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.
 
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Mike Appelstein
Overall
Centricity.169#915 of 1228
Breadth.564#331 of 1244
Metalism.024#277 of 1244
2014 original ballot
Centricity.245#353 of 601
Metalism.000#94 of 612
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Angel Olsen · Burn Your Fire for No Witness1564
Courtney Barnett · A Sea of Split Peas1515
Sharon Van Etten · Are We There1052
New Pornographers · Brill Bruisers1042
Cold Beat · Over Me101
Nots · We Are Nots101
Game Theory · Blaze of Glory100
Game Theory · Dead Center100
Beck · Morning Phase550
Eyeless in Gaza · Mythic Language50
SongOther Votes
Wussy · "Teenage Wasteland"9
Angel Olsen · "Hi-Five"7
Bruiser Queen · "On the Radio"0
Cold Beat · "Fatal Bond"0
Teen · "A Rose 4 U"0

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.1465Nicholas Taylor · 2014
.1287Mac Wilson · 2014
.1206Gabriel Rosenberg · 2014
.1176Althea Legaspi · 2014
.1116Nick Spacek · 2014
.1106Aaron Frank · 2014
.1086Max Blau · 2014
.1064Seth Mnookin · 2014
.1054Stephen Slaybaugh · 2014
.1044Anders Smith Lindall · 2014
.0994Tim Riley · 2014
.0964Steve Klinge · 2014
.0954Charles R. Cross · 2014
.0954Scott Mervis · 2014
.0895Eric Danton · 2014
.0894Steve Horowitz · 2014
.0875Patrick Rogers · 2014
.0845Evan Rytlewski · 2014
.0704Leslie Berman · 2014
.0694Bonnie Stiernberg · 2014
2013 original ballot
Centricity.182#317 of 453
Metalism.000#114 of 457
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Xex · Change150
(various artists) · Enjoy the Experience: Homemade Records 1958-1992150
My Bloody Valentine · m b v1060
Waxahatchee · Cerulean Salt1023
Yo la Tengo · Fade1017
Pastels · Slow Summits106
Middle Class Fashion · Jungle101
Widowspeak · Almanac100
Low · The Invisible Way59
Joanna Gruesome · Weird Sister57
SongOther Votes
Yo la Tengo · "Ohm"10
Waxahatchee · "Peace and Quiet"2
Pastels · "Check My Heart"1
Bruiser Queen · "In Your Room"0
Nee · "Finches"0
Ruby Pins · "Chariot"0
Widowspeak · "The Swamps"0

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.1617Kate Silver · 2013
.1124Craig Carson · 2013
.1094Steve Klinge · 2013
.1056Todd Pruzan · 2013
.0955Ted Cox · 2013
.0875Dave Heaton · 2013
.0844James Ford · 2013
.0734Steven Arroyo · 2013
.0704Ross Raihala · 2013
.0674Joey Daniewicz · 2013
.0674Paul Thompson · 2013
.0654Zachary Smith · 2013
.0644Rob Sheffield · 2013
.0624Catherine Lewis · 2013
.0624Dan Weiss · 2013
.0624Jordan Cronk · 2013
.0624Marcos Hassan · 2013
.0604Jason Heller · 2013
.0604Kevin O'Donnell · 2013
.0473Doug Wallen · 2013
2012 original ballot
Centricity.042#453 of 485
Metalism.000#94 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Grass Widow · Internal Logic154
The dB's · Falling Off the Sky108
Evens · The Odds106
Magnetic Fields · Love at the Bottom of the Sea103
Mission of Burma · Unsound102
Liechtenstein · Fast Forward100
Shoes · Bazooka100
The Trypes · Music for Neighbors100
(various artists) · WTNG: Solid Bronze100
Middle Class Fashion · Girl Talk51
SongOther Votes
The Beach Boys · "That's Why God Made the Radio"8
Black Tambourine · "OneTwoThreeFour EP"0
Grass Widow · "Disappearing Industries"0
Grass Widow · "Under the Atmosphere"0
Magnetic Fields · "Your Girlfriend's Face"0
Mission of Burma · "Dust Devil"0
Sleepy Kitty · "Don't You Start"0
Toxie · "Newgate"0
Widowspeak · "Ballad of the Golden Hour"0

