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.
Jason Adams
Overall
Centricity.409#437 of 1313
Breadth.458#449 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2011 original ballot
Centricity.287#361 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Adele · 211085
Bon Iver · Bon Iver1079
Black Keys · El Camino1053
TV on the Radio · Nine Types of Light1027
Feist · Metals1019
We Were Promised Jetpacks · In the Pit of the Stomach102
Elisa Grace · Elisa Grace100
Manchester Orchestra · Simple Math100
Mason Jennings · Minnesota100
Wooden Birds · Two Matchsticks100
SongOther Votes
Lana Del Rey · "Video Games"46
Cults · "Go Outside"10
Eleanor Friedberger · "My Mistakes"9
Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Why I Love You"3
Foster the People · "Helena Beat"2
Explosions in the Sky · "Trembling Hands"0
Matt Pond PA · "Love to Get Used"0
MNDR · "Cut Me Out"0
Shit Robot · "Losing My Patience"0
Thao & Mirah · "Eleven"0

Similar Ballots
.1727Preston Jones · 2011
.1689Roy Trakin · 2011
.1458Jillian Mapes · 2011
.1458Nicole Frehsee · 2011
.1368Chris Molanphy · 2011
.1358Al Choman · 2011
.1338Bob Grossweiner · 2011
.1287Bud Scoppa · 2011
.1227Chris Willman · 2011
.1227George Varga · 2011
.1187James Montgomery · 2011
.1097Mike Prevatt · 2011
.1047Gary Graff · 2011
.1035Jeff Vrabel · 2011
.0986Doree Shafrir · 2011
.0975Eddie Fleisher · 2011
.0956Ted Friedman · 2011
.0946Ken Rayes · 2011
.0936Gary Chun · 2011
.0926Kathy Iandoli · 2011
.0926Travis Hay · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.534#111 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Kanye West · My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy10265
LCD Soundsystem · This Is Happening10151
Arcade Fire · The Suburbs10144
Beach House · Teen Dream10110
Hot Chip · One Life Stand1022
Cloud Control · Bliss Release101
Mono · Holy Ground: NYC Live With the Wordless Music Orchestra101
Nada Surf · If I Had a Hi-Fi101
Rockabye Baby! · Lullaby Renditions of Kanye West100
(various artists) · I'm Here (Soundtrack to the Short Film)100
SongOther Votes
Kanye West (ft. Pusha T) · "Runaway"76
Best Coast · "Boyfriend"25
B.o.B (ft. Hayley Williams) · "Airplanes"13
Sleigh Bells · "Tell 'Em"9
Paramore · "The Only Exception"5
Mark Ronson & the Business International (ft. Boy George and Andrew Wyatt) · "Somebody to Love Me"2
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"1
School of Seven Bells · "Windstorm"1
Bear Hands · "What a Drag"0
Linkin Park · "The Catalyst"0

Similar Ballots
.21012Eric Danton · 2010
.2039Ben Schumer · 2010
.20210Nick Duerden · 2010
.20111Althea Legaspi · 2010
.19311Julia Simon · 2010
.17710Michael Gallucci · 2010
.1698Jason Gargano · 2010
.16810Ryan Schreiber · 2010
.16510Zach Kelly · 2010
.1658Jonah Flicker · 2010
.1649Michael Ayers · 2010
.1638Thor Christensen · 2010
.16110Anthony Lombardi · 2010
.15910Robert Bishop · 2010
.15910Saul Austerlitz · 2010
.1598Daniel Hopkins · 2010
.15710Ian Port · 2010
.15010Ramit Singh · 2010
.1498John Hood · 2010
.1458Barry Walters · 2010
2008 original ballot
Centricity.405#148 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
TV on the Radio · Dear Science10153
Santogold · Santogold1078
MGMT · Oracular Spectacular1040
Q-Tip · The Renaissance1031
She & Him · Volume One1027
Arthur Russell · Love Is Overtaking Me1010
Ratatat · Lp3105
Cold War Kids · Loyalty to Loyalty100
Mason Jennings · In the Ever100
Twi the Humble Feather · Music for Spaceships and Forests100
SongOther Votes
Estelle (ft. Kanye West) · "American Boy"69
BeyoncĂ© · "Single Ladies (Put a Ring on It)"57
M.I.A. · "Paper Planes"53
MGMT · "Time to Pretend"52
Coldplay · "Viva la Vida"38
Death Cab for Cutie · "I Will Possess Your Heart"20
T.I. · "Whatever You Like"20
Black Kids · "I'm Not Gonna Teach Your Boyfriend How to Dance With You"13
Lil Wayne (ft. Jay-Z) · "Mr. Carter"2
Adele · "Right As Rain"0

Similar Ballots
.31514Clover Hope · 2008
.29014Chris Molanphy · 2008
.24513Whitney Pastorek · 2008
.24412Roy Trakin · 2008
.21710Clifford J Corcoran · 2008
.21412Pete Glowatsky · 2008
.2129Amber Schadewald · 2008
.21010Andy Wang · 2008
.20011Eric Weisbard · 2008
.19410Edna Gundersen · 2008
.17710Brian Braiker · 2008
.17610Kristal Hawkins · 2008
.17510Justin Strout · 2008
.1757D. Patrick Rodgers · 2008
.1727Ken Micallef · 2008
.17010Rob Brunner · 2008
.16910Brian Orloff · 2008
.1659Cary Darling · 2008
.1659Simon Vozick-Levinson · 2008
.1629Jim Fouratt · 2008
Similar Voters
.14616John Hood
.14410Amber Schadewald
.14219Rob Brunner
.12811Cary Darling
.12515Whitney Pastorek
.12412Eric Weisbard
.11922Clover Hope
.11819Julia Simon
.11616Brian Braiker
.10716Michael Endelman
.10610Nicole Frehsee
.10514Ben Sisario
.10417Pete Freedman
.10220Andy Wang
.10212Corey Moss
.10116Bret Gladstone
.09813Pete Glowatsky
.09534Chris Molanphy
.09411Daniel Hopkins
.09322James Montgomery
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com