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.
 
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Wayne Bledsoe
Overall
Centricity.116#1117 of 1313
Breadth.547#297 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2014 original ballot
Centricity.167#422 of 601
Metalism.000#102 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sturgill Simpson · Metamodern Sounds in Country Music1077
Leonard Cohen · Popular Problems1028
Lydia Loveless · Somewhere Else1025
Drive-By Truckers · English Oceans1014
New Basement Tapes · Lost on the River103
Old Crow Medicine Show · Remedy102
Dolly Parton · Blue Smoke101
Mary Gauthier · Trouble & Love101
Con Hunley · By Request100
Jill Barber · Fool's Gold100
SongOther Votes
Taylor Swift · "Shake It Off"52
Pharrell Williams · "Happy"27
Meghan Trainor · "All About That Bass"23
Sturgill Simpson · "Turtles All the Way Down"20
Lydia Loveless · "Verlaine Shot Rimbaud"2
Avicii · "Hey Brother"0
Bobby Bare Jr. · "My Baby Took My Baby Away"0
Mic Harrison & the High Score · "Anytime You're Ready"0
Phil Leadbetter With John Cowan and Sam Bush · "Ramblin' Rolling Stone"0
Senryu · "Beat Me to Death"0

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.1246Leslie Berman · 2014
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.1127Ellis Widner · 2014
.1106Michael Lach · 2014
.1085David Goldstein · 2014
.1076Geoffrey Himes · 2014
.1056Jon Bream · 2014
.0996Arsenio Orteza · 2014
.0996Roy Trakin · 2014
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.0835Bill Holdship · 2014
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.0815Bill O'Neill · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.126#347 of 453
Metalism.000#115 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Jason Isbell · Southeastern1533
Terry Allen · Bottom of the World151
Barstool Romeos · Twisted Steel and Sex Appeal150
LiL iFFy · Wand Out150
David Bowie · The Next Day1045
Donald Brown · Born to Be Blue100
Van Dyke Parks · Songs Cycled53
Handsome Family · Wilderness50
Mike Craver · Bosh & Moonshine50
Tim Lee 3 · Devil's Rope50
SongOther Votes
Daft Punk (ft. Pharrell Williams) · "Get Lucky"116
Vampire Weekend · "Unbelievers"7
David Bowie · "The Stars (Are Out Tonight)"1
Jason Isbell · "Traveling Alone"1
Brandon Fulson & the Realbillys · "Old Farts and Jackasses"0
Kevin Abernathy · "Gudgertown"0
LiL iFFy · "Phoenix Tears"0
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis · "White Walls"0
Scott Miller · "Heavy on My Mind"0
West Side Daredevils · "When It Rains"0

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.0854Curtis Schieber · 2013
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.0635Nick Duerden · 2013
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.0595Steve Reynolds · 2013
.0593Lee Zimmerman · 2013
.0585Mark Zepezauer · 2013
.0544Chris Conaton · 2013
.0534Bill Holdship · 2013
.0524Jim Tremayne · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.032#459 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kevin Abernathy · Some Stories150
LiL iFFy · Wand Ambition150
Mic Harrison & the High Score · Still Wanna Fight150
Con Hunley · Wayfarin' Stranger100
Jill Barber · Mischeivous Moon100
Jordan Hull · Who's Gonna Teach You How to Live100
Lonetones · Modern Victim100
Loudon Wainwright III · Older Than My Old Man Now515
Matthew Ryan · In the Dusk of Everything50
Rayna Gellert · Old Light: Songs From My Childhood and Other Gone Worlds50
SongOther Votes
Barstool Romeos · "Cheap Bourbon Whiskey"0
Jill Barber · "Chances"0
Jordan Hull · "Birthday Suit"0
Kat Edmonson · "I Don't Know"0
Kevin Abernathy · "Funny Ha Ha"0
LiL iFFy · "Sorted Affair"0
Lonetones · "This Is Who We Are"0
Lyle Lovett · "Isn't That So"0
Mic Harrison & the High Score · "The Colonel Is Dead"0
Yellow Ostrich · "Elephant King"0

