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.
Brian Smith
Overall
Centricity.103#1143 of 1313
Breadth.377#630 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2011 original ballot
Centricity.069#609 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Anna Waronker · California Fade250
Rich Robinson · Through a Crooked Sun200
The Black Watch · Led Zeppelin Five150
Danny Brown · XXX1042
Drive-By Truckers · Go-Go Boots58
Smith Westerns · Dye It Blonde58
Barbara Lynn · A Good Woman: The Complete Tribe & Jetstream Singles 1966-197950
Esther Phillips · Performance50
Gene Clark · White Light50
The Morning After Girls · Alone50
SongOther Votes
Foster the People · "Pumped Up Kicks"38
Das Racist · "Michael Jackson"19
Danny Brown · "Adderall Admiral"1
Bad Meets Evil · "Lighters"0
Black Pussy · "Marijuana"0
Drive-By Truckers · "Go-Go Boots"0
Kenny Tudrick · "Topper Lane"0
Lloyd Cole · "Writers Retreat!"0
Rich Robinson · "I Don't Hear the Sound of You"0
Smoking Popes · "Wish We Were"0

Similar Ballots
.0604Travis Hay · 2011
.0594Rob Harvilla · 2011
.0584Gary Chun · 2011
.0584Philip Martin · 2011
.0574Chris Burlingame · 2011
.0574Jere Pilapil · 2011
.0564Alan Baban · 2011
.0544Jonah Weiner · 2011
.0413Richard Gehr · 2011
.0383Sarah Ventre · 2011
.0373Ed Condran · 2011
.0373Mike Prevatt · 2011
.0373Nick Feldman · 2011
.0353Wesley Case · 2011
.0343Andy Hutchins · 2011
.0333Maureen Miller · 2011
.0323Michael Tedder · 2011
.0282Stephen Haag · 2011
.0242Christel Loar · 2011
.0222Jason Bracelin · 2011
.0222Nathan Hogan · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.125#521 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lloyd Cole · Broken Record201
Janelle Monáe · The ArchAndroid10133
Band of Horses · Infinite Arms1012
Sights · Most of What Follows Is True103
Bill Withers · +'Justments100
Jammë · Jammë100
Nat King Cole · Love Is the Thing100
Ray Charles · The Genius Sings the Blues100
Syl Johnson · Complete Mythology57
Iggy Pop and James Williamson · Kill City50

Similar Ballots
.0563Martin Johnson · 2010
.0432David M Snyder · 2010
.0362Brett Koshkin · 2010
.0362Brian Bowe · 2010
.0362Jonah Flicker · 2010
.0353Andrew Dansby · 2010
.0353Tim Grierson · 2010
.0352Martin Cizmar · 2010
.0342Matt Rogers · 2010
.0332Bob Mehr · 2010
.0332Jon Young · 2010
.0322Bill Holmes · 2010
.0322Bobby Tanzilo · 2010
.0322Eddie Fleisher · 2010
.0322Scott Holter · 2010
.0312Lee Zimmerman · 2010
.0262Bill Holdship · 2010
.0242David A Cobb · 2010
.0222Matt Sebastian · 2010
.0222Rob Hatch-Miller · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.183#417 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Rickie Lee Jones · Balm in Gilead253
New York Dolls · 'Cause I Sez So2010
Black Crowes · Before the Frost...Until the Freeze1515
Lily Allen · It's Not Me, It's You1036
Neko Case · Middle Cyclone5105
Lee Fields & the Expressions · My World56
Echo and the Bunnymen · The Fountain53
Bobby Emmett · Learning Love52
Marvin Gaye · What's Going On50
Matt Jones · The Black Path50
SongOther Votes
Phoenix · "1901"80
Neko Case · "People Got a Lotta Nerve"16
Lily Allen · "Fuck You"9
Brendan Benson · "A Whole Lot Better"2
Echo and the Bunnymen · "Think I Need It Too"2
Lee Fields & the Expressions · "Love Comes and Goes"2
Bobby Emmett · "Queen of Hearts"0
Mos Def · "24 Hour Karate School"0
Pilot Speed · "Put the Phone Down"0
Rickie Lee Jones · "Wild Girl"0

Similar Ballots
.1225Dominic Salerno · 2009
.1205Jed Gottlieb · 2009
.1205Zeth Lundy · 2009
.1185Jim DeRogatis · 2009
.1076Dave Gil de Rubio · 2009
.1036Chris Molanphy · 2009
.1036Otis Hart · 2009
.0915Noah Bailey · 2009
.0884Stephen Haag · 2009
.0834Jon Young · 2009
.0825Byron Crawford · 2009
.0815Bret Gladstone · 2009
.0815James Barber · 2009
.0795Makkada B. Selah · 2009
.0765Chris Conaton · 2009
.0755Rob Harvilla · 2009
.0715Mosi Reeves · 2009
.0714Bobby Tanzilo · 2009
.0695Scott Wilson · 2009
.0674Raquel Cepeda-Jenkins · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.033#540 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Black Crowes · Warpaint305
Todd Snider · Peace Queer150
Dennis Wilson · Pacific Ocean Blue [Legacy Edition]103
Rodriguez · Cold Fact95
Shapeshifters · Invincible82
Nina Simone · To Be Free71
Dead Boys · We Have Come for Your Children60
Aimee Mann · @#%&*! Smilers53
Cheap Trick · Live at Budokan (30th Anniversay)50
Frank Sinatra · Sings for Only the Lonely50

Similar Ballots
.0382Matt Rogers · 2008
.0352David Shirley · 2008
.0352Jason Simms · 2009
.0342David Fricke · 2008
.0342Frank John Hadley · 2008
.0342Mike Rowell · 2008
.0332Ben Mitchell · 2008
.0332Bob Ruggiero · 2008
.0332Chuck Campbell · 2008
.0262Bill Holdship · 2008
.0222Nate Cavalieri · 2008
.0222Saul Austerlitz · 2008
.0212Tim Grierson · 2008
.0202Chairman Jefferson Mao · 2008
.0202Jonathan Cunningham · 2008
.0202Kenny Herzog · 2008
.0202Ron Hart · 2008
.0192Bill Holmes · 2008
.0192Bill Holmes · 2016
.0192Dave Gil de Rubio · 2008
.0192Jer Fairall · 2008
Similar Voters
.0626Matt Rogers
.0455Dominic Salerno
.0439Jim DeRogatis
.0416David Shirley
.04010Bill Holmes
.0385Noah Bailey
.03610Dave Gil de Rubio
.0369Bill Holdship
.0364David M Snyder
.03510Philip Martin
.0357Chairman Jefferson Mao
.0347Christel Loar
.0347Jon Young
.0335Jed Gottlieb
.0335Steve Smith
.0334Bill Crandall
.0329Chris Burlingame
.0325Whitney Pastorek
.0316Jonah Weiner
.0316Nic Hernandez
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