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 Horowitz
Overall
Centricity.274#683 of 1228
Breadth.392#640 of 1244
Metalism.000#401 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.195#395 of 601
Metalism.000#94 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sun Kil Moon · Benji1547
Beck · Morning Phase1250
Hurray for the Riff Raff · Small Town Heroes1112
David Byrne and Fatboy Slim · Here Lies Love110
Dawn Landes · Bluebird110
Sam Smith · In the Lonely Hour1012
Sharon Van Etten · Are We There852
My Brightest Diamond · This Is My Hand82
Loudon Wainwright III · Haven't Got the Blues (Yet)73
Lily and Madeleine · Fumes70

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.1487Brian Orloff · 2014
.1174Michael Ayers · 2014
.1144Roy Kasten · 2014
.1116Mac Wilson · 2014
.1074Steve Klinge · 2014
.1044Charles R. Cross · 2014
.1044Scott Mervis · 2014
.0974Eric Snider · 2014
.0814Leslie Berman · 2014
.0764Mike Appelstein · 2014
.0704Erik Sateren · 2014
.0704Hilary Hughes · 2014
.0694Alex Woodward · 2014
.0674Gabriel Rosenberg · 2014
.0674James Barber · 2014
.0674Joshua Terry · 2014
.0634Daniel Kreps · 2014
.0634Max Blau · 2014
.0634Tim Grierson · 2014
.0624Aaron Frank · 2014
2012 original ballot
Centricity.314#209 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Justin Townes Earle · Nothing's Going to Change the Way You Feel About Me Now142
Father John Misty · Fear Fun1332
Paul Thorn · What the Hell Is Goin' On130
Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta1015
(various artists) · Kin: Songs by Mary Karr & Rodney Crowell103
Ruthie Foster · Let It Burn101
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson · Wreck & Ruin93
Frank Ocean · Channel Orange8169
Bobby Womack · The Bravest Man in the Universe76
Bettye LaVette · Thankful N' Thoughtful67

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.1234Meredith Ochs · 2012
.1146L. Kent Wolgamott · 2012
.1146Steve Rosen · 2012
.1096Makkada B. Selah · 2012
.0924John Dugan · 2012
.0914Thor Christensen · 2012
.0874Preston Jones · 2012
.0864Larry King · 2012
.0826Ellis Widner · 2012
.0786Jim Fouratt · 2012
.0744Andrew Dansby · 2012
.0625Holly Gleason · 2012
.0594Chris DeVille · 2012
.0584Erin Thompson · 2012
.0574Caitlin White · 2012
.0574Dan Reilly · 2012
.0574Rebecca Raber · 2012
.0554Anthony Lombardi · 2012
.0544Shawn Anderson · 2012
.0544Stephen M. Deusner · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.249#410 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Baby Dee · Regifted Light150
Teddy Thompson · Bella132
Raphael Saadiq · Stone Rollin'1232
My Brightest Diamond · All Things Will Unwind111
Kurt Vile · Smoke Ring for My Halo1055
Eilen Jewell · Queen of the Minor Key100
William Elliott Whitmore · Field Songs91
The Unthanks · Last81
tUnE-yArDs · w h o k i l l7134
Smoke Fairies · Through Low Light and Trees51

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.0815Ken Tucker · 2011
.0774K Leander Williams · 2011
.0604Alan Ranta · 2011
.0604Rebecca Raber · 2011
.0574David Goldstein · 2011
.0554Doree Shafrir · 2011
.0554Lindsey Thomas · 2011
.0554Michael Ayers · 2011
.0554Saul Austerlitz · 2011
.0544Ted Friedman · 2011
.0534Charles R. Cross · 2011
.0534Eric Harvey · 2011
.0534Greg Kot · 2011
.0534Matthew Oshinsky · 2011
.0534Sean Michaels · 2011
.0524Christopher Alexander · 2011
.0524Heidi Vanderlee · 2011
.0524Joey Hood · 2011
.0524Marissa G. Muller · 2011
.0514Larry Fitzmaurice · 2011
.0514Leor Galil · 2011
.0514Steve Erickson · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.510#134 of 699
Metalism.000#120 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy15265
Janelle MonĂ¡e · The ArchAndroid14133
Joanna Newsom · Have One on Me1364
Nellie McKay · Home Sweet Mobile Home125
Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings · I Learned the Hard Way1126
Julie Neumark · Dimestore Halo90
Tallest Man on Earth · The Wild Hunt822
Josh Ritter · So Runs the World Away73
The Unthanks · Here's the Tender Coming60
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs5144

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.1658Bret Gladstone · 2010
.1408Amanda Petrusich · 2010
.1396Jeff Vrabel · 2010
.1396Max Berry · 2010
.1348Luke Hackney · 2010
.1317Andrew Gilstrap · 2010
.1288Mike Escoto · 2010
.1248Will Hermes · 2010
.1246Ken Tucker · 2010
.1208Philip Martin · 2010
.1178Jon Bream · 2010
.1146Catherine Lewis · 2010
.1096Preston Jones · 2010
.1087Kristyn Pomranz · 2010
.1017Julia Simon · 2010
.0994Brett Koshkin · 2010
.0994Kevin O'Hare · 2010
.0964Eric T Miller · 2010
.0944Martin Johnson · 2010
.0917Shawn Edwards · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.101#549 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Alela Diane · To Be Still152
Nellie McKay · Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day1410
Marianne Faithfull · Easy Come, Easy Go133
Slaid Cleaves · Everything You Love Will Be Taken Away ...124
Leonard Cohen · Live in London1119
Ramblin' Jack Elliott · A Stranger Here92
The Decemberists · The Hazards of Love832
Todd Snider · The Excitement Plan75
The Low Anthem · Oh My God, Charlie Darwin610
Patterson Hood · Murdering Oscar (And Other Love Songs)55

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.1224Matt Gewolb · 2009
.1214Max Berry · 2009
.1144Derk Richardson · 2009
.1144Phillip Overeem · 2009
.1114Andrew Nash · 2009
.0915Ellis Widner · 2009
.0834Bob Townsend · 2009
.0794Noah Bailey · 2009
.0744Jim Macnie · 2009
.0744Philip Martin · 2009
.0724Roy Kasten · 2009
.0704David Marchese · 2009
.0463K Leander Williams · 2009
.0393Andrew Gilstrap · 2009
.0362Steve Klinge · 2009
.0352Jason Ferguson · 2009
.0342Jed Gottlieb · 2009
.0342Jonathan Perry · 2008
.0342Jon Young · 2009
.0332Dan Aloi · 2008
.0332Jaan Uhelszki · 2009
.0332Kembrew McLeod · 2009
.0332Lee Zimmerman · 2009
.0332Rick Mitchell · 2009
Similar Voters
.08810Roy Kasten
.08614Andrew Gilstrap
.08513Leslie Berman
.08416Ken Tucker
.08010Mac Wilson
.07815Bob Townsend
.07119Stephen M. Deusner
.07016Max Berry
.06913Mike Escoto
.0697Noah Bailey
.06814Max Blau
.0686Gabriel Rosenberg
.06618Philip Martin
.06311Thor Christensen
.0616Dan Reilly
.06013Charles R. Cross
.05919Brian Orloff
.05918L. Kent Wolgamott
.05816Michael Ayers
.05711K Leander Williams
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