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.
Larry King
Overall
Centricity.180#895 of 1228
Breadth.507#432 of 1244
Metalism.000#401 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.184#410 of 601
Metalism.000#94 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Dave and Phil Alvin · Common Ground152
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music1077
Leonard Cohen · Popular Problems1028
Rosanne Cash · The River & the Thread1027
Lucinda Williams · Down Where the Spirit Meets the Bone1016
Bruce Springsteen · High Hopes107
Thompson · Family103
Tinariwen · Emmaar103
Willie Nelson · Band of Brothers102
Neil Young · Storytone52

Similar Ballots
.2156Salvatore Caputo · 2014
.2146Allen St John · 2014
.2046Jeff Tamarkin · 2014
.2016Mike Berick · 2014
.1768Ellis Widner · 2014
.1536Bill Holdship · 2014
.1516Leslie Berman · 2014
.1266Philip Martin · 2014
.1226Jon Bream · 2014
.1216Steve Leftridge · 2014
.1206Holly Gleason · 2014
.1164Jim Bessman · 2014
.1144Jill Ettinger · 2014
.1134Jay Ruttenberg · 2014
.1114Mike Seely · 2014
.1104Bob Townsend · 2014
.1084Meredith Ochs · 2014
.1064Roy Kasten · 2014
.1064Tom Finkel · 2014
.1034Andrew Gilstrap · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.092#377 of 453
Metalism.000#114 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Laura Marling · Once I Was an Eagle1021
Bombino · Nomad1019
Patty Griffin · American Kid104
Rokia TraorĂ© · Beautiful Africa104
Emmylou Harris & Rodney Crowell · Old Yellow Moon102
Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong · Foreverly102
Richard Thompson · Electric102
Ry Cooder & Corridos Famosos · Live in San Francisco101
Vince Gill and Paul Franklin · Bakersfield101
(various artists) · Inside Llewyn Davis Original Soundtrack Recording101
SongOther Votes
Brandy Clark · "Pray to Jesus"4
Bryan Ferry Orchestra · "Love Is the Drug"0
Jamestown Revival · "California"0
Natalie Maines · "Take It on Faith"0
Norah Jones and Billie Joe Armstrong · "Long Time Gone"0

Similar Ballots
.2059Ellis Widner · 2013
.1286Sarah Ventre · 2013
.1134Allen St John · 2013
.1095Steve Dollar · 2013
.1064Steve Klinge · 2013
.0674Daniel Durchholz · 2013
.0664Dan DeLuca · 2013
.0664Randall Grass · 2013
.0654Jon Bream · 2013
.0443Steve Leftridge · 2013
.0423Caitlin White · 2013
.0394Jer Fairall · 2013
.0332Jeff Vrabel · 2013
.0323Lee Zimmerman · 2013
.0302Bill Holmes · 2013
.0282Ezra Gale · 2013
.0282Phillip Overeem · 2013
.0262Deborah Sprague · 2013
.0262Laurence Station · 2013
.0252Steve Hochman · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.205#281 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bruce Springsteen · Wrecking Ball1035
Bob Dylan · Tempest1032
Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas1030
Neil Young & Crazy Horse · Psychedelic Pill1021
Iris DeMent · Sing the Delta1015
Patti Smith · Banga108
Bettye LaVette · Thankful N' Thoughtful107
Amadou & Mariam · Folila102
Buddy Miller & Jim Lauderdale · Buddy & Jim101
Ry Cooder · Election Special101
SongOther Votes
Gotye (ft. Kimbra) · "Somebody That I Used to Know"30
Neil Young & Crazy Horse · "Ramada Inn"7
Afghan Whigs · "Lovecrimes"4
Patti Smith · "April Fool"1
Bob Dylan · "Roll on John"0
Jimmy Cliff · "Children's Bread"0
Van Morrison · "End of the Rainbow"0

Similar Ballots
.25911Bob Grossweiner · 2012
.2117Jeff Tamarkin · 2012
.1786Bob Ruggiero · 2012
.1678Steve Rosen · 2012
.1668Roy Trakin · 2012
.1347Derk Richardson · 2012
.1327Gary Graff · 2012
.1176Derek Paiva · 2012
.1166Bill Holdship · 2012
.1166Holly Gleason · 2012
.1156Glenn Gamboa · 2012
.1116James Bradley · 2012
.1114Steve Horowitz · 2012
.1106Ken Rayes · 2012
.1106Mike Mettler · 2012
.1096Al Choman · 2012
.1086Arsenio Orteza · 2012
.1034J Neo Marvin · 2012
.1004Thor Christensen · 2012
.0965Matt Sebastian · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.338#292 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
PJ Harvey · Let England Shake10128
Tom Waits · Bad As Me1095
Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest1041
Fountains of Wayne · Sky Full of Holes1017
Nick Lowe · The Old Magic1014
Garland Jeffreys · The King of In-Between107
Dave Alvin · Eleven Eleven105
John Hiatt · Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns103
John Doe · Keeper102
Merle Haggard · Working in Tennessee101

Similar Ballots
.2076Jeff Tamarkin · 2011
.2066Stephen Haag · 2011
.2026Steve Simels · 2011
.1996Steve Ciabattoni · 2011
.1916Parke Puterbaugh · 2011
.1908Geoffrey Himes · 2011
.1246Steve Rosen · 2011
.1214Randy Lewis · 2011
.1196Jim Connelly · 2011
.1186Phil Gallo · 2011
.1186Robert Loerzel · 2011
.1184Jim Bessman · 2011
.1156Mark Deming · 2011
.1114Jay Bennett · 2011
.1096Aaron Hillis · 2011
.1096Gareth Grundy · 2011
.1084Billy Altman · 2011
.1084David Menconi · 2011
.1054Rob Trucks · 2011
.1034Lloyd Sachs · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.065#600 of 699
Metalism.000#120 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Mavis Staples · You Are Not Alone1026
Laura Marling · I Speak Because I Can1014
Los Lobos · Tin Can Trust109
Bob Dylan · The Witmark Demos: 1962-1964 (The Bootleg Series Vol. 9)107
Laurie Anderson · Homeland107
Bryan Ferry · Olympia106
Mike Patton · Mondo Cane103
John Jorgenson · One Stolen Night101
Peter Case · Wig101
Sparks · Seduction of Ingmar Bergman101

Similar Ballots
.2356Randy Lewis · 2010
.2016Curtis Schieber · 2010
.1356Steve Rosen · 2010
.1084Michael Goldberg · 2010
.0824Stephen M. Deusner · 2010
.0744Omar Kholeif · 2010
.0684Derk Richardson · 2010
.0473Bob Townsend · 2010
.0453Andrew Gilstrap · 2010
.0442Sean Nelson · 2010
.0423Marianne Meyer · 2010
.0383Holly George-Warren · 2010
.0372Allen St John · 2010
.0372Steve Ciabattoni · 2010
.0342Jeff Vrabel · 2010
.0342Lloyd Sachs · 2010
.0342Thor Christensen · 2010
.0332Billy Altman · 2010
.0332Dave DiMartino · 2010
.0332Tom Cheyney · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.168#442 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Avett Brothers · I and Love and You1041
Bob Dylan · Together Through Life1025
Rosanne Cash · The List1023
Levon Helm · Electric Dirt1022
Bruce Springsteen · Working on a Dream1018
Pearl Jam · Backspacer1017
Elvis Costello · Secret, Profane & Sugarcane109
Dave Rawlings Machine · A Friend of a Friend107
Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women · Dave Alvin and the Guilty Women102
New Lost City Ramblers · Where Do You Come From? Where Do You Go? - 50 Years101
SongOther Votes
Avett Brothers · "I & Love & You"19
Dave Rawlings Machine · "Sweet Tooth"0
Rosanne Cash · "Sea of Heartbreak"0

Similar Ballots
.3048Allen St John · 2009
.2196Thor Christensen · 2009
.2056Jeff Vrabel · 2009
.2006Anthony DeCurtis · 2009
.1996Rick Petreycik · 2009
.1986Meredith Ochs · 2009
.1946Steve Simels · 2009
.1866Phil Sutcliffe · 2009
.1597Steve Leftridge · 2009
.1276Bob Grossweiner · 2009
.1196Leland Rucker · 2009
.1154Steve Pick · 2009
.1134Holly George-Warren · 2009
.1124Dan Aloi · 2009
.1124Josh Baron · 2009
.1114Mike Berick · 2009
.1114Ricardo Baca · 2009
.1104Stephen Haag · 2009
.1084Bill O'Neill · 2009
.1044Bill Holdship · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.210#343 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Bob Dylan · The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs - Rare and Unreleased 1989-20061035
David Byrne and Brian Eno · Everything That Happens Will Happen Today1027
She & Him · Volume One1027
Kings of Leon · Only by the Night1023
Lucinda Williams · Little Honey1021
Elvis Costello and the Imposters · Momofuku1013
Charlie Haden Family & Friends · Rambling Boy109
Neil Young · Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 1968108
Pretenders · Break Up the Concrete107
Willie Nelson/Wynton Marsalis · Two Men With the Blues104
SongOther Votes
Kings of Leon · "Sex on Fire"15
Killers · "Human"11
Solange · "Sandcastle Disco"5
Airborne Toxic Event · "Sometime Around Midnight"1
Bob Dylan · "Dignity"0

Similar Ballots
.1916Bob Grossweiner · 2008
.1876Randy Lewis · 2008
.1816Oliver Hall · 2008
.1495Peter Gerstenzang · 2008
.1447Holly George-Warren · 2008
.1437Melissa Ruggieri · 2008
.1326Rachel Leibrock · 2008
.1186Edna Gundersen · 2008
.1164Al Choman · 2008
.1124Allen St John · 2008
.1094Andrew Nash · 2008
.1094Julie Seabaugh · 2008
.1074Dan Aloi · 2008
.1074Spencer Kaufman · 2008
.1065Bill Holdship · 2008
.1055Josh Davidson · 2009
.1045Jaan Uhelszki · 2008
.1015Will McClain · 2008
.1004William Ruhlmann · 2008
.0984Thor Christensen · 2008
Similar Voters
.20428Allen St John
.17216Randy Lewis
.17025Jeff Tamarkin
.14722Holly George-Warren
.14718Thor Christensen
.14021Steve Simels
.13225Steve Rosen
.12831Ellis Widner
.11623Bob Townsend
.11521Derk Richardson
.11412Salvatore Caputo
.10911Rick Petreycik
.1089Josh Davidson
.10323Bob Grossweiner
.10316Meredith Ochs
.0999Dan Aloi
.09413Mike Berick
.09321Jon Bream
.09120Bill Holdship
.09118Steve Leftridge
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