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 Simels
Overall
Centricity.171#908 of 1228
Breadth.438#546 of 1244
Metalism.000#401 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.107#487 of 601
Metalism.000#94 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
New Pornographers · Brill Bruisers1042
Lydia Loveless · Somewhere Else1025
Robert Plant · Lullaby and...The Ceaseless Roar1015
Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey · Going Back Home105
Foo Fighters · Sonic Highways103
John Hiatt · Terms of My Surrender102
Nrbq · Brass Tacks101
Glenn Tillbrook · Happy Ending100
New Mendicants · Into the Lime100
The Weasels · Let There Be Weasels100

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.0934David Goldstein · 2014
.0744Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2014
.0724Al Choman · 2014
.0674Eric Swedlund · 2014
.0664Ben Salmon · 2014
.0644Andy Gensler · 2014
.0453Bob Grossweiner · 2014
.0453Mike Mettler · 2014
.0443Jere Pilapil · 2014
.0433Keith Creighton · 2014
.0413Bill O'Neill · 2014
.0373James Monger · 2014
.0352Meredith Ochs · 2014
.0342Jeff Tamarkin · 2014
.0342Jim Bessman · 2014
.0342Peter Gerstenzang · 2014
.0332Bill Holmes · 2014
.0322Mark J. Lepage · 2014
.0312Anders Smith Lindall · 2014
.0312Curtis Schieber · 2014
.0312Max Berry · 2014
.0312Steve Dollar · 2014
2012 original ballot
Centricity.113#374 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball1035
Bob Dylan · Tempest1032
Graham Parker and the Rumour · Three Chords Good106
Ian Hunter · When I'm President103
Allah-Las · Allah-Las102
Ken Stringfellow · Danzig in the Moonlight101
Shoes · Ignition101
The Doughboys · Shakin' Our Souls100
The Floor Models · Floor Your Love100
Nelson Bragg · We Get What We Want100

Similar Ballots
.2116Peter Gerstenzang · 2012
.1996Jeff Tamarkin · 2012
.1306Bill Holdship · 2012
.1224Bill Holmes · 2012
.1044Scott Mervis · 2012
.0684Larry King · 2012
.0644Bob Grossweiner · 2012
.0634Roy Trakin · 2012
.0624Ken Capobianco · 2012
.0614Al Choman · 2012
.0614Ken Rayes · 2012
.0614Mike Mettler · 2012
.0584Matt Thomas · 2012
.0553Peter Gerstenzang · 2009
.0353J. Anthony Ware · 2012
.0333L. Kent Wolgamott · 2012
.0333Mike Madden · 2012
.0332Jim Bessman · 2012
.0332Mark Keresman · 2012
.0242Charles Johnson · 2012
.0242Jose Davila · 2012
.0242Jud Cost · 2012
.0242Thor Christensen · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.172#504 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Tom Waits · Bad As Me1095
The Beach Boys · The Smile Sessions1022
Fountains of Wayne · Sky Full of Holes1017
Laura Marling · A Creature I Don't Know1012
The Jayhawks · Mockingbird Time104
John Hiatt · Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns103
Willie Nile · The Innocent Ones102
The Bangles · Sweetheart of the Sun100
Dwight Twilley · Soundtrack100
Vegas With Randolph · Above the Blue100

Similar Ballots
.2086Parke Puterbaugh · 2011
.2046Larry King · 2011
.1244Curtis Schieber · 2011
.1234Allen St John · 2011
.1174Edd Hurt · 2011
.1104Andrew Dansby · 2011
.1044Michael Goldberg · 2011
.0844Nick Duerden · 2011
.0814Ken Rayes · 2011
.0754Charles R. Cross · 2011
.0724Michael Gallucci · 2011
.0704Arsenio Orteza · 2011
.0694Chris Willman · 2011
.0694Jim Connelly · 2011
.0674Holly George-Warren · 2011
.0664Rob Tannenbaum · 2011
.0644James Bradley · 2011
.0624Phil Gallo · 2011
.0512Don Share · 2011
.0363Noel Murray · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.198#448 of 699
Metalism.000#120 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs10144
Mavis Staples · You Are Not Alone1026
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · I Learned the Hard Way1026
MGMT · Congratulations1022
Roky Erickson & Okkervil River · True Love Cast Out All Evil1015
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers · Mojo109
Jenny & Johnny · I'm Having Fun Now106
Brian Wilson · Brian Wilson Reimagines Gershwin103
Weezer · Hurley101
Southern Culture on the Skids · The Kudzu Ranch100
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186

