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.
John Milward
Overall
Centricity.282#737 of 1313
Breadth.173#1092 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2010 original ballot
Centricity.302#345 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Drive-By Truckers · The Big To-Do158
Peter Wolf · Midnight Souvenirs145
Sade · Soldier of Love1316
Taylor Swift · Speak Now1234
Black Keys · Brothers1188
Mavis Staples · You Are Not Alone926
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers · Mojo89
Robert Plant · Band of Joy727
Bruce Springsteen · The Promise633
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs5144

Similar Ballots
.3258Thor Christensen · 2010
.21310Bob Grossweiner · 2010
.2086Ken Tucker · 2010
.2039Alan Light · 2010
.2006George Varga · 2010
.1986Meredith Ochs · 2010
.1949Gary Graff · 2010
.1946Anthony DeCurtis · 2010
.1936Jeff Vrabel · 2010
.1906Mark J. Lepage · 2010
.1896Kevin O'Hare · 2010
.1868Bud Scoppa · 2010
.1856Steve Simels · 2010
.1846Bob Ruggiero · 2010
.1796Allen St John · 2010
.1736Eric Elbogen · 2010
.1698Derek Paiva · 2010
.1467David Cantwell · 2010
.1367Andrew Gilstrap · 2010
.1307Holly Gleason · 2010
2008 original ballot
Centricity.262#290 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
My Morning Jacket · Evil Urges1442
Drive-By Truckers · Brighter Than Creation's Dark1427
Eliza Gilkyson · Beautiful World141
Alejandro Escovedo · Real Animal922
Teddy Thompson · A Piece of What You Need92
Randy Newman · Harps and Angels847
Raphael Saadiq · The Way I See It844
Al Green · Lay It Down821
Charlie Haden Family & Friends · Rambling Boy89
B.B. King · One Kind Favor86

Similar Ballots
.2086Steve Pick · 2008
.2026Charles R. Cross · 2008
.1888Alan Light · 2008
.1547Ron Wynn · 2008
.1386Rick Mitchell · 2008
.1336Geoffrey Himes · 2008
.1254Bill Milkowski · 2008
.1246Tom Lane · 2008
.1204Allen St John · 2008
.1204Billy Altman · 2008
.1194Frank John Hadley · 2008
.1174Steve Rosen · 2008
.1164David Menconi · 2008
.1164Max Berry · 2008
.1144Michael Deeds · 2008
.1144Scott Holter · 2008
.1134David Fricke · 2008
.1134Edd Hurt · 2008
.1114Ed Condran · 2008
.1114Steve Simels · 2008
Similar Voters
.1388Kevin O'Hare
.1357Ron Wynn
.12913Thor Christensen
.1118Steve Pick
.1066Jason Fine
.1024Bill Milkowski
.1018Anthony DeCurtis
.10013Ken Tucker
.0939Billy Altman
.0904David Fricke
.0897Amy Linden
.07810Bob Ruggiero
.07710Allen St John
.07617Alan Light
.0744Rickey Wright
.0738Rob Brunner
.07212Steve Simels
.0679David Menconi
.0674Daniel Marek
.06611Rick Mitchell
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com