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.
Steve Pick
Overall
Centricity.143#1050 of 1313
Breadth.250#901 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2010 original ballot
Centricity.203#441 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Janelle Monáe · The ArchAndroid10133
Jamey Johnson · The Guitar Song1047
Robert Plant · Band of Joy1027
Carolina Chocolate Drops · Genuine Negro Jig1013
John Legend & the Roots · Wake Up!1012
Patty Griffin · Downtown Church1011
Tom Jones · Praise & Blame108
Elvis Costello · National Ransom105
Crowded House · Intriguer102
Raul Malo · Sinners & Saints100

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.2116Meredith Ochs · 2010
.1938Steve Leftridge · 2010
.1567Brian Braiker · 2010
.1314Billy Altman · 2010
.1276Chris Neal · 2010
.1276Geoffrey Himes · 2010
.1274David Menconi · 2010
.1166Kandia Crazy Horse · 2010
.1156Rachel Devitt · 2010
.1144George Varga · 2010
.1144Rick Mitchell · 2010
.1136Daniel Durchholz · 2010
.1116Ellis Widner · 2010
.1024Matt Gewolb · 2010
.1004Eugene Holley, Jr. · 2010
.0984David Shirley · 2010
.0885Philip Martin · 2010
.0774Michael Ayers · 2010
.0754Richard Skanse · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.090#566 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Levon Helm · Electric Dirt1022
Leonard Cohen · Live in London1019
Buddy & Julie Miller · Written in Chalk1014
Chuck Prophet · ¡Let Freedom Ring!106
Ian Hunter · Man Overboard105
Joe Henry · Blood From Stars105
Bottle Rockets · Lean Forward104
Peter Holsapple and Chris Stamey · Here and Now104
Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women · Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women102
Dennis Diken With Bell Sound · Late Music101

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.2206Lloyd Sachs · 2009
.1264Thor Christensen · 2009
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.1204Holly George-Warren · 2009
.1154Max Berry · 2009
.1094Larry King · 2009
.0975Roy Kasten · 2009
.0905Ellis Widner · 2009
.0904Arsenio Orteza · 2009
.0804Daniel Durchholz · 2009
.0794Geoffrey Himes · 2009
.0674Andrew Gilstrap · 2009
.0653Peter Gerstenzang · 2009
.0623Jeff Tamarkin · 2009
.0383David Marchese · 2009
.0352David Menconi · 2009
.0342Curtis Schieber · 2009
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2008 original ballot
Centricity.135#432 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Randy Newman · Harps and Angels1047
Alejandro Escovedo · Real Animal1022
Elvis Costello and the Imposters · Momofuku1013
AC/DC · Black Ice106
B.B. King · One Kind Favor106
Ray Davies and the Crouch End Festival Chorus · Working Man's Cafe105
Sonny Rollins · Road Shows Vol. 2105
Cassandra Wilson · Loverly103
K.D. Lang · Watershed102
Marah · Angels of Destruction!101

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.2216Bill Milkowski · 2008
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.1476Bill Milkowski
.1418John Milward
.1058Randy Lewis
.0969Brian Braiker
.0795Ron Wynn
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.0756Anthony DeCurtis
.0756Scott Holter
.0755Dan Aloi
.0746Lloyd Sachs
.0668David Menconi
.06211Steve Leftridge
.0596Billy Altman
.05812Geoffrey Himes
.0576William Ruhlmann
.0558Meredith Ochs
.0556Edd Hurt
.0536Thor Christensen
.0518Chris Neal
.0516Martin Johnson
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com