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.
Randy Lewis
Overall
Centricity.198#934 of 1313
Breadth.233#943 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2011 original ballot
Centricity.054#623 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Emmylou Harris · Hard Bargain150
Anna Calvi · Anna Calvi144
Shelby Lynne · Revelation Road136
Joe Henry · Reverie125
DeVotchKa · 100 Lovers110
John Hiatt · Dirty Jeans and Mudslide Hymns93
Dave Alvin · Eleven Eleven85
Hayes Carll · KMAG YOYO (& Other American Stories)715
Steve Earle · I'll Never Get Out of This World Alive63
Mike Eldred Trio · 61 and 4950

Similar Ballots
.1234Larry King · 2011
.0824Richard Skanse · 2011
.0673Ellis Widner · 2008
.0503Max Berry · 2011
.0493Geoffrey Himes · 2011
.0473Rick Mitchell · 2011
.0352Jeff Vrabel · 2011
.0342Allen St John · 2009
.0342Curtis Schieber · 2011
.0342Kevin Moreau · 2011
.0342Steve Simels · 2011
.0342Tad Hendrickson · 2011
.0332Jose Davila · 2011
.0332Meredith Ochs · 2011
.0332Tom Hull · 2011
.0322Andrew Dansby · 2011
.0322David Shirley · 2011
.0322Justin Cober-Lake · 2011
.0322Michael Hoinski · 2011
.0322Phil Sutcliffe · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.357#298 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Jakob Dylan · Women and Country154
Neil Young · Le Noise1427
Mary Gauthier · The Foundling131
Sparks · Seduction of Ingmar Bergman121
Tom Jones · Praise & Blame118
John Jorgenson · One Stolen Night91
Peter Gabriel · Scratch My Back81
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs7144
Los Lobos · Tin Can Trust69
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy5265

Similar Ballots
.2236Larry King · 2010
.2146Steve Ciabattoni · 2010
.1276Bud Scoppa · 2010
.1074Allen St John · 2010
.1064Anthony DeCurtis · 2010
.1024William Ruhlmann · 2010
.1014Lloyd Sachs · 2010
.0994Michael Deeds · 2010
.0916Ken Rayes · 2010
.0816Al Choman · 2010
.0816Bob Grossweiner · 2010
.0786Paul Robicheau · 2010
.0754Steve Baltin · 2010
.0664Tom Lane · 2010
.0624Andrew Gilstrap · 2010
.0614Jason Buhrmester · 2010
.0614Matt Sebastian · 2010
.0484Carlo Wolff · 2010
.0483Steve Leftridge · 2010
.0474Max Berry · 2010
2008 original ballot
Centricity.184#377 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Randy Newman · Harps and Angels1547
Hayes Carll · Trouble in Mind1416
Jackie Greene · Give Up the Ghost130
Kasey Chambers and Shane Nicholson · Rattlin' Bones125
Lucinda Williams · Little Honey1121
Neil Young · Sugar Mountain: Live at Canterbury House 196898
David Byrne and Brian Eno · Everything That Happens Will Happen Today827
Rodney Crowell · Sex & Gasoline76
Jamey Johnson · That Lonesome Song617
Ray Davies and the Crouch End Festival Chorus · Working Man's Cafe55

Similar Ballots
.2186Meredith Ochs · 2008
.2106Edd Hurt · 2008
.1616Larry King · 2008
.1316L. Kent Wolgamott · 2008
.1214William Ruhlmann · 2008
.1204Julie Seabaugh · 2008
.1204Max Berry · 2008
.1184Allen St John · 2008
.1174Bob Grossweiner · 2008
.1164Werner Trieschmann · 2008
.1154Steve Pick · 2008
.1144Jeff Tamarkin · 2008
.1124Mike Berick · 2008
.1124Peter Gerstenzang · 2008
.1105Richard Skanse · 2008
.0965Steve Knopper · 2008
.0784Rachel Leibrock · 2008
.0734Andrew Stout · 2008
.0724Steve Reynolds · 2008
.0714Robert Christgau · 2008
Similar Voters
.1028Steve Pick
.09116Larry King
.0889William Ruhlmann
.0838Steve Ciabattoni
.08010Allen St John
.0784Werner Trieschmann
.07510Meredith Ochs
.0576Phil Sutcliffe
.0564Julie Seabaugh
.0546Edd Hurt
.0485Anthony DeCurtis
.0484Sean Daly
.0475Lloyd Sachs
.04611Richard Skanse
.04511Max Berry
.0438Holly George-Warren
.0438Rick Mitchell
.0427Craig Hlavaty
.0424Scott Holter
.0397Bobby Reed
.0397Jeff Tamarkin
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com