Similar Ballots
.2297Kevin O'Hare · 2010
.1968Bill Holdship · 2010
.1946John Milward · 2010
.1606Will Layman · 2010
.1466Carlo Wolff · 2010
.1327Chris Riemenschneider · 2010
.1267David Cantwell · 2010
.1217Steve Rosen · 2010
.1204Toure · 2010
.1184Dan Ferguson · 2010
.1176Sarah Zupko · 2010
.1154Rick Mitchell · 2010
.1086Rachel Leibrock · 2010
.1026Alan Ranta · 2010
.1006Jennifer Vineyard · 2010
.0994Jeff Vrabel · 2010
.0994Thor Christensen · 2010
.0986Dan DeLuca · 2010
.0976Paul Robicheau · 2010
.0964Billy Altman · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.146#478 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Wilco · Wilco (The Album)1043
U2 · No Line on the Horizon1025
Rosanne Cash · The List1023
Bruce Springsteen · Working on a Dream1018
Pearl Jam · Backspacer1017
Tinted Windows · Tinted Windows107
Brendan Benson · My Old, Familiar Friend104
Soundtrack of Our Lives · Communion104
Marshall Crenshaw · Jaggedland102
Willie Nile · House of a Thousand Guitars100

Similar Ballots
.2116Ken Rayes · 2009
.1936Bill Holdship · 2009
.1818Charles R. Cross · 2009
.1816Larry King · 2009
.1617Richard Skanse · 2009
.1376Whitney Pastorek · 2009
.1266Jason MacNeil · 2009
.1214Thor Christensen · 2009
.1156Dave Lindquist · 2009
.1154Anthony DeCurtis · 2009
.1144Salvatore Caputo · 2009
.1134Dan Aloi · 2009
.1114David Adler · 2009
.1104Rick Petreycik · 2009
.1094Meredith Ochs · 2009
.1084Lloyd Sachs · 2009
.1074Holly George-Warren · 2009
.1054Derk Richardson · 2009
.1014Peter Gerstenzang · 2009
.1005Mike Mettler · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.292#263 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Hold Steady · Stay Positive1053
Randy Newman · Harps and Angels1047
My Morning Jacket · Evil Urges1042
Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-20061035
She & Him · Volume One1027
Duffy · Rockferry1021
Mudcrutch · Mudcrutch109
Paul Weller · 22 Dreams109
The Clash · Live at Shea Stadium103
Mudhoney · The Lucky Ones101

Similar Ballots
.2669Jack Buehrer · 2008
.2116Bob Grossweiner · 2008
.2076Charles R. Cross · 2008
.2036Michael Deeds · 2008
.2006Jeff Tamarkin · 2008
.1998Chris M. Junior · 2008
.1996Bob Ruggiero · 2008
.1966Scott Holter · 2008
.1738Ken Rayes · 2008
.1517Holly George-Warren · 2008
.1386James Rodgers · 2008
.1236Jason Fine · 2008
.1216Steve Klinge · 2008
.1214David Menconi · 2008
.1186Whitney Pastorek · 2008
.1146Mark Zepezauer · 2008
.1104Julie Seabaugh · 2008
.1084Brent Baldwin · 2008
.1084John Milward · 2008
.1074Colin Fleming · 2008
.1074Kevin O'Hare · 2008
Similar Voters
.15412John Milward
.13917Thor Christensen
.13624Charles R. Cross
.13311Kevin O'Hare
.13018Jeff Tamarkin
.12619Peter Gerstenzang
.12613Whitney Pastorek
.12410Jack Buehrer
.12112Salvatore Caputo
.12021Larry King
.12011Scott Holter
.11624Bill Holdship
.11424Ken Rayes
.11217Holly George-Warren
.09813David Menconi
.09720Al Choman
.09710Anthony DeCurtis
.0978Parke Puterbaugh
.09411Carlo Wolff
.09312Michael Goldberg
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