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.0684L. Kent Wolgamott · 2012
.0653Peter Gerstenzang · 2012
.0413Mike Appelstein · 2011
.0292Charles Johnson · 2012
.0292Jason Cherkis · 2012
.0282Jim Allen · 2012
.0282Jon Young · 2012
.0272Jud Cost · 2012
.0252Michael Fournier · 2012
.0232Bill Forman · 2012
.0223Mike Appelstein · 2013
.0212Bob McMahon · 2012
.0202Audra Schroeder · 2012
.0202Sarah Ventre · 2012
.0192Ben Donnelly · 2012
.0192Bill Holdship · 2012
.0192Jim Testa · 2012
.0192Mike Appelstein · 2009
.0192Roy Trakin · 2012
.0183Chris M. Junior · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.227#440 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Feelies · Here Before1513
Widowspeak · Widowspeak152
Vivian Girls · Share the Joy132
Wugazi · 13 Chambers122
The Beach Boys · The Smile Sessions1022
Mountain Goats · All Eternals Deck1016
Brave Irene · Brave Irene100
tUnE-yArDs · w h o k i l l5134
Low · C'mon517
Seapony · Go With Me50
SongOther Votes
Dum Dum Girls · "Coming Down"4
Pains of Being Pure at Heart · "Heart in Your Heartbreak"2
Grass Widow · "Milo Minute"1
JC Brooks & the Uptown Sound · "I Am Trying to Break Your Heart"1
Amor de Días · "Bunhill Fields"0
Dubb Nubb · "Mound City Baby"0
Ghostfunk · "Danger 500"0
Reading Rainbow · "Dead End"0
Widowspeak · "Gun Shy/Wicked Game"0

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.1125Tim O'Neil · 2011
.0994Evie Nagy · 2011
.0794Andrew Dansby · 2011
.0794Jim DeRogatis · 2011
.0774Ben Sisario · 2011
.0745Stephen Slaybaugh · 2011
.0684Dan Strachota · 2011
.0684Mark Deming · 2011
.0614Andrea Swensson · 2011
.0614Stephen Bush · 2011
.0584Laura Leebove · 2011
.0574Dave Heaton · 2011
.0574Mike Appelstein · 2009
.0563Curtis Schieber · 2011
.0554Matthew Oshinsky · 2011
.0554Michael Gallucci · 2011
.0524Ryan Wasoba · 2011
.0514Fred Mills · 2011
.0514Greg Kot · 2011
.0514Gustavo Turner · 2011
.0514Marissa G. Muller · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.110#539 of 699
Metalism.056#76 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Belle and Sebastian · Write About Love1218
Dum Dum Girls · I Will Be128
Magnetic Fields · Realism122
Frankie Rose & the Outs · Frankie Rose & the Outs120
Marnie Stern · Marnie Stern913
Grass Widow · Past Time92
Orange Juice · Coals to Newcastle91
Dolly Mixture · Everything & More90
Superchunk · Majesty Shredding848
Best Coast · Crazy for You843
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Wavves · "King of the Beach"6
Vaselines · "I Hate the 80s"1
Brilliant Colors · "Kissing's Easy"0
Dum Dum Girls · "Pay for Me"0
Frankie Rose & the Outs · "Candy"0
Veronica Falls · "Starry Eyes"0
The Welders · "The Welders"0

