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.
 
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Some explanation of the various esoteric metrics:
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Jesse Jarnow
Overall
Centricity.159#939 of 1228
Breadth.857#26 of 1244
Metalism.007#385 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.124#470 of 601
Metalism.000#94 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Swans · To Be Kind1049
Parquet Courts · Sunbathing Animal1046
Eno/Hyde · High Life107
Hamish Kilgour · All of It and Nothing103
Ooioo · Gamel102
Grandma Sparrow & His Piddletractor Orchestra · Grandma Sparrow & His Piddletractor Orchestra101
Shintaro Sakamoto · Let's Dance Raw100
Tristan Perich/Vicky Chow · Surface Image100
William Tyler · Lost Colony100
Zea · The Swimming City100
SongOther Votes
Peter Stampfel & the Brooklyn & Lower Manhattan Banjo Squadron · "NSA Man"1
14th Floor · "Roya"0
Bill Frisell and James McNew · "Dark Star, 10/5/14 Town Hall, Seattle, WA"0
DVA · "Zoppe"0
Edie Brickell and Paul Simon · "Like to Get to Know You"0
Ex · "How Thick You Think"0
Freeze Puppy · "Katama Bay"0
Kikagaku Moyo · "Kodama"0
Knoxious · "Gargarin"0
Normal People · "Marya and Daphne"0

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.0554Jonathan Lundeen · 2014
.0534Kyle McGovern · 2014
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.0514Camille Dodero · 2014
.0514Matt Fiander · 2014
.0373Scott Plagenhoef · 2014
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2013 original ballot
Centricity.254#267 of 453
Metalism.000#114 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Yo la Tengo · Fade1517
Tim Hecker · Virgins1026
Julie Ruin · Run Fast1013
Endless Boogie · Long Island104
Glenn Jones · My Garden State102
Lonnie Holley · Just Before Music102
Bonnie "Prince" Billy · Bonnie "Prince" Billy101
Dump · The Silent Treatment100
Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band · Higgins Waterproof Black Magic Band100
Vampire Weekend · Modern Vampires of the City5108
SongOther Votes
Savages · "Husbands"4
Jeffrey Lewis & Peter Stampfel Band · "Do You Know Who I Am?! I'm @#*?!N' Snooki!!"1
Kim Deal · "Are You Mine?"1
Bill Orcutt, Bill Nace, Chris Corsano · "Live at Partners"0
Dayone · "Multiply"0
Dot Wiggins Band · "Banana Bike"0
James Taylor (ft. Malfunctiong Speaker) · "America the Beautiful (at Presidential Inauguration)"0
Paul Simon · "Pale Blue Eyes (16 December, Apollo Theater)"0
Unknown · "The Beach Boys Shred"0
Watts Little Angel Band · "New Orleans/Land of 1000 Dances"0

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.0695David Goldstein · 2013
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.0454Max Berry · 2013
.0454Michael Tatum · 2013
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2012 original ballot
Centricity.172#309 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lambchop · Mr. M306
Aaron Freeman · Marvelous Clouds201
Grass Widow · Internal Logic104
Tall Firs · Out of It and Into It100
Swans · The Seer550
Dirty Projectors · Swing Lo Magellan533
Leonard Cohen · Old Ideas530
Cate Le Bon · Cyrk51
Dustin Wong · Dreams Say, View, Create, Shadow Leads51
Talibam! & Sam Kulik · Discover AtlantASS50
SongOther Votes
New Surfsiders · "Never Learn Not to Love"1
Aaron Freeman · "Genene"0
Bill Orcutt · "Star-Spangled Banner"0
Dew Claw · "Put the Suck on You"0
Dump · "NYC Tonight"0
Jon · "Jon Counts to 100,000"0
Neil Young · "Arc 2012"0
Robert Wilkinson · "Bohemian Rhapsody"0
William Tapley · "Mitt Romney, a Hero in My Mind"0
Zea & Xavier Charles · "It's Quiet"0

