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.
Jud Cost
Overall
Centricity.092#1164 of 1313
Breadth.444#483 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2014 original ballot
Centricity.021#585 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey · Going Back Home105
Chrissie Hynde · Stockholm102
Mecca Normal · Empathy for the Evil101
She & Him · Classics101
Vaselines · V Is for Vaselines101
Freddie Steady Krc · The Mockingbird100
Jeff & Susanne Kelly · By Reckless Moonlight100
Jigsaw Seen · Old Man Reverb100
Psycho Sisters · Up on the Chair Beatrice100
Sharp Things · Adventurers' Inn100
SongOther Votes
Chrissie Hynde · "You or No One"0
Feist · "1234"0
Fly Wheels · "Let Me Take You Down"0
Freddie Steady Krc · "Gulf Coast Blues"0
Jeff & Susanne Kelly · "I'd Rather Be Filming in Vanda's Room"0
Jigsaw Seen · "We Women"0
Psycho Sisters · "Never Never Boys"0
She & Him · "Stars Fell on Alabama"0
Vaselines · "High Tide, Low Tide"0
Wilko Johnson/Roger Daltrey · "Going Back Home"0

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.0292Bill Holmes · 2014
.0292Jeff Tamarkin · 2014
.0292Jim Sullivan · 2014
.0292J Neo Marvin · 2014
.0292Peter Gerstenzang · 2014
.0292Steve Simels · 2014
.0272Scott Holter · 2010
.0212Richard Skanse · 2014
.0202Jud Cost · 2013
.0192James Rodgers · 2014
.0192Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2014
.0182George A. Paul · 2014
.0182Merritt Martin · 2008
2013 original ballot
Centricity.037#418 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sleigh Bells · Bitter Rivals108
Foxygen · We Are the 21st Century Ambassadors of Peace & Magic107
Head and the Heart · Let's Be Still102
Agony Aunts · Big Cinnamon100
Bongos · Phantom Train100
Bye Bye Blackbirds · We Need the Rain100
Green Pajamas · November100
Jigsaw Seen · For the Discriminating Completist100
Sharp Things · Green Is Good100
Wesley Stace · Wesley Stace100
SongOther Votes
Sleigh Bells · "Bitter Rivals"4
Foxygen · "No Destruction"1
Franz Ferdinand · "Right Thoughts Right Words Right Action"1
Agony Aunts · "Twenty Four Mergansens"0
Deer Tick · "The Rock"0
Glen Campbell · "Wichita Lineman Remake"0
Green Pajamas · "I Wish That It Was Christmas"0
Head and the Heart · "Homecoming Heroes"0
Jigsaw Seen · "My Name Is Tom"0
Wesley Stace · "We Will Always Have New York"0

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.0503Todd Pruzan · 2013
.0292Bobby Tanzilo · 2013
.0292Jim DeRogatis · 2013
.0282Peter Gerstenzang · 2013
.0272Jeff Tamarkin · 2013
.0232Peter Gerstenzang · 2011
.0212Jud Cost · 2011
.0212Jud Cost · 2014
.0212Michael Hoinski · 2010
.0192James Rodgers · 2013
.0192Paul Robicheau · 2013
.0182@Discographies · 2013
.0182Charles R. Cross · 2011
.0182Phil Gallo · 2013
.0172Bob Mehr · 2011
.0172George A. Paul · 2013
.0172Tony Fletcher · 2013
.0152Althea Legaspi · 2013
.0152Ethan Stanislawski · 2013
.0142Brian Boone · 2013
.0142Caryn Ganz · 2013
.0142James Greene, Jr. · 2013
.0142Jennifer Vineyard · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.141#345 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Jason Lytle · Dept. of Disappearance151
Sharon Van Etten · Tramp1033
Fun. · Some Nights1013
Sleigh Bells · Reign of Terror1012
Magnetic Fields · Love at the Bottom of the Sea103
M. Ward · A Wasteland Companion102
Young Fresh Fellows · Tiempo De Lujo102
Neon Trees · Picture Show101
Girls · Father, Son, Holy Ghost100
Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball535

