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.
Jim Testa
Overall
Centricity.152#955 of 1228
Breadth.543#363 of 1244
Metalism.000#401 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.154#446 of 601
Metalism.000#94 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lana Del Rey · Ultraviolence1044
tUnE-yArDs · Nikki Nack1031
Real Estate · Atlas1022
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers · Hypnotic Eye1012
Weezer · Everything Will Be Alright in the End1011
Cymbals Eat Guitars · Lose1010
The Gotobeds · Poor People Are Revolting103
Loudon Wainwright III · Haven't Got the Blues (Yet)103
Conor Oberst · Upside Down Mountain102
Karen Haglof · Western Holiday100
SongOther Votes
Taylor Swift · "Shake It Off"52
tUnE-yArDs · "Water Fountain"25
War on Drugs · "Red Eyes"25
Against Me! · "Transgender Dysphoria Blues"12
Real Estate · "Talking Backwards"9
Tom Petty & the Heartbreakers · "Fault Lines"2
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "Jackson"1
Shellac · "Dude, Incredible"1
Jeffrey Lewis · "What Would Pussy Riot Do"0
Loudon Wainwright III · "Brand New Dance"0

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.20010Dan Caffrey · 2014
.1456David Goldstein · 2014
.1285Michael Ayers · 2014
.1227E.J. Friedman · 2014
.1135Salvatore Caputo · 2014
.1116Erik Sateren · 2014
.1024John Everhart · 2014
.0976Matthew Oshinsky · 2014
.0954Jim DeRogatis · 2014
.0924Jack Buehrer · 2014
.0916Douglas Wolk · 2014
.0916Ed Condran · 2014
.0916Gabriel Rosenberg · 2014
.0896Jonathan Lundeen · 2014
.0876Kory Grow · 2014
.0866Maria Jean Sullivan · 2014
.0865Adam Kivel · 2014
.0846Dan DeLuca · 2014
.0845Michael Roffman · 2014
.0835Ben Salmon · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.415#163 of 453
Metalism.000#114 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City10108
Chance the Rapper · Acid Rap1062
Savages · Silence Yourself1041
Parquet Courts · Light Up Gold1028
Earl Sweatshirt · Doris1020
Superchunk · I Hate Music1019
Dismemberment Plan · Uncanney Valley106
Front Bottoms · Talon of the Hawk104
Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band · Hey Hey It's...the Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band103
Kevin Devine & the Goddamn Band · Bubblegum100
SongOther Votes
Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams) · "Get Lucky"116
Superchunk · "Me & You & Jackie Mittoo"14
Vampire Weekend · "Hannah Hunt"11
Pet Shop Boys · "Love Is a Bourgeois Construct"6
One Direction · "Best Song Ever"4
Chance the Rapper · "Cocoa Butter Kisses"3
Dismemberment Plan · "Daddy Was a Real Good Dancer"1
Earl Sweatshirt · "Burgundy"1
Parquet Courts · "Master of My Craft"1
Speedy Ortiz · "Taylor Swift"1

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.2498Todd Martens · 2013
.21411Lindsey Thomas · 2013
.21210Joey Hood · 2013
.19510Greg Kot · 2013
.18810Harry Burson · 2013
.18510Christopher Monsen · 2013
.1796Jason Gargano · 2013
.1676Jim DeRogatis · 2013
.1669Christian Hoard · 2013
.1649Jonah LaFollette · 2013
.1606Josh Modell · 2013
.1398Gary Chun · 2013
.1388Dan DeLuca · 2013
.1308Steve Kiviat · 2013
.1217Dorian Lynskey · 2013
.1197Sean Fennessey · 2013
.1177L. Kent Wolgamott · 2013
.1157Chris Molanphy · 2013
.1157Eric Danton · 2013
.1137Steve Reynolds · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.122#368 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bob Dylan · Tempest1032
Loudon Wainwright III · Older Than My Old Man Now1015
Bob Mould · Silver Age1014
Redd Kross · Researching the Blues109
The dB's · Falling Off the Sky108
Screaming Females · Ugly106
Craig Finn · Clear Heart, Full Eyes103
Bad Books · Ii100
Big Dipper · Crashes on the Platinium Planet100
Tim Fite · Ain't Ain't Ain't100
SongOther Votes
Carly Rae Jepsen · "Call Me Maybe"93
Japandroids · "The House That Heaven Built"46
Taylor Swift · "We Are Never Ever Getting Back Together"42
Frank Ocean · "Bad Religion"15
Bob Dylan · "Duquesne Whistle"10
One Direction · "What Makes You Beautiful"3
Bad Books · "Forest Whitaker"0
Big Dipper · "Robert Pollard"0
Bob Mould · "Star Machine"0
Soul Asylum · "Gravity"0

