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.
Philip Martin
Overall
Centricity.400#441 of 1281
Breadth.707#136 of 1297
Metalism.000#425 of 1297
2014 original ballot
Centricity.317#275 of 601
Metalism.000#97 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lucinda Williams · Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone2516
Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread1627
Beck · Morning Phase1550
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music777
Parquet Courts · Sunbathing Animal746
Black Keys · Turn Blue716
Adam Faucett · Blind Water Finds Blind Water71
Jenny Lewis · The Voyager637
Mac DeMarco · Salad Days523
St. Paul and the Broken Bones · Half the City54
SongOther Votes
Alvvays · "Archie, Marry Me"25
Sturgill Simpson · "Turtles All the Way Down"20
Jenny Lewis · "Just One of the Guys"17
St. Vincent · "Prince Johnny"7
Old 97's · "Longer Than You've Been Alive"6
Beck · "Blue Moon"4
Tweedy · "Fake Fur Coat"1
Fall Out Boy · "The Kids Aren't All Right"0
Jackson Browne · "The Birds of St. Marks"0
Mac DeMarco · "Goodbye Weekend"0

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.1746Dave Gil de Rubio · 2014
.1676Larry King · 2014
.1668Erik Sateren · 2014
.1648James Barber · 2014
.1546Michael Deeds · 2014
.1488Steve Leftridge · 2014
.1417Amy McCarthy · 2014
.1388Daniel Durchholz · 2014
.1337Shannon Carlin · 2014
.1325Janelle Bitker · 2014
.1317Al Choman · 2014
.1317Chris Gray · 2014
.1305Matt Gewolb · 2014
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2013 original ballot
Centricity.447#141 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta200
David Bowie · The Next Day1545
Elvis Costello & the Roots · Wise Up Ghost1511
Daft Punk · Random Access Memories1075
Steve Earle · The Low Highway102
Keaton Henson · Birthdays100
Kanye West · Yeezus5159
Bill Callahan · Dream River517
Paul McCartney · New56
(various artists) · Inside Llewyn Davis Original Soundtrack Recording51
SongOther Votes
Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams) · "Get Lucky"116
Haim · "The Wire"58
Miley Cyrus · "Wrecking Ball"22
Vampire Weekend · "Step"16
Superchunk · "Me & You & Jackie Mittoo"14
Chvrches · "The Mother We Share"13
Waxahatchee · "Swan Dive"4
Eminem · "Rap God"3
Frightened Rabbit · "The Oil Slick"1
Steve Earle · "Burnin' It Down"0

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.29614Michael Gallucci · 2013
.28214Bob Grossweiner · 2013
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.19211James Montgomery · 2013
.19111Ken Rayes · 2013
.18711Jeff Gage · 2013
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.18110Maureen Miller · 2013
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.17510Daniel Kreps · 2013
.15810Roy Trakin · 2013
.15710Chris Molanphy · 2013
.1579Lindsey Thomas · 2013
.15410Gary Chun · 2013
.1506Jeff Tamarkin · 2013
.1499Luke Winkie · 2013
.14810Douglas Wolk · 2013
2011 original ballot
Centricity.300#342 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Paul Simon · So Beautiful or So What1060
The Roots · Undun1059
Black Keys · El Camino1053
Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest1041
The Decemberists · The King Is Dead1039
Fountains of Wayne · Sky Full of Holes1017
Drive-By Truckers · Go-Go Boots108
First Baptist Chemical · First Baptist Chemical100
Frontier Circus · A Little Bit Psycho ... A Little Bit Western100
Red Button · As Far As Yesterday Goes100
SongOther Votes
Lana Del Rey · "Video Games"46
Foster the People · "Pumped Up Kicks"38
Fleet Foxes · "Helplessness Blues"10
Hayes Carll · "KMAG YOYO"7
Lucinda Williams · "Copenhagen"4
Dawes · "Time Spent in Los Angeles"2
Drive-By Truckers · "Used to Be a Cop"2
Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr. · "Simple Girl"1
Felice Brothers · "Honda Civic"0
Frontier Circus · "Horse With No Water"0

