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.
Bill Milkowski
Overall
Centricity.047#1244 of 1313
Breadth.100#1222 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2008 original ballot
Centricity.047#516 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Charlie Haden Family & Friends · Rambling Boy209
B.B. King · One Kind Favor156
(various artists) · Miles From India104
Cassandra Wilson · Loverly103
Dr. John and the Lower 911 · City That Care Forgot103
Marc Ribot's Ceramic Dog · Party Intellectuals101
Elvin Bishop · The Blues Roll On100
Sonny Rollins · Road Shows Vol. 255
Eliane Elias · Something for You50
Joe Zawinul · 7550

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.2176Steve Pick · 2008
.1295Martin Johnson · 2008
.1244John Milward · 2008
.0744Ron Wynn · 2008
.0714J.D. Considine · 2008
.0504Rick Mitchell · 2008
.0383Matt Rogers · 2008
.0363David Adler · 2008
.0343Frank John Hadley · 2008
.0342Billy Altman · 2008
.0342Craig Carson · 2009
.0332Jason Pettigrew · 2008
.0332Michael J. West · 2008
.0322Chip Stern · 2011
.0322Daniel King · 2011
.0322Ken Shimamoto · 2011
.0322Larry Birnbaum · 2011
.0322Tom Hull · 2011
.0262Curtis Schieber · 2008
.0262Larry King · 2008
Similar Voters
.0886Steve Pick
.0754John Milward
.0754Ron Wynn
.0395Martin Johnson
.0242Chip Stern
.0163Frank John Hadley
.0143Matt Rogers
.0133Daniel King
.0124Ken Shimamoto
.0124Rick Mitchell
.0112Billy Altman
.0104Alex Henderson
.0104J.D. Considine
.0083Tom Hull
.0082Bobby Reed
.0073Curtis Schieber
.0072Craig Carson
.0063David Adler
.0053Ken Roseman
.0053Larry King
.0053Steve Holtje
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com