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.
Matt Collar
Overall
Centricity.022#1292 of 1313
Breadth.218#960 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2016 original ballot
Centricity.018#516 of 542
Metalism.000#75 of 550
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Teenage Fanclub · Here104
Field Music · Commontime103
Cuong Vu Trio/Pat Metheny · Cuong Vu Trio Meets Pat Metheny101
Jack DeJohnette/Ravi Coltrane/Matthew Garrison · In Movement101
Katie Melua · In Winter101
Krokofant · Krokofant II101
Charlie Haden/Liberation Music Orchestra · Time/Life (Song for the Whales and Other Beings)100
Dr. Lonnie Smith · Evolution100
Takuya Kuroda · Zigzagger100
Theo Croker · Escape Velocity100

Similar Ballots
.0372Jaime Lees · 2016
.0352Mac Randall · 2016
.0352Matt Sebastian · 2016
.0332Arsenio Orteza · 2016
.0332Brent Burton · 2016
.0332Larry Birnbaum · 2016
.0222Jason MacNeil · 2016
.0212Evan Sawdey · 2016
.0212Jason Gross · 2016
.0212Matt Collar · 2014
.0192Matt Fiander · 2016
.0182Jack Rabid · 2016
2014 original ballot
Centricity.025#578 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Craig Handy · Craig Handy & Second Line Smith201
Takuya Kuroda · Rising Son200
Theo Croker · AfroPhysicist150
Mark Turner · Lathe of Heaven109
King Tuff · Black Moon Spell103
Brian Lynch and Emmet Cohen · Questioned Answer50
Dirty Loops · Loopified50
Frankmusik · By Nicole50
Hunterchild · Hunterchild50
Rumer · Into Colour50
SongOther Votes
Jenny Lewis · "Just One of the Guys"17
Paramore · "Ain't It Fun"12
Ariana Grande (ft. the Weeknd) · "Love Me Harder"11
Jessie Ware · "Tough Love"11
Dirty Loops · "Hit Me"1
King Tuff · "Black Moon Spell"1
The 1975 · "Settle Down"0
Frankmusik · "Stabilizher"0
Rifles · "Heebie Jeebies"0
Rumer · "Dangerous"0

Similar Ballots
.0744Shawn Macomber · 2014
.0644Gabe Vodicka · 2014
.0634Al Choman · 2014
.0624J.D. Considine · 2014
.0623Matt Gewolb · 2014
.0403Phil Gallo · 2014
.0383Jill Menze · 2014
.0383Jim Macnie · 2014
.0383Kim Taylor Bennett · 2014
.0383Renato Pagnani · 2014
.0373Brian Orloff · 2014
.0373Chris Molanphy · 2014
.0373Nick Farruggia · 2014
.0373Rob Harvilla · 2014
.0363Chris DeVille · 2014
.0353K Ross Hoffman · 2014
.0282Brent Burton · 2014
.0282Matt Collar · 2016
.0282Nicholas Taylor · 2014
.0242Jonathan Garrett · 2014
Similar Voters
.0284Mac Randall
.0224Shawn Macomber
.0213Kim Taylor Bennett
.0203Jill Menze
.0184Brent Burton
.0184Gabe Vodicka
.0164Brad Nelson
.0162Christine Wertham
.0154Al Choman
.0154K Ross Hoffman
.0153Gabriel Rosenberg
.0153Jason Ferguson
.0152Ben Ratliff
.0152Sasha Hecht
.0142Andrew Ryce
.0142Maud Deitch
.0133Matt Gewolb
.0125Rob Harvilla
.0123Nick Farruggia
.0123Steve Holtje
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com