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2011 original ballot
Centricity.118#559 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest1541
Ex · Catch My Shoe144
Tinariwen · Tassili1315
Arborea · Red Planet120
Caitlin Rose · Own Side Now112
Stephen Malkmus and the Jicks · Mirror Traffic928
Akron/Family · <Bmbz>80
Oneida · Absolute II70
Salyu · S(O)Un(D)Beams60
Feelies · Here Before513
SongOther Votes
The Babies · "Run Me Over"0
Brian Eno & Rick Holland · "Cloud 4"0
Group Inerane · "Group Inerane"0
KY International Big Band · "Paratiisi"0
The Men · "Shittin' With the Shah"0
People · "Human Microphone"0
Reigning Sound · "Everything I Do Is Wrong"0
Shinji Masuko · "Woven Music for Blue Steppe"0
Ty Segall · "I Am With You"0
Van Dyke Parks · "Wall Street"0

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2010 original ballot
Centricity.031#648 of 699
Metalism.000#120 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Sightings · City of Straw154
Sufjan Stevens · All Delighted People143
Sonny & the Sunsets · Tomorrow Is Alright131
Flower-Corsano Duo · The Chocolate Cities120
Dustin Wong · Infinite Love114
(various artists) · Stroke: Songs for Chris Knox90
Pill Wonder · Jungle/Surf80
Aias · A la Piscina71
Charlotte Gainsbourg · IRM616
William Tyler · Behold the Spirit52
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Sleigh Bells · "Rill Rill"38
Deerhunter · "Memory Boy"3
Zs · "New Slaves"2
Art Museums · "Sculpture Gardens"0
Dustin Wong · "Ice Melts Again"0
Highlife · "Wet Palm Trees"0
Jim O'Rourke (ft. Thurston Moore) · "Always Something There to Remind Me"0
The Mattoid · "I'm So Exicted"0
Tuli Kupferberg · "Various YouTube Perverbs"0

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2009 original ballot
Centricity.367#184 of 683
Metalism.050#107 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Dirty Projectors · Bitte Orca15107
Animal Collective · Merriweather Post Pavilion14153
Oneida · Rated O134
Yo la Tengo · Popular Songs1224
Circulatory System · Signal Morning113
Real Estate · Real Estate916
The Flaming Lips · Embryonic864
Greg Davis · Midpoint70
Fm3 · Buddha Machine 2.060
Chris Weisman · Tape Walk50
SongOther Votes
Animal Collective · "My Girls"75
Dirty Projectors · "Stillness Is the Move"63
Animal Collective · "What Would I Want? Sky"13
Sunn O))) · "Alice"3
Times New Viking · "Move to California"1
Akron/Family · "Everyone Is Guilty"0
Carl Sagan (ft. Stephen Hawking) · "A Glorious Dawn"0
Los Peyotes · "Bdaaa!!!"0
Megafaun · "Kaufmann's Ballad"0
Why? · "Into the Shadows of My Embrace"0

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2008 original ballot
Centricity.045#519 of 568
Metalism.000#123 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Why? · Alopecia158
Apollo Sunshine · Shall Noise Upon141
Animal Collective · Water Curses130
Oneida · Preteen Weaponry121
(various artists) · Yeti Five110
Skeletons · Money90
Shugo Tokumaru · Exit82
The Dodos · Visiter79
Chris Watson · Cima Verde60
El Guincho · Alegranza58
SongOther Votes
Fleet Foxes · "White Winter Hymnal"31
Vivian Girls · "Where Do You Run To"7
Bob Dylan · "Mississippi"2
David Byrne and Brian Eno · "My Big Nurse"1
Apollo Sunshine · "Money"0
Emiliana Torrini · "Jungle Drum"0
Everyone Brothers Band · "Obama Is Beautiful World"0
John Biz · "Mornings Made of Gold"0
Jolie Holland · "Love Henry"0
Oneida · "Cream Puff War"0

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