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.
Leland Rucker
Overall
Centricity.188#880 of 1228
Breadth.545#359 of 1244
Metalism.000#401 of 1244
2012 original ballot
Centricity.216#274 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Alabama Shakes · Boys & Girls1032
Bob Dylan · Tempest1032
Father John Misty · Fear Fun1032
Dr. John · Locked Down1031
Loudon Wainwright III · Older Than My Old Man Now1015
Robert Glasper Experiment · Black Radio1012
Bonnie Raitt · Slipstream107
James Luther Dickinson W/ North Mississippi All-Stars · I'm Not Dead, I'm Just Gone100
The Trishas · Long Wide and Handsome100
Waymores · Waymores100
SongOther Votes
First Aid Kit · "Emmylou"11
Bob Dylan · "Duquesne Whistle"10
Alabama Shakes · "I Found You"0
Bruce Foxton · "Number Six"0
Delta Spirit · "Home"0
Father John Misty · "I'm Writing a Novel"0
James Luther Dickinson W/ North Mississippi All-Stars · "Money Talks"0
Scars on 45 · "Warning Sign"0
The Trishas · "A Far Cry From You"0
Waymores · "Singing Like a Byrd"0

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.1768Bob Grossweiner · 2012
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.1498Mike Greenhaus · 2012
.1166Gary Chun · 2012
.1096Roy Kasten · 2012
.1014Charles Johnson · 2012
.1004Thor Christensen · 2012
.0974Zeth Lundy · 2012
.0954Meredith Ochs · 2012
.0915Bill Holdship · 2012
.0905Britt Robson · 2012
.0905Daniel Durchholz · 2012
.0885Jim Testa · 2012
.0855Holly Gleason · 2012
.0855Ken Rayes · 2012
.0835L. Kent Wolgamott · 2012
.0835Will Hermes · 2012
.0814Jim Farber · 2012
.0714Sarah Zupko · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.143#532 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Wilco · The Whole Love1553
Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest1541
Teddybears · Devil's Music154
Buddy Miller's Majestic Silver Strings · Majestic Silver Strings150
Dave Alvin · Eleven Eleven105
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy101
Tinariwen · Tassili515
Foster the People · Torches56
(various artists) · Rave on Buddy Holly52
Jason Bennett · Walsenburg Line50
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Otis"33
Foster the People · "Helena Beat"2
Gym Class Heroes (ft. Adam Levine) · "Stereo Hearts"1
Teddybears · "Rocket Scientist"1
Frank Turner · "I Still Believe"0
Jason Bennett · "How Many Miles (Until I Forget About You)"0
Jonathan Wilson · "Desert Raven"0
Teddybears · "Devil's Music"0
Teddybears (ft. Laza Morgan) · "Get Fresh With You"0
Wilco · "Dawned on Me"0

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.1024Larry King · 2011
.1016Gary Chun · 2011
.1004Michael Hoinski · 2011
.0954Thor Christensen · 2011
.0944Steve Matteo · 2011
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.0895George Varga · 2011
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.0835Gary Graff · 2011
.0825Bill O'Neill · 2011
.0684Marianne Meyer · 2011
.0684Rachel Leibrock · 2011
.0644Steve "Flash" Juon · 2011
.0634Bud Scoppa · 2011
.0614Derk Richardson · 2011
.0614Mark Deming · 2011
.0604Carl Wilson · 2011
.0604Merritt Martin · 2011
.0594Bob Townsend · 2011
.0594Nicole Frehsee · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.272#373 of 699
Metalism.000#120 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy10265
Robert Plant · Band of Joy1027
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · I Learned the Hard Way1026
Broken Bells · Broken Bells1014
Tom Jones · Praise & Blame108
Tift Merritt · See You on the Moon105
Blitzen Trapper · Destroyer of the Void103
Aquamarines · Off the Radar100
Staff Benda Bilili · Très Très Fort100
Tom Russell · Blood and Candle Smoke100
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Eminem (ft. Rihanna) · "Love the Way You Lie"27
Ke$ha · "TiK ToK"9
The Roots · "How I Got Over"7
Anais Mitchell (ft. Greg Brown) · "Why We Build the Wall"0
Black Keys · "Never Gonna Give You Up"0
Elton John & Leon Russell · "If It Wasn't for Bad"0
Kanye West (ft. Kid Cudi & Raekwon) · "Gorgeous"0
LCD Soundsystem · "You Wanted a Hit"0
Tom Russell · "Nina Simone"0

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.18210Roy Trakin · 2010
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.1448Carlo Wolff · 2010
.1408Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2010
.1369Bob Grossweiner · 2010
.1339Scott Mervis · 2010
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.1249Ken Capobianco · 2010
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.1148Steve Knopper · 2010
.1138Britt Robson · 2010
.1136Michael Endelman · 2010
.1076Toure · 2010
.1048Dan DeLuca · 2010
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2009 original ballot
Centricity.121#524 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Wilco · Wilco (The Album)1043
Bob Dylan · Together Through Life1025
Rosanne Cash · The List1023
Levon Helm · Electric Dirt1022
Bob Schneider · Lovely Creatures101
Flatlanders · Hills and Valleys101
Tom Russell · Blood and Candle Smoke101
James Luther Dickinson · Dinosaurs Run in Circles100
Los Lobos · Los Lobos Goes Disney100
Ronnie Earl and the Broadcasters · Living in the Light100
SongOther Votes
Pete Yorn and Scarlet Johansson · "Relator"3
Flatlanders · "After the Storm"1
Bob Dylan · "Forgetful Heart"0
Bob Schneider · "Tarantula"0
Danny O'Keefe · "When You Come Back Down"0
Neil Young · "Johnny Magic"0
Swamp Dogg · "Please Step Back"0
Tom Russell · "Nina Simone"0
Vandaveer · "Resurrection Mary"0
Yonder Mountain String Band · "Complicated"0

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.12017Thor Christensen
.10516Meredith Ochs
.10210Rick Petreycik
.09920Bob Townsend
.09323Bob Grossweiner
.08210George Varga
.08113Allen St John
.08015Bud Scoppa
.07515Larry King
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.07217Bill Holdship
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.0638Buzz Poole
.06218Daniel Durchholz
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