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.
Don Share
Overall
Centricity.087#1143 of 1281
Breadth.200#979 of 1297
Metalism.000#425 of 1297
2014 original ballot
Centricity.161#436 of 601
Metalism.000#97 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Ex Hex · Rips1057
Beck · Morning Phase1050
Leonard Cohen · Popular Problems1028
Pink Floyd · The Endless River103
Robyn Hitchcock · The Man Upstairs103
The Velvet Underground · The Velvet Underground 45th Anniversary Super Deluxe Edition103
David Bowie · Nothing Has Changed100
The Kinks · The Kinks Anthology, 1964-1971100
The Moles · Flashbacks and Dream Sequences100
The Who · Hits 50!100
SongOther Votes
David Bowie · "Sue"0

Similar Ballots
.1216Steve Erickson · 2014
.1124J Neo Marvin · 2014
.1114Jim Sullivan · 2014
.0694Sarah Ventre · 2014
.0684Elliott Sharp · 2014
.0644Adam Gold · 2014
.0644Erik Thompson · 2014
.0624Brian Orloff · 2014
.0614Mac Wilson · 2014
.0614Max Blau · 2014
.0604Ray Padgett · 2014
.0562Don Share · 2011
.0463Mike McGonigal · 2014
.0433Joe Silva · 2014
.0383Carter Maness · 2014
.0373Steve Leftridge · 2014
.0342Oliver Hall · 2014
.0302Andrew Leahey · 2014
.0302Janelle Bitker · 2014
.0292Salvatore Caputo · 2014
2011 original ballot
Centricity  
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
The Beach Boys · The Smile Sessions2022
The Who · Quadrophenia: The Director's Cut201
Pink Floyd · Dark Side of the Moon151
Daddy Cool · Daddy Who? Daddy's Cool ! (40th Anniversary Edition)100
Pink Floyd · Wish You Were Here Immersion Box100

Similar Ballots
.0894Colin Fleming · 2011
.0402Jonathan Perry · 2011
.0382Andrew Dansby · 2011
.0382Don Share · 2014
.0382Jon Dale · 2011
.0372Curtis Schieber · 2011
.0362Michael Goldberg · 2011
.0352Edd Hurt · 2011
.0352Jaime Lees · 2011
.0352Steve Simels · 2011
.0292Peter Gerstenzang · 2011
.0242Michael Gallucci · 2011
.0232Al Choman · 2011
.0232Chris Willman · 2011
.0232Ken Rayes · 2011
.0212Alex Pappademas · 2011
.0212Gustavo Turner · 2011
.0212Jakob Dorof · 2011
.0212James Bradley · 2011
.0212Stacey Anderson · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.013#688 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Rolling Stones · Exile on Main St.103
John Lennon and Yoko Ono · Double Fantasy Stripped Down101
Neu! · Box101
Peter Stampfel · Dook of the Beatniks101
Peter Stampfel & Baby Gramps · Outertainment101
The Who · Live at Leeds (Super Deluxe Edition)101
13th Floor Elevators · Complete Singles Collection100
Syd Barrett · An Introduction to Syd Barrett100
XTC · Skylarking (Remastered Vinyl)100
(various artists) · Come & Get It100
SongOther Votes
Johnny Cash · "Aloha Oe"0

Similar Ballots
.1194Rick Petreycik · 2010
.0493Robert Christgau · 2010
.0362Craig Hlavaty · 2010
.0332Jonathan Perry · 2010
.0322Jonathan Perry · 2011
.0232Phillip Overeem · 2010
.0212Colin Fleming · 2010
.0203David Cotner · 2010
Similar Voters
.0615Rick Petreycik
.0486Jonathan Perry
.0446Colin Fleming
.0334Jim Sullivan
.0315Erik Thompson
.0294Ray Padgett
.0286Curtis Schieber
.0284J Neo Marvin
.0274Robert Nedelkoff
.0227Steve Erickson
.0226Ken Rayes
.0215Andrew Dansby
.0214Mac Wilson
.0195Gustavo Turner
.0195Phil Gallo
.0186Bill Holdship
.0184Peter Gerstenzang
.0182Andrew Leahey
.0182Jaime Lowe
.0175James Barber
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com