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.25011Ken Rayes · 2011
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.20010George Varga · 2011
.1849Tom Lane · 2011
.1759Gary Graff · 2011
.1666Andrew Nash · 2011
.1606Thor Christensen · 2011
.1556Stephen Haag · 2011
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.1546Allen St John · 2011
.1506Jeff Vrabel · 2011
.1408Daniel Durchholz · 2011
.1397Carl Wilson · 2011
.1347Nicole Frehsee · 2011
.1307Steve Leftridge · 2011
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2010 original ballot
Centricity.614#67 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Shinyribs (Kevin Russell) · Well After Awhile250
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy20265
Tallest Man on Earth · The Wild Hunt1522
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs10144
Janelle Monáe · The ArchAndroid5133
The National · High Violet596
Jamey Johnson · The Guitar Song547
Drake · Thank Me Later541
Gorillaz · Plastic Beach532
Walkmen · Lisbon521
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Janelle Monáe (ft. Big Boi) · "Tightrope"103
Black Keys · "Tighten Up"25
Katy Perry · "California Gurls"20
Gorillaz (ft. Mos Def and Bobby Womack) · "Stylo"18
Far East Movement · "Like a G6"14
New Pornographers · "Crash Years"14
Carolina Chocolate Drops · "Snowden's Jig"0
Drive-By Truckers · "This Fuckin' Job"0
Lykke Li · "Get Some (Beck Remix)"0

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.28911Preston Jones · 2010
.25614Jennifer Vineyard · 2010
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.22913Derek Paiva · 2010
.22713Julia Simon · 2010
.21512David Goldstein · 2010
.21313Ken Capobianco · 2010
.21112Ross Raihala · 2010
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.20311Shane Harrison · 2010
.2028David Shirley · 2010
.20012Will Hermes · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.329#241 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Levon Helm · Electric Dirt3022
Animal Collective · Merriweather Post Pavilion10153
The Low Anthem · Oh My God, Charlie Darwin1010
Dave Rawlings Machine · A Friend of a Friend107
Kris Kristofferson · Closer to the Bone106
Todd Snider · The Excitement Plan105
Girls · Album562
St. Vincent · Actor561
Son Volt · American Central Dust52
Nyndk · The Hunting of the Snark50
SongOther Votes
Phoenix · "Lisztomania"41
Lily Allen · "Fuck You"9
Bob Dylan · "Beyond Here Lies Nothin'"6
Flo Rida · "Right Round"2
Grizzly Bear · "Cheerleader"2
Boys Like Girls · "Love Drunk"1
The Bad Plus With Wendy Lewis · "Comfortably Numb"0
John Paul Keith and the One Four Fives · "Knoxville Town"0
Levon Helm · "Growing Trade"0
Todd Snider · "America's Favorite Pastime"0

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.0956Bret Gladstone · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.392#163 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sam Phillips · Don't Do Anything206
TV on the Radio · Dear Science15153
B.B. King · One Kind Favor156
R.E.M. · Accelerate1028
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Real Emotional Trash1021
Joe Jackson · Rain107
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!560
Drive-By Truckers · Brighter Than Creation's Dark527
Lucinda Williams · Little Honey521
Baseball Project · Frozen Ropes and Dying Quails56
SongOther Votes
Coldplay · "Viva la Vida"38
Kanye West · "Love Lockdown"36
Young Jeezy (ft. Kanye West) · "Put On"17
Hold Steady · "Sequestered in Memphis"11
Vampire Weekend · "A-Punk"11
Goldfrapp · "A&E"9
Baseball Project · "Broken Man"0
Bruce Springsteen · "Dream Baby Dream"0
Randy Newman · "Korean Parents"0
Sam Phillips · "Can't Come Down"0

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.22137Allen St John
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.14043Michael Gallucci
.14043Stephen M. Deusner
.13731Bob Townsend
.13437Alan Light
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