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.
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Overall
Centricity.053#1230 of 1313
Breadth.277#852 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2011 original ballot
Centricity.030#661 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bombino · Agadez1011
Ballaké Sissoko & Vincent Segal · Chamber Music105
Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 · From Africa With Fury: Rise102
Aurelio Martinez · Laru Beya101
Blitz the Ambassador · Native Sun101
Baloji · Kinshasa Succursale100
Damily · Ela Lia100
Dub Colossus · Addis Through the Looking Glass100
Habib Koite, Afel Bocoum, Oliver Mtukudzi · Acoustic Africa, in Concert100
Takfarinas · Lwaldine100

Similar Ballots
.0362Tom Cheyney · 2011
.0352Matt Ryan · 2011
.0322John Payne · 2011
.0322Marty Lipp · 2011
.0322Tad Hendrickson · 2011
.0312Larry Birnbaum · 2011
.0312Mark Jenkins · 2011
.0252Ezra Gale · 2011
.0242Marianne Meyer · 2011
.0222Joe Tangari · 2011
.0222Jon Jon Scott · 2011
.0212Ellis Widner · 2011
.0212Jason Gubbels · 2011
.0202Christopher R. Weingarten · 2011
.0202Daniel Durchholz · 2011
.0202Ken Roseman · 2011
.0192Mike Rubin · 2011
.0192Randall Grass · 2011
.0192Todd Kristel · 2011
.0182Matt Sullivan · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.021#675 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
AfroCubism · AfroCubism158
Bassekou Kouyate and Ngoni Ba · I Speak Fula154
King Sunny Ade · Bábá Mo Túndé153
Angelique Kidjo · Oyo151
Konono No. 1 · Assume Crash Position102
Samy Izy · Tsara Madagasikara100
Béla Fleck · Throw Down Your Heart50
Salif Keita · La Différence50
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars · Rise & Shine50
Tamikrest · Adagh50

Similar Ballots
.1224Eugene Holley, Jr. · 2010
.0352Enrique Lavin · 2009
.0352Marty Lipp · 2010
.0342Derek Beres · 2009
.0342George Varga · 2010
.0342Marty Lipp · 2011
.0342Steve Hochman · 2010
.0332Banning Eyre · 2009
.0332Rick Mitchell · 2009
.0332Rick Mitchell · 2010
.0332Tad Hendrickson · 2009
.0332Tom Cheyney · 2010
.0312Richard Gehr · 2010
.0302Leslie Berman · 2009
.0292Larry Birnbaum · 2010
.0272Ezra Gale · 2010
.0242Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins · 2010
.0212Kristal Hawkins · 2010
.0212Rob Michaels · 2010
.0212Todd Kristel · 2010
.0212Wayne Bledsoe · 2009
2009 original ballot
Centricity.096#554 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
K'Naan · Troubadour1027
Tinariwen · Imidiwan: Companions1017
Oumou Sangaré · Seya1016
Franco & le Tout Puissant OK Jazz · Francophonic, Vol. 2108
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara · Tell No Lies106
Béla Fleck · Throw Down Your Heart105
Khaled · Liberté104
Vieux Farka Touré · Fondo104
Staff Benda Bilili · Très Très Fort103
Mohammed Ilyas · Taarab100

Similar Ballots
.2196Derek Beres · 2009
.2136Tom Hull · 2009
.1567K Leander Williams · 2009
.1416Daniel Durchholz · 2009
.1214Frank John Hadley · 2009
.1194Mark Jenkins · 2009
.1194Sarah Zupko · 2009
.1184Tad Hendrickson · 2009
.0954Ezra Gale · 2009
.0804Robert Christgau · 2009
.0774Rob Michaels · 2009
.0764Rachel Devitt · 2009
.0754Eugene Holley, Jr. · 2009
.0754Geoffrey Himes · 2009
.0734Todd Kristel · 2009
.0714Ellis Widner · 2009
.0694Milo Miles · 2009
.0463Richard Gehr · 2009
.0462Larry Birnbaum · 2009
.0342Curtis Schieber · 2009
.0342George Varga · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.066#501 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Orchestra Baobab · Made in Dakar1012
Toumani Diabate · The Mande Variations1011
Franco & le Tout Puissant OK Jazz · Francophonic108
Seun Anikulapo Kuti & Egypt 80 · Seun Kuti + Fela's Egypt 80106
Kasai Allstars · In the 7th Moon, the Chief Turned Into a Swimming Fish and Ate the Head of His Enemy by Magic105
(various artists) · African Scream Contest: Raw & Psychedelic Afro Sounds103
Justin Adams and Juldeh Camara · Soul Science102
Chiwoniso · Rebel Woman101
Emmanuel Jal · WARchild100
Seprewa Kasa · Seprewa Kasa100

Similar Ballots
.2267Tom Cheyney · 2008
.1375Rob Michaels · 2008
.1194Philip Van Vleck · 2008
.1046Todd Kristel · 2008
.0714Randall Grass · 2008
.0464Richard Gehr · 2008
.0454Douglas Wolk · 2008
.0353Frank John Hadley · 2008
.0352Mike Powell · 2008
.0342Derek Beres · 2008
.0342Enrique Lavin · 2008
.0342Michael Hoinski · 2008
.0342Rick Petreycik · 2008
.0332Banning Eyre · 2009
.0332Steve Hochman · 2008
.0322Marty Lipp · 2008
.0262Tom Hull · 2008
.0232Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins · 2008
.0222Geoffrey Himes · 2008
.0222Peter S Scholtes · 2008
.0222Rachel Devitt · 2008
Similar Voters
.10814Tom Cheyney
.1009Derek Beres
.0789Ezra Gale
.07010Marty Lipp
.0694Philip Van Vleck
.0686Tad Hendrickson
.06210K Leander Williams
.0606Frank John Hadley
.0524Enrique Lavin
.05013Randall Grass
.04715Todd Kristel
.04610Eugene Holley, Jr.
.04513Daniel Durchholz
.0455George Varga
.0447Mark Jenkins
.03711Rob Michaels
.0378Steve Hochman
.0365Milo Miles
.0328Tom Hull
.0319Richard Gehr
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com