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.0433Wayne Bledsoe · 2013
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.0272Bob Townsend · 2012
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.0232Jim Farber · 2012
.0192Joey Daniewicz · 2012
.0192Max Berry · 2012
.0192Robert Christgau · 2012
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.0182Leland Rucker · 2012
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2011 original ballot
Centricity.098#582 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kevin Abernathy Band · Scrap Metal Blues200
Senryu · Half Wild200
Wilco · The Whole Love1053
Ry Cooder · Pull Up Some Dust and Sit Down107
Rod Picott · Welding Burns101
Sierra Hull · Daybreak100
Mountain Goats · All Eternals Deck516
The Jayhawks · Mockingbird Time54
New York Dolls · Dancing Backward in High Heels53
Black Joe Lewis & the Honeybears · Scandalous51
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109
Lana Del Rey · "Video Games"46
Foster the People · "Pumped Up Kicks"38
Lady Gaga · "Born This Way"19
Taylor Swift · "Mean"9
Ry Cooder · "No Banker Left Behind"3
Cosmo Jarvis · "Gay Pirates"1
Mountain Goats · "Damn These Vampires"1
Kevin Abernathy Band · "Funeral Singer"0
RB Morris · "Old Copper Penny"0

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.21110Chuck Campbell · 2011
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.1277Nicole Frehsee · 2011
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.1096Marianne Meyer · 2011
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.1056Dan DeLuca · 2011
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.1016Charles R. Cross · 2011
.1016Jason MacNeil · 2011
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.0966George Varga · 2011
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2009 original ballot
Centricity.049#616 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Antony & the Johnsons · The Crying Light1029
Béla Fleck · Throw Down Your Heart105
Booker T. · Potato Hole104
Fun. · Aim and Ignite102
Handsome Family · Honey Moon102
Ben Folds, et Al · Ben Folds Presents: University a Cappella!100
The Black Lillies · Whiskey Angel100
Lonetones · Canaries100
Teenage Love · No Excuses100
Zimology · In Concert USA100
SongOther Votes
Antony & the Johnsons · "Epilepsy Is Dancing"4
Booker T. · "Hey Ya"1
The Black Lillies · "Whiskey Angel"0
Katie and the Bass Drums · "Dumpster Lovin'"0
Kevin Abernathy Band · "Stay"0
Luke Powers · "Johnny Rotten Come to Jesus"0
Senryu · "Shiver and Shine"0
Superdrag · "Aspertame"0
Teenage Love · "Dirty Side of Town"0
Willie Nile · "Her Love Falls Like Rain"0

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.0192Amanda Petrusich · 2009
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.0182Derek Barber · 2009
.0182Don Allred · 2009
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2008 original ballot
Centricity.221#333 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
TV on the Radio · Dear Science10153
Elvis Costello and the Imposters · Momofuku1013
James McMurtry · Just Us Kids1013
Ray Davies and the Crouch End Festival Chorus · Working Man's Cafe105
Heiskell · Clip on Nose Ring100
Malcolm Holcombe · Gamblin' House100
Mic Harrison & the High Score · On the Right Side of the Grass100
Romantica · America100
The Tenderhooks · New Ways to Butcher English100
Weezer · Weezer100
SongOther Votes
Auktyon · "Profukal"0
Bob Frank · "One Big Family"0
Heiskell · "Sick of Nothing"0
James McMurtry · "Hurricane Party"0
Mic Harrison & the High Score · "He Gets High"0
Randy Newman · "Feels Like Home"0
Romantica · "National Side"0
The Tenderhooks · "Customer Service"0
Weezer · "The Greatest Man Who Ever Lived"0
West Side Daredevils · "You Can Have It All"0

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