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.2047Stephen Haag · 2012
.1639Joey Daniewicz · 2012
.1446Jim Farber · 2012
.1197Mike Madden · 2012
.1167Christopher Monsen · 2012
.1145Peter Gerstenzang · 2012
.1107Brian Orloff · 2012
.1106Rembert Browne · 2012
.1087Michael Gallucci · 2012
.1086Max Berry · 2012
.1057Glenn Gamboa · 2012
.1047Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2012
.1037Jon Bream · 2012
.1037Rebecca Raber · 2012
.1037Scott Lapatine · 2012
.1025Franklin Soults · 2012
.0994Evie Nagy · 2012
.0916Michael Tatum · 2012
.0906Rob Sheffield · 2012
.0904Bob Townsend · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.147#527 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Paul Simon · So Beautiful or So What1060
Real Estate · Days1039
Eleanor Friedberger · Last Summer1014
Feelies · Here Before1013
Cymbals Eat Guitars · Lenses Alien103
Smithereens · 2011102
Jeffrey Lewis · A Turn in the Dream-Songs101
House Boat · The Thorns of Life100
Kevin Devine · Between the Concrete and Clouds100
Roadside Graves · We Can Take Care of Ourselves100
SongOther Votes
Wild Flag · "Romance"31
Lady Gaga · "Born This Way"19
Smith Westerns · "Weekend"8
Paul Simon · "Getting Ready for Christmas Day"6
Real Estate · "Green Aisles"6
Front Bottoms · "Maps"1
Cage the Elephant · "2024"0
Cymbals Eat Guitars · "Gary Condit"0
Jeffrey Lewis · "Alternative Boyfriend"0
Nat & Alex Wolff · "Thump Thump Thump"0

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.0974Jason Cherkis · 2011
.0964Jeff Tamarkin · 2011
.0925Ted Cox · 2011
.0875Britt Robson · 2011
.0855Ken Rayes · 2011
.0805Jenn Pelly · 2011
.0785Michael Ayers · 2011
.0785Rebecca Raber · 2011
.0785Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2011
.0684Anna Deem · 2011
.0644Heidi Vanderlee · 2011
.0634Carter Maness · 2011
.0624Paul Thompson · 2011
.0614David Greenwald · 2011
.0614Matt Sebastian · 2011
.0614Sarah Ventre · 2011
.0614Scott Mervis · 2011
.0604Wesley Case · 2011
.0594Anthony Easton · 2011
.0594Derek Paiva · 2011
.0594Greg Kot · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.069#595 of 699
Metalism.000#120 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Superchunk · Majesty Shredding1048
Ted Leo and the Pharmacists · The Brutalist Bricks1015
Hold Steady · Heaven Is Whenever1012
Screaming Females · Castle Talk105
Bad Religion · The Dissent of Man102
April Smith & the Great Picture Show · Songs for a Sinking Ship101
The Dopamines · Expect the Worst100
River City Extension · The Unmistakable Man100
Riverdales · Tarantula100
Roadside Graves · You Won't Be Happy With Me100

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.2006Matt Hickey · 2010
.1494Jed Gottlieb · 2010
.1114Jason Buhrmester · 2010
.1104David Peisner · 2010
.1074Matthew Fritch · 2010
.1045Patrick Rapa · 2010
.0915Joe Gross · 2010
.0764Jeanne Fury · 2010
.0743Jim Testa · 2009
.0724Evie Nagy · 2010
.0714Michael Tedder · 2010
.0664Kory Grow · 2010
.0413Drew Fortune · 2010
.0393Doug Wallen · 2010
.0393Michael Mannheimer · 2010
.0383Steve Reynolds · 2010
.0352Jason Simms · 2010
.0352Martin Cizmar · 2010
.0342J Poet · 2010
.0332Max Berry · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.049#616 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Jeffrey Lewis & the Junkyard · 'Em Are I201
Yo la Tengo · Popular Songs1024
Screaming Females · Power Move1010
Cymbals Eat Guitars · Why There Are Mountains105
Roadside Graves · My Son's Home101
Ace Enders & a Million Different People · When I Hit the Ground100
Ike Reilly · Hard Luck Stories100
Riverdales · Invasion USA100
Golden Bloom · Fan the Flames50
The Leftovers · Eager to Please50

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.0743Jim Testa · 2010
.0734John Everhart · 2009
.0734Matthew Oshinsky · 2009
.0463Justin Gage · 2009
.0352Lindsay Zoladz · 2009
.0342Jim DeRogatis · 2009
.0342Tobias Carroll · 2009
.0332MacKenzie Wilson · 2009
.0322Luke Hackney · 2009
.0312Jim Sullivan · 2009
.0292Curtis Schieber · 2009
.0292Dan Aloi · 2009
.0292Deborah Sprague · 2009
.0292Drew Fortune · 2009
.0292Rich Bienstock · 2009
.0282Jonah Bayer · 2009
.0212Arsenio Orteza · 2009
.0212Jeanne Fury · 2009
.0212Joe Stumble · 2009
.0212Michael Krugman · 2009
.0212Nick Spacek · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.109#452 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Hold Steady · Stay Positive1053
Los Campesinos! · Hold on Now, Youngster...1031
McCarthy Trenching · Calamity Drenching101
The Campbell Apartment · Insomniac's Almanac100
The Guts · Let It Go100
The Measure (SA) · Songs About People...And Fruit N Shit100
Peachcake · What Year Will You Have the World?100
Spiraling · Time Travel Made Easy100
The Steinways · Gorilla Marketing100
Val Emmich · Little Hammers100

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.13717Dan Caffrey
.12117Jim DeRogatis
.09720Lindsey Thomas
.09513Evie Nagy
.09220Christopher Monsen
.08913Mike Madden
.08420Greg Kot
.08419Michael Tatum
.08418Max Berry
.08320Joey Daniewicz
.08215Harry Burson
.08215Stephen Haag
.07923Stephen Thomas Erlewine
.07812Jonah LaFollette
.07810Todd Martens
.07717Josh Bis
.07423L. Kent Wolgamott
.07416Dan DeLuca
.07410Zach Schonfeld
.07219David Goldstein
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com