge
.06214Greg Kot
.06212Chris Riemenschneider
.06212Laura Leebove
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com