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.
Linda Leseman
Overall
Centricity.141#1060 of 1313
Breadth.450#462 of 1329
Metalism.225#49 of 1329
2014 original ballot
Centricity.019#589 of 601
Metalism.600#9 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Abysmal Dawn · Obsolescence170
Pyrrhon · The Mother of Virtues150
Animals As Leaders · The Joy of Motion121
Trap Them · Blissfucker111
Lazer/Wulf · The Beast of Left and Right100
Origin · Omnipresent90
Cretin · Stranger83
Rigor Mortis · Slaves to the Grave70
Artificial Brain · Labyrinth Constellation60
Mortals · Cursed to See the Future52

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.1204Laina Dawes · 2014
.0342Etan Rosenbloom · 2014
.0332John Mincemoyer · 2014
.0222Jeanne Fury · 2014
.0222Mike R. Meyer · 2014
.0212Darrell M McNeill · 2014
2012 original ballot
Centricity.188#298 of 485
Metalism.800#4 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Fiona Apple · The Idler Wheel...17100
Gojira · L'Enfant Sauvage154
Garbage · Not Your Kind of People122
Morbid Angel, Various Artists · Illud Divinum Insanus - the Remixes110
Wretched · Son of Perdition100
Torche · Harmonicraft96
Krallice · Years Past Matter83
Baroness · Yellow & Green724
Stolen Babies · Naught60
Dethklok · Dethalbum III50

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.1124Kevin Stewart-Panko · 2012
.1054Mike R. Meyer · 2012
.1004Austin L. Ray · 2012
.0975Scott Lapatine · 2012
.0864Craig Hlavaty · 2012
.0674Saul Austerlitz · 2012
.0674Steven Hyden · 2012
.0664Jonathan Lundeen · 2012
.0664Paul Thompson · 2012
.0654Jennifer Vineyard · 2012
.0443A.S. Van Dorston · 2012
.0413Ben Salmon · 2012
.0413Mike Mettler · 2012
.0393Jeremy D. Larson · 2012
.0383Steve Baltin · 2012
.0373Thomas Britt · 2012
.0342David Pehling · 2012
.0332Brent Burton · 2012
.0332Jeff Treppel · 2012
.0332Kurt Orzeck · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.184#494 of 693
Metalism.050#88 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lady Gaga · Born This Way1939
Diamond Plate · Generation Why?130
Lou Reed & Metallica · Lulu128
Black Cobra · Invernal111
Red Hot Chili Peppers · I'm With You101
Beastie Boys · Hot Sauce Committee Part 2916
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (ft. Karen O) · The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo (Soundtrack)81
Dreaming in Stereo · Dreaming in Stereo 270
Kills · Blood Pressures615
Adele · 21585
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109
Lady Gaga · "The Edge of Glory"22
St. Vincent · "Cruel"14
Lady Gaga · "YoĆ¼ and I"11
Trent Reznor & Atticus Ross (ft. Karen O) · "Immigrant Song"7
Lykke Li · "Youth Knows No Pain"5
Kills · "Satellite"2
Florence & the Machine · "Dog Days Are Over"1
The Cars · "Keep on Knocking"0
Robyn · "Indestructible"0

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.1468Marc Hirsh · 2011
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.1347Derek Paiva · 2011
.1187Chuck Campbell · 2011
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.1125Thor Christensen · 2011
.1106Ethan Stanislawski · 2011
.1087Lola Emanuelli · 2011
.1076Adam Graham · 2011
.1064Jon Wiederhorn · 2011
.1026James Montgomery · 2011
.0956Ken Tucker · 2011
.0946Chris Molanphy · 2011
.0926Stephen Thomas Erlewine · 2011
.0874Meredith Ochs · 2011
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2009 original ballot
Centricity.242#337 of 683
Metalism.100#64 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Black Crowes · Before the Frost...Until the Freeze1715
Dead Weather · Horehound1528
Regina Spektor · Far1213
Baroness · The Blue Record1138
Girl in a Coma · Trio B.C.101
A Place to Bury Strangers · Exploding Head95
Spinnerette · Spinnerette81
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · It's Blitz!7113
Kylesa · Static Tensions617
Muse · The Resistance58
SongOther Votes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · "Zero"58
Pearl Jam · "The Fixer"15
Green Day · "Know Your Enemy"9
Gossip · "Heavy Cross"7
Muse · "Uprising"7
Dead Weather · "Treat Me Like Your Mother"4
Amanda Blank · "Might Like You Better"1
Regina Spektor · "Laughing With"1
Girl in a Coma · "El Monte"0
Spinnerette · "All Babes Are Wolves"0

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.2117J T Ramsay · 2009
.2109Clifford J Corcoran · 2009
.2097Lina Lecaro · 2009
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.1286Trevor Kelley · 2009
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.1066Steve Erickson · 2009
.1044Dominic Salerno · 2009
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2008 original ballot
Centricity.071#495 of 568
Metalism.050#82 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lou Reed · Berlin: Live at St. Ann's Warehouse201
Black Keys · Attack & Release1017
The Sword · Gods of the Earth109
Amanda Palmer · Who Killed Amanda Palmer106
Stereolab · Chemical Chords104
Howlin' Rain · Magnificent Fiend103
Black Angels · Directions to See a Ghost102
Constantines · Kensington Heights101
Kills · Midnight Boom510
White Hinterland · Phylactery Factory50
SongOther Votes
Jack White & Alicia Keys · "Another Way to Die"1
Raveonettes · "You Want the Candy"1
Amanda Palmer · "Guitar Hero"0
Anna Nalick · "Shine"0
A Place to Bury Strangers · "I Know I'll See You"0
Killola · "You Can't See Me Because I'm a Stalker"0
Muse · "Feeling Good (Live)"0
The Offspring · "Hammerhead"0
Shiny Toy Guns · "Ricochet!"0
Spinnerette · "Valium Knights"0

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.1109Matthew Wilder
.09418Leonard Pierce
.0927Lina Lecaro
.08713Thor Christensen
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.0799Clifford J Corcoran
.0697Adriane Goetz
.06816Kristyn Pomranz
.0656Ben Mitchell
.06415Derek Paiva
.0648Jed Gottlieb
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.06310Omar Kholeif
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.0617J T Ramsay
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.05818Jennifer Vineyard
.0558Jeff Treppel
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