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.
Alan Light
Overall
Centricity.424#351 of 1228
Breadth.631#245 of 1244
Metalism.000#401 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.493#108 of 601
Metalism.000#94 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
D'Angelo · Black Messiah15162
Leonard Cohen · Popular Problems1428
Jack White · Lazaretto1325
Eric Church · The Outsiders1211
Taylor Swift · 19891170
Miranda Lambert · Platinum953
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers · Hypnotic Eye812
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music777
Robert Plant · Lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar615
Mary J. Blige · The London Sessions515
SongOther Votes
Taylor Swift · "Blank Space"58
Kendrick Lamar · "I"50
St. Vincent · "Digital Witness"30
Mark Ronson (ft. Bruno Mars) · "Uptown Funk"23
Beyoncé (ft. Jay-Z) · "Drunk in Love"21
Eric Church · "Give Me Back My Hometown"8
Jack White · "Lazaretto"6
J. Cole · "Be Free"6
Black Keys · "Gotta Get Away"1
Keith Urban · "Cop Car"0

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.34111Salvatore Caputo · 2014
.31414Jon Bream · 2014
.30514James Barber · 2014
.27413Glenn Gamboa · 2014
.24913Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2014
.23512L. Kent Wolgamott · 2014
.2139Leslie Berman · 2014
.19910Patrick Rogers · 2014
.1929Richard Skanse · 2014
.19010Chris Herrington · 2014
.18810Ellis Widner · 2014
.18610Holly Gleason · 2014
.17610Joey Daniewicz · 2014
.17410Chris Molanphy · 2014
.17310Michael Robbins · 2014
.1739Steve Leftridge · 2014
.1699J. Anthony Ware · 2014
.1629Thomas Inskeep · 2014
.1619Matt Miller · 2014
.1569David Cantwell · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.562#83 of 453
Metalism.000#114 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kacey Musgraves · Same Trailer Different Park1542
Beyoncé · Beyoncé1456
Nine Inch Nails · Hesitation Marks1313
Kanye West · Yeezus12159
Civil Wars · The Civil Wars115
Lorde · Pure Heroine931
David Bowie · The Next Day845
Queens of the Stone Age · ...Like Clockwork732
Elvis Costello & the Roots · Wise Up Ghost611
Paul McCartney · New56
SongOther Votes
Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams) · "Get Lucky"116
Lorde · "Royals"75
Haim · "The Wire"58
Robin Thicke (ft. T.I. and Pharrell) · "Blurred Lines"39
Kacey Musgraves · "Follow Your Arrow"21
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis (ft. Mary Lambert) · "Same Love"11
Beyoncé · "Xo"6
Eminem · "Berzerk"5
Prince · "Breakfast Can Wait"4
Taylor Swift · "22"2

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.34911Mark J. Lepage · 2013
.32416Bob Grossweiner · 2013
.31715Roy Trakin · 2013
.29513Lola Emanuelli · 2013
.27914Mark Zepezauer · 2013
.27513Derek Paiva · 2013
.27513Michael Gallucci · 2013
.27013Holly Gleason · 2013
.27012Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2013
.26513Ken Rayes · 2013
.26413Philip Martin · 2013
.26011Michael Ayers · 2013
.25113Brittany Spanos · 2013
.24313Steve Knopper · 2013
.22512Adam Graham · 2013
.22412James Montgomery · 2013
.21411Richard Torres · 2013
.20710Travis Hay · 2013
.19511Andrew Dansby · 2013
.19511Gary Chun · 2013
2011 original ballot
Centricity.495#103 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Black Keys · El Camino1553
Adele · 211485
Miranda Lambert · Four the Record1312
Jay-Z and Kanye West · Watch the Throne12104
Paul Simon · So Beautiful or So What1160
Gregg Allman · Low Country Blues94
Beastie Boys · Hot Sauce Committee Part 2816
Civil Wars · Barton Hollow76
Ryan Adams and the Cardinals · Ashes & Fire628
Tom Waits · Bad As Me595
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109
Nicki Minaj · "Super Bass"94
Adele · "Someone Like You"45
Black Keys · "Lonely Boy"29
Taylor Swift · "Mean"9
Beastie Boys · "Make Some Noise"6
The Strokes · "Under Cover of Darkness"4
Dr. Dre · "I Need a Doctor"2
Miranda Lambert · "Heart Like Mine"1
Kid Rock · "Care"0

Similar Ballots
.30314Scott Mervis · 2011
.28012Derek Paiva · 2011
.27913Jon Bream · 2011
.26211James Rodgers · 2011
.24112Bob Grossweiner · 2011
.2398Thor Christensen · 2011
.2368Billy Altman · 2011
.2258Preston Jones · 2011
.22311Joey Guerra · 2011
.21010Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2011
.20711Chris Willman · 2011
.19710Eric Danton · 2011
.19510George Varga · 2011
.19210Jed Gottlieb · 2011
.19010Chris Molanphy · 2011
.18510Holly Gleason · 2011
.1859Jim Farber · 2011
.1819Ted Cox · 2011
.1788Peter Gerstenzang · 2011
.1779Al Choman · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.471#172 of 699
Metalism.000#120 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Jamey Johnson · The Guitar Song1547
Black Keys · Brothers1488
Taylor Swift · Speak Now1334
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy12265
Robert Plant · Band of Joy1127
Dead Weather · Sea of Cowards99
Sade · Soldier of Love816
The National · High Violet796
Elton John & Leon Russell · The Union68
Gil Scott-Heron · I'm New Here522
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Kanye West (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver) · "Monster"66
Erykah Badu · "Window Seat"36
Eminem (ft. Rihanna) · "Love the Way You Lie"27
Black Keys · "Tighten Up"25
B.o.B (ft. Hayley Williams) · "Airplanes"13
Miranda Lambert · "The House That Built Me"11
Band Perry · "If I Die Young"4
Taylor Swift · "Back to December"4
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers · "I Should Have Known It"2