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.1115Michael Deeds · 2010
.1076Rachel Brodsky · 2010
.1014Craig Carson · 2010
.0986Jim Connelly · 2010
.0964Jason Toon · 2010
.0925Erin Thompson · 2010
.0904Stephen Slaybaugh · 2010
.0894Stephen Haag · 2010
.0875Mike Appelstein · 2009
.0864Dan Strachota · 2010
.0805Luke Hackney · 2010
.0805Tim Sendra · 2010
.0734Jeff Klingman · 2010
.0734Judy Berman · 2010
.0714Matt Ryan · 2010
.0705Nate Chinen · 2010
.0704Josh Modell · 2010
.0675Jim Tremayne · 2010
.0635Marcos Hassan · 2010
.0634Kenneth Partridge · 2010
.0634Patrick Rapa · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.253#321 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Yo la Tengo · Popular Songs1524
Grass Widow · Grass Widow151
Liechtenstein · Survival Strategies in a Modern World151
The xx · The xx1092
Pains of Being Pure at Heart · The Pains of Being Pure at Heart1047
Sonic Youth · The Eternal1041
Big Star · Keep an Eye on the Sky1013
Camera Obscura · My Maudlin Career531
Vivian Girls · Everything Goes Wrong51
Brilliant Colors · Introducing50
SongOther Votes
The xx · "Crystalised"17
Best Coast · "Sun Was High (So Was I)"4
Crystal Stilts · "Love Is a Wave"2
Dum Dum Girls · "Brite Futures"0
Dum Dum Girls · "Don't Talk to Me"0
The Fall Colors · "The Fall Colors (Four-Song EP)"0
Frankie Rose & the Outs · "Thee Only One"0
Grass Widow · "Grass Widow (EP)"0
Jeff Mangum · "Sign the Dotted Line"0
Pearl Harbor · "Sunburn"0

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.1646Matt Sebastian · 2009
.1626Rob Trucks · 2009
.1626Steve Klinge · 2009
.1106Kate Silver · 2009
.1086Eric Danton · 2009
.1036Shane Harrison · 2009
.0974Jonathan Perry · 2009
.0974Luke Hackney · 2009
.0934Curtis Schieber · 2009
.0915Mike Appelstein · 2010
.0894Drew Fortune · 2009
.0884Deborah Sprague · 2009
.0884Jason Gargano · 2009
.0884Kembrew McLeod · 2009
.0875Julia Simon · 2009
.0874Andy Phillips · 2009
.0874Dan Strachota · 2009
.0854Christian Hoard · 2009
.0845David Goldstein · 2009
.0845Mike McGonigal · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.123#440 of 568
Metalism.118#39 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Magnetic Fields · Distortion1221
Vivian Girls · Vivian Girls1220
Belle and Sebastian · The BBC Sessions122
Beck · Modern Guilt1024
Love Is All · A Hundred Things Keep Me Up at Night106
Stereolab · Chemical Chords104
Jennifer O'Connor · Here With Me101
Marnie Stern · This Is It . . .810
Crystal Stilts · Alight of Night89
Mount Eerie With Julie Doiron & Fred Squire · Lost Wisdom82
SongOther Votes
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"13
Vivian Girls · "Where Do You Run To"7
Marnie Stern · "Ruler"1
Nodzzz · "I Don't Wanna (Smoke Marijuana)"1
Sexy Kids · "Sisters Are Forever"1
The 75s · "Finders Keepers"0
Pains of Being Pure at Heart · "Everywhere With You"0

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.1956Jason Toon · 2008
.1156Mike McGonigal · 2008
.1054Joseph Robinson · 2008
.1034Jennifer Maerz · 2008
.1014Dana Bos · 2008
.0984Allen St John · 2008
.0965John Elsasser · 2008
.0944Phil Dellio · 2008
.0865Adam Mazmanian · 2008
.0855Austin L. Ray · 2008
.0814Stephen Slaybaugh · 2008
.0754Rachel Leibrock · 2008
.0714John Everhart · 2008
.0684Kate Silver · 2008
.0674Tim Sendra · 2008
.0644Ricardo Baca · 2008
.0634Ted Cox · 2008
.0624Ken Rayes · 2008
.0624Rob Trucks · 2008
.0614Ed Masley · 2008
.0614Greg Kot · 2008
.0614Matt Sullivan · 2008
Similar Voters
.11123Stephen Slaybaugