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.
A.D. Amorosi
Overall
Centricity.366#512 of 1281
Breadth.492#406 of 1297
Metalism.000#425 of 1297
2012 original ballot
Centricity.550#88 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas1130
Frank Ocean · Channel Orange10169
Kendrick Lamar · Good Kid, m.A.A.d City10125
Swans · The Seer1050
Scott Walker · Bish Bosch1021
Lana Del Rey · Born to Die1012
Meshell Ndegeocello · Pour Une Ame Souveraine102
Dave Douglas · Be Still100
Jherek Bischoff · Composed100
Death Grips · The Money Store915
SongOther Votes
Kanye West (ft. Big Sean, Pusha T and 2 Chainz) · "Mercy"37
Kendrick Lamar · "Swimming Pools (Drank)"17
Killer Mike · "Reagan"11
Danny Brown · "Grown Up"7
Cassie · "King of Hearts"5
Jessie Ware · "110%"4
King Tuff · "Bad Thing"2
Odd Future · "Oldie"2
Angel Haze · "Werking Girls"1
A$AP Rocky · "Bath Salts"0

Similar Ballots
.19911Christopher Alexander · 2012
.1918Anthony Miccio · 2012
.19010Marty Brown · 2012
.1818Brent Baldwin · 2012
.1789Josh Love · 2012
.16710Jessica Suarez · 2012
.1649Chaz Kangas · 2012
.1368Jim Fouratt · 2012
.1317Alfred Soto · 2012
.1268Mosi Reeves · 2012
.1237Sowmya Krishnamurthy · 2012
.1218Roy Trakin · 2012
.1208Pierre Lestruhaut · 2012
.1198Steve Erickson · 2012
.1188Jonathan Lundeen · 2012
.1087@Discographies · 2012
.1087Anthony Lombardi · 2012
.1077Caitlin White · 2012
.1047Kathy Iandoli · 2012
.1027Zach Kelly · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.275#379 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Tom Waits · Bad As Me1095
Drake · Take Care1080
The Roots · Undun1059
Björk · Biophilia108
Glen Campbell · Ghost on the Canvas108
Saturn Never Sleeps · Yesterday's Machine102
The Weeknd · Thursday101
The Claudia Quintet +1 · What Is the Beautiful?100
Gemini Wolf & Co. · Panagea100
Kid Creole · I Woke Up Screaming100

Similar Ballots
.1124David Adler · 2011
.1104Jill Ettinger · 2011
.1064Preston Jones · 2011
.1024Jason Gargano · 2011
.1024Paul Robicheau · 2011
.0966Ron Hart · 2011
.0944Cameron Macdonald · 2011
.0895John Vettese · 2011
.0855George Varga · 2011
.0804Carlo Wolff · 2011
.0804Chris Norris · 2011
.0735Ryan Patrick · 2011
.0684Buzz Morison · 2011
.0674Holly George-Warren · 2011
.0665Michael Robbins · 2011
.0624Jon Bream · 2011
.0564Holly Gleason · 2011
.0534Clover Hope · 2011
.0504Will Hermes · 2011
.0503Craig Carson · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.512#129 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy10265
LCD Soundsystem · This Is Happening10151
Janelle Monáe · The ArchAndroid10133
Grinderman · Grinderman 21061
Cee Lo Green · The Lady Killer1043
Elton John & Leon Russell · The Union108
Robert Wyatt, Gilad Atzmon, Ros Stephen · For the Ghosts Within103
Bruno Mars · Doo-Wops & Hooligans102
Billy Nayer Show · Billy Nayer Show100
Thom McCarthy · I Lost Half of My Album & My Favorite Hat in the '92 Flood100

Similar Ballots
.30910Jim DeRogatis · 2010
.1639Julia Simon · 2010
.1459Brian Braiker · 2010
.1439Dan DeLuca · 2010
.1396Ben Schumer · 2010
.1326Kyle Munson · 2010
.1326Max Berry · 2010
.1307Douglas Wolk · 2010
.1288Britt Robson · 2010
.1187Daniel Durchholz · 2010
.1178Ken Capobianco · 2010
.1146Jeanne Fury · 2010
.1138Ross Raihala · 2010
.1136Scott Wilson · 2010
.1087Althea Legaspi · 2010
.1077Gary Chun · 2010
.1034Jose Davila · 2010
.1026Chris Conaton · 2010
.1017Brian Orloff · 2010
.1007Scott Mervis · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.126#512 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Avett Brothers · I and Love and You1041
Sonic Youth · The Eternal1041
Loudon Wainwright III · High Wide and Handsome: The Charlie Poole Project1013
Nellie McKay · Normal As Blueberry Pie: A Tribute to Doris Day1010
David Sylvian · Manafon107
Major Lazer · Guns Don't Kill People... Lazers Do107
Melody Gardot · My One and Only Thrill103
Digital Primitives · Hum Crackle & Pop100
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis · The Death of Bunny Munroe100
Theo Bleckmann (ft. John Hollenbeck and Gary Versace) · Refuge Trio100
SongOther Votes
Jay-Z (ft. Alicia Keys) · "Empire State of Mind"88
Lady Gaga · "Paparazzi"35
Lily Allen · "The Fear"19
Kid Cudi · "Day 'N' Nite"15
Raekwon (ft. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck and Method Man) · "House of Flying Daggers"15
Basement Jaxx · "Raindrops"13
Kelly Clarkson · "I Do Not Hook Up"10
Micachu and the Shapes · "Golden Phone"8
Gossip · "Heavy Cross"7
Dirty Projectors and David Byrne · "Knotty Pine"6

Similar Ballots
.19510Gary Chun · 2009
.1779Scott Mervis · 2009
.1578Jim Macnie · 2009
.1448Pete Glowatsky · 2009
.1417Mark Zepezauer · 2009
.1307Jon Bream · 2009
.1287Chris Molanphy · 2009
.1257Marcello Carlin · 2009
.1237Caryn Ganz · 2009
.1227Ellis Widner · 2009
.1217Steve Smith · 2009
.1216Nick Spacek · 2009
.1176Michael Endelman · 2009
.1116Jim Tremayne · 2009
.1076Bill Crandall · 2009
.1056Omar Kholeif · 2009
.1046Rachel Devitt · 2009
.1026Kevin O'Donnell · 2009
.1026Ron Hart · 2009
.1026Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2009
Similar Voters
.10116Christopher Alexander
.0968Anthony Miccio
.09011Steve Smith
.07916Kathy Iandoli
.07715Jessica Suarez
.07621Scott Mervis
.07616Nick Feldman
.07325Gary Chun
.07125Steve Erickson
.07122Jim Macnie
.07122Jon Bream
.07115Jason Gargano
.07018Britt Robson
.07015Anthony Lombardi
.06920Ron Hart
.06919Brent Baldwin
.0686Bill Crandall
.06721Michael Robbins
.06714Jim DeRogatis
.06712Quentin Huff
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