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.
John Kenyon
Overall
Centricity.286#723 of 1313
Breadth.258#886 of 1329
Metalism.000#442 of 1329
2011 original ballot
Centricity.193#482 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Boston Spaceships · Let It Beard153
William Elliott Whitmore · Field Songs151
Wye Oak · Civilian1027
Feelies · Here Before1013
Matthew Ryan · I Recall Standing As Though Nothing Could Fall101
Tim Finn · The View Is Worth the Climb100
Wilco · The Whole Love853
Tommy Keene · Behind the Parade85
St. Vincent · Strange Mercy764
King Creosote & Jon Hopkins · Diamond Mine77
SongOther Votes
Guided by Voices · "The Unsinkable Fats Domino"2
Wye Oak · "Strangers"1

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.1316Mark Deming · 2011
.1266Stephen Thompson · 2011
.1054David Menconi · 2011
.1034Josh Modell · 2011
.0904Paul Robicheau · 2011
.0894Thor Christensen · 2011
.0644Luis Paez-Pumar · 2011
.0634Marc Hirsh · 2011
.0624Rachel Leibrock · 2011
.0604Michael Azerrad · 2011
.0584Mike Escoto · 2011
.0544Brian Orloff · 2011
.0544Mark Zepezauer · 2011
.0443Greg Franklin · 2011
.0443John Kenyon · 2009
.0443Spencer Patterson · 2011
.0363Noel Murray · 2011
.0353Gary Chun · 2011
.0342Evie Nagy · 2011
.0342Kevin Moreau · 2011
.0342Steve Horowitz · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.196#451 of 699
Metalism.000#121 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
The National · High Violet1096
Titus Andronicus · The Monitor1074
Superchunk · Majesty Shredding1048
Teenage Fanclub · Shadows1010
Steve Wynn & the Miracle 3 · Northern Aggression105
Besnard Lakes · The Besnard Lakes Are the Roaring Night104
Devo · Something for Everybody104
Brad Mehldau · Highway Rider103
Josh Ritter · So Runs the World Away103
Crowded House · Intriguer102

Similar Ballots
.1636Ed Condran · 2010
.1206George A. Paul · 2010
.1184Jeff Vrabel · 2010
.1164Matt Hickey · 2010
.1134J Edward Keyes · 2010
.1114Max Berry · 2010
.1044Michael Deeds · 2010
.1044Stephen Haag · 2010
.0994Josh Modell · 2010
.0954Matthew Fritch · 2010
.0944Merritt Martin · 2010
.0935Drew Fortune · 2010
.0895Jim Connelly · 2010
.0885Ian Hrabe · 2010
.0774Michael Ayers · 2010
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.0704Patrick Rapa · 2010
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2009 original ballot
Centricity.469#99 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Deer Tick · Born on Flag Day157
Grizzly Bear · Veckatimest10105
Neko Case · Middle Cyclone10105
The Flaming Lips · Embryonic1064
Fever Ray · Fever Ray1052
St. Vincent · Actor961
Pains of Being Pure at Heart · The Pains of Being Pure at Heart947
U2 · No Line on the Horizon925
Nirvana · Live at Reading910
DJ Spooky · Secret Song90
SongOther Votes
Grizzly Bear · "Two Weeks"64
Neko Case · "People Got a Lotta Nerve"16
Bob Dylan · "Must Be Santa"5
Boston Spaceships · "How Wrong You Are"1
Deer Tick · "Easy"0
William Elliott Whitmore · "Mutiny"0

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.1176Brooke Foster
.11313Eric T Miller
.1118Liz Colville
.09511Matt Hickey
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.08310J Edward Keyes
.08211Julia Simon
.0829Adrienne Day
.0808Salvatore Caputo
.07810Thor Christensen
.0787Drew Fortune
.0757Barney Hoskyns
.0735Joan Anderman
.0728Jeff Vrabel
.0719Bret Gladstone
.0718Caitlin Dewey
.0718Ian Hrabe
.07012Laura Leebove
.0706Ken Micallef
.06911Ed Condran
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com