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.
David Royko
Overall
Centricity.050#1237 of 1313
Breadth.217#967 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2011 original ballot
Centricity.119#556 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Tom Waits · Bad As Me1095
Andy Statman · Old Brooklyn102
Ralph Stanley · A Mother's Prayer102
Sarah Jarosz · Follow Me Down102
Steve Martin and the Steep Canyon Rangers · Rare Bird Alert102
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones · Rocket Science101
Chris Thile & Michael Daves · Sleep With One Eye Open101
Danny Barnes · Rocket100
Matt Flinner · Winter Harvest100
Noam Pikelny · Beat the Devil and Carry a Rail100

Similar Ballots
.1164Billy Altman · 2011
.1164Zeth Lundy · 2011
.0342Charles Johnson · 2011
.0342Chip Stern · 2011
.0342J Poet · 2011
.0342Phil Sutcliffe · 2011
.0332David Royko · 2008
.0332David Royko · 2009
.0332William Ruhlmann · 2011
.0262Preston Jones · 2011
.0252Carlo Wolff · 2011
.0252Jason Gargano · 2011
.0252Joseph Robinson · 2011
.0252Laurence Station · 2011
.0252Paul Robicheau · 2011
.0252Steve Ciabattoni · 2011
.0242A.D. Amorosi · 2011
.0242Andrew Dansby · 2011
.0242Barney Hoskyns · 2011
.0242Brett Koshkin · 2011
.0242Craig Carson · 2011
.0242David Menconi · 2011
.0242David Shirley · 2011
.0242Eric T Miller · 2011
.0242James Rodgers · 2011
.0242Jason Bracelin · 2011
.0242Jay Bennett · 2011
.0242Jeff Tamarkin · 2011
.0242Jill Ettinger · 2011
.0242Jon Wiederhorn · 2011
.0242Kevin Moreau · 2011
.0242Nathan Hogan · 2011
.0242Parke Puterbaugh · 2011
.0242Rob Trucks · 2011
.0242Sean Murphy · 2011
.0242Stephen Haag · 2011
.0242Thorin Klosowski · 2011
2009 original ballot
Centricity.008#679 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bryan Sutton and Friends · Almost Live150
Dede Wyland · Keep the Light On150
Sam Bush · Circles Around Me150
Sarah Jarosz · Song Up in Her Head101
Danny Barnes · Pizza Box100
Missy Raines and the New Hip · Inside Out100
Stevie Coyle · Ten in One100
Casey Driessen · Oog50
Frank Wakefield · Ownself Blues50
Mike Marshall's Big Trio · Mike Marshall's Big Trio50

Similar Ballots
.0332Billy Altman · 2009
.0332David Royko · 2011
.0232Ken Roseman · 2010
2008 original ballot
Centricity.022#554 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Abigail Washburn · Abigail Washburn & the Sparrow Quartet214
Punch Brothers · Punch194
Bela Fleck & the Flecktones · Jingle All the Way100
Corbett/Chrisman/Tice · Corbett/Chrisman/Tice100
Ralph Stanley · Old-Time Pickin'--A Clawhammer Banjo Collection100
The Waybacks · Loaded (The Waybacks)100
Cadillac Sky · Gravity's Our Enemy50
Jimmy Gaudreau & Moondi Klein · 2:10 Train50
Michael Cleveland & Flamekeeper · Leavin' Town50
Ricky Skaggs · Honoring the Fathers of Bluegrass50

Similar Ballots
.0342Billy Altman · 2008
.0342Tristram Lozaw · 2008
.0332David Royko · 2011
.0332Steve Hochman · 2008
.0262Curtis Schieber · 2008
.0222Nate Cavalieri · 2008
.0222Sarah Zupko · 2008
.0212Brian Braiker · 2008
.0192Vijith Assar · 2008
Similar Voters
.0727Billy Altman
.0334Phil Sutcliffe
.0235Zeth Lundy
.0192Chip Stern
.0164Ken Roseman
.0162Nate Cavalieri
.0132Jon Wiederhorn
.0122Tom Surowicz
.0112Chris Norris
.0102Brian Braiker
.0093Steve Leftridge
.0092Parke Puterbaugh
.0092William Ruhlmann
.0082Michael Point
.0082Tristram Lozaw
.0073Bob Townsend
.0072Barney Hoskyns
.0072Joseph Robinson
.0072Leslie Berman
.0072Salvatore Caputo
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com