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.33816Holly Gleason · 2010
.28415Bob Grossweiner · 2010
.2709John Milward · 2010
.26214Gary Graff · 2010
.25413Quentin Huff · 2010
.2418George Varga · 2010
.23613Paul Robicheau · 2010
.22112Jon Bream · 2010
.21613Chris Neal · 2010
.21612Ken Capobianco · 2010
.21112James Barber · 2010
.21111Carlo Wolff · 2010
.20910Geoffrey Himes · 2010
.19811Michael Gallucci · 2010
.19411Evan Serpick · 2010
.19310Steve Leftridge · 2010
.19212Glenn Gamboa · 2010
.18611Steve Rosen · 2010
.18511Bobby Reed · 2010
.1847Meredith Ochs · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.220#365 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bob Dylan · Together Through Life1525
Nirvana · Live at Reading1410
Wilco · Wilco (The Album)1343
Dead Weather · Horehound1228
Maxwell · BLACKsummers'night1148
Miranda Lambert · Revolution930
Regina Spektor · Far813
Keith Urban · Defying Gravity71
Rihanna · Rated R610
Blakroc · Blakroc59
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Empire State of Mind"88
Lady Gaga · "Bad Romance"50
Phoenix · "Lisztomania"41
Taylor Swift · "You Belong With Me"39
Kings of Leon · "Use Somebody"24
Sade · "Soldier of Love"8
Jamey Johnson · "High Cost of Living"4
Whitney Houston · "Million Dollar Bill"4
Dead Weather · "Cuts Like a Buffalo"1
Raphael Saadiq · "100 Yard Dash"1

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.24412Tom Lane · 2009
.23812Roy Trakin · 2009
.21210Tracy Hopkins · 2009
.21010Quentin Huff · 2009
.20611Jon Bream · 2009
.18810Bob Grossweiner · 2009
.18010Paul Robicheau · 2009
.17710Dave Lindquist · 2009
.1718Jim Farber · 2009
.1709Geoffrey Himes · 2009
.1699Chris Molanphy · 2009
.1569Andy Dubbin · 2009
.1569Gary Graff · 2009
.1529Michael Gallucci · 2009
.1378Thomas Hauner · 2009
.1347Clifford J Corcoran · 2009
.1327Glenn Gamboa · 2009
.1307Bud Scoppa · 2009
.1307Omar Kholeif · 2009
.1287Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.303#254 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Black Keys · Attack & Release1517
Taylor Swift · Fearless1417
Al Green · Lay It Down1321
Coldplay · Viva la Vida, or Death and All His Friends1235
My Morning Jacket · Evil Urges1142
B.B. King · One Kind Favor96
Raphael Saadiq · The Way I See It844
The Fireman · Electric Arguments75
Hold Steady · Stay Positive653
Jamey Johnson · That Lonesome Song517
SongOther Votes
Beyoncé · "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"57
M.I.A. · "Paper Planes"53
Death Cab for Cutie · "I Will Possess Your Heart"20
Vampire Weekend · "Oxford Comma"18
Duffy · "Mercy"16
Hold Steady · "Sequestered in Memphis"11
Leona Lewis · "Bleeding Love"9
Raconteurs · "Salute Your Solution"5
Miranda Lambert · "Gunpowder & Lead"3
Robert Plant & Alison Krauss · "Please Read the Letter"0

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.29914Michael Gallucci · 2008
.28514Whitney Pastorek · 2008
.25313Gary Graff · 2008
.2508John Milward · 2008
.24712Tom Lane · 2008
.22711Roy Trakin · 2008
.22011Corey Moss · 2008
.2027Kevin O'Hare · 2008
.19710Chris Neal · 2008
.1867Meredith Ochs · 2008
.18110Chris Herrington · 2008
.1817Charles R. Cross · 2008
.1719Ron Wynn · 2008
.1658Clifford J Corcoran · 2008
.1589Paul Robicheau · 2008
.1579Marianne Meyer · 2008
.1558Clover Hope · 2008
.1557Jack Buehrer · 2008
.1509Ken Rayes · 2008
.1489Ken Tucker · 2008
Similar Voters
.26563Jon Bream
.23961Bob Grossweiner
.22160Holly Gleason
.22060Roy Trakin
.21956Michael Gallucci
.21353Derek Paiva
.20324Salvatore Caputo
.20159Gary Graff
.19349Paul Robicheau
.18952Tom Lane
.18730Quentin Huff
.18727Carlo Wolff
.18217John Milward
.17823George Varga
.17242Scott Mervis
.16941Dave Lindquist
.16642Ken Rayes
.16334Clover Hope
.16149Chris Molanphy
.16148Ken Capobianco
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com