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.0895Dan Kois · 2012
.0744Derek Paiva · 2012
.0724Glenn Gamboa · 2012
.0714Ken Rayes · 2012
.0684Jason MacNeil · 2012
.0684Tyler Coates · 2012
.0664Travis Hay · 2012
.0644Michael Tedder · 2012
.0634Simon Vozick-Levinson · 2012
.0473James Rodgers · 2012
.0413Tom Lane · 2012
.0403Jim Tremayne · 2012
.0393Gary Graff · 2012
.0393Marianne Meyer · 2012
.0393Mark Zepezauer · 2012
.0383Jennifer Vineyard · 2012
.0383Shane Harrison · 2012
.0373Andrew Gilstrap · 2012
.0352Stephen Haag · 2012
.0342Jon Young · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.048#634 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
John Wesley Harding · Sound of His Own Voice202
Eleanor Friedberger · Last Summer1014
The Vaccines · What Did You Expect From the Vaccines?1012
Bright Eyes · The People's Key107
Papercuts · Fading Parade102
Jigsaw Seen · Winterland101
Green Pajamas · Green Pajama Country100
Hot Knives · Hot Knives100
Allen Clapp & His Orchestra · Mixed Greens50
Sonics · Introducing the Sonics50
SongOther Votes
Fleet Foxes · "Helplessness Blues"10
Eleanor Friedberger · "I Won't Fall Apart on You Tonight"1
Jigsaw Seen · "Snow Angels of Pigtown"1
Allen Clapp & His Orchestra · "All or Nothing"0
Allen Clapp & His Orchestra · "Downfall No. 3"0
Allen Clapp & His Orchestra · "Treeline"0
The Bats · "Free All the Monsters"0
Bright Eyes · "Jejune Stars"0
Hot Knives · "Sooner or Later"0
John Wesley Harding · "There's a Starbucks Where the Starbucks Used to Be"0

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.0533Dominic Umile · 2011
.0423Jack Rabid · 2011
.0403David Malitz · 2011
.0363Travis Hay · 2011
.0302Eric T Miller · 2011
.0292Allen St John · 2011
.0292Jason Cherkis · 2011
.0292John Dugan · 2011
.0292Jonathan Perry · 2011
.0282A.S. Van Dorston · 2011
.0282Eddie Fleisher · 2011
.0282Jason Simms · 2011
.0282Kimberly Chun · 2011
.0272Sean Nelson · 2011
.0262Christel Loar · 2011
.0242Nick Duerden · 2011
.0222Steve Reynolds · 2011
.0212John Everhart · 2011
.0212Michael Barthel · 2011
.0202Anna Deem · 2011
.0202Jud Cost · 2013
.0202Roy Trakin · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.115#532 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Admiral Radley · I Heart California150
Jigsaw Seen · Bananas Foster150
(various artists) · Through a Faraway Window: Jimmy Silva Tribute150
Beach House · Teen Dream10110
Roky Erickson & Okkervil River · True Love Cast Out All Evil1015
Apples in Stereo · Travellers in Space and Time102
Orange Peels · 2020100
Frightened Rabbit · The Winter of Mixed Drinks59
Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 · Northern Aggression55
Richard Barone · Glow52
SongOther Votes
Frightened Rabbit · "Swim Until You Can't See Land"5
Roky Erickson & Okkervil River · "Goodbye Sweet Dreams"1
Admiral Radley · "I Heart California"0
Dennis Diken With Jim Babjak · "Waking Up"0
Eddy Irvine · "A Fine and Private Place"0
Flywheels · "I've Got Time"0
Jigsaw Seen · "Where the Action Isn't"0
Jon Auer · "City of Sisterly Love"0
Minus 5 · "People Standing in a Line"0
Richard Barone · "Odd Girl Out"0

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.0885Eric Danton · 2010
.0825Catherine Lewis · 2010
.0664Christel Loar · 2010
.0654Matt Fiander · 2010
.0604Rachel Brodsky · 2010
.0343Paul Robicheau · 2010
.0292John Kenyon · 2010
.0292Matt Hickey · 2010
.0292Merritt Martin · 2010
.0292Michael Hoinski · 2010
.0282Jason Bracelin · 2010
.0282Mark Keresman · 2010
.0282Nate Seltenrich · 2010
.0272Josh Modell · 2010
.0272Mike Berick · 2010
.0272Steve Simels · 2010
.0262J. R. Taylor · 2010
.0232Bill Holdship · 2010
.0232Carlo Wolff · 2010
.0212David Shapiro · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.084#576 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Rosanne Cash · The List1023
Monsters of Folk · Monsters of Folk1017
Glasvegas · Glasvegas1011
Wye Oak · The Knot109
Grant-Lee Phillips · Little Moon103
Jason Lytle · Yours Truly, the Commuter102
Baseball Project · Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails101
Ray Davies and the Crouch End Festival Chorus · The Kinks Choral Collection101
Boatclub · Boatclub100
Green Pajamas · Poison in the Russian Room100
SongOther Votes
Glasvegas · "It's My Own Cheating Heart That Makes Me Cry"1
Jason Lytle · "Brand New Sun"1
Jason Lytle · "Yours Truly, the Commuter"1
Baseball Project · "Fucking Ted Williams"0
Glasvegas · "Flowers & Football Tops"0
Grant-Lee Phillips · "It Ain't the Same Old Cold War, Harry"0
Green Pajamas · "Who's That Calling"0
Monsters of Folk · "Map of the World"0
Ray Davies and the Crouch End Festival Chorus · "Days"0
Rosanne Cash · "Heartaches by the Number"0

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.1074Rick Petreycik · 2009
.1054Meredith Ochs · 2009
.1044Bill Holdship · 2009
.1044Holly George-Warren · 2009
.0684Jason MacNeil · 2009
.0664Eric T Miller · 2009
.0553Bobby Tanzilo · 2009
.0533Jud Cost · 2008
.0493David A Cobb · 2009
.0453Adrien Begrand · 2008
.0443Andrew Dansby · 2009
.0423Stephen Thompson · 2009
.0312Peter Gerstenzang · 2009
.0312Steve Ciabattoni · 2009
.0302Andrew Bartlett · 2008
.0302Matt Sebastian · 2008
.0292Jay Lustig · 2009
.0292Jayson Harsin · 2009
.0292Mark J. Lepage · 2009
.0292Mark Keresman · 2008
.0292Matt Hickey · 2008
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2008 original ballot
Centricity.197#362 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Fleet Foxes · Fleet Foxes1087
She & Him · Volume One1027
Beck · Modern Guilt1024
Radiohead · In Rainbows108
Baseball Project · Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails106
Brian Wilson · That Lucky Old Sun106
Dengue Fever · Venus on Earth104
Octopus Project · Hello, Avalanche101
Eilen Jewell · Letters From Sinners & Strangers100
Laika & the Cosmonauts · Cosmopolis100
SongOther Votes
Fleet Foxes · "White Winter Hymnal"31
Radiohead · "Bodysnatchers"1
Baseball Project · "Fucking Ted Williams"0
Brian Wilson · "Southern California"0
Dengue Fever · "Seeing Hands"0
Eilen Jewell · "Heartache Boulevard"0
Laika & the Cosmonauts · "Floating"0
She & Him · "I Was Made for You"0

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.1044Tristram Lozaw · 2008
.1035Bret Gladstone · 2008
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.0964Niki D'Andrea · 2008
.0955Rachel Leibrock · 2008
.0954David Downs · 2008
.0954Scott Holter · 2008
.0944Noah Bailey · 2008
.0934Dan Aloi · 2008
.0904Jeff Tamarkin · 2008
.0885John Ross · 2008
.0855Edna Gundersen · 2008
.0674Melissa Ruggieri · 2008
.0624Steve Reynolds · 2008
.0604Brian Orloff · 2008
.0594Ken Rayes · 2008
.0584Judson Kilpatrick · 2008
.0554Simon Vozick-Levinson · 2008
.0514Adam Gold · 2008
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.0668Rick Petreycik
.06112Steve Simels
.06111Peter Gerstenzang
.0569Eric T Miller
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.04811Bobby Tanzilo
.0468Michael Goldberg
.0459Allen St John
.04411Max Blau
.0448Bret Gladstone
.0448Michael Hoinski
.0447John Hood
.0428Steve Ciabattoni
.04112Bill Holdship
.0419Michael Tedder
.0416Scott Holter
.03911Charles R. Cross
.03812Scott Mervis
.0389Meredith Ochs
.0378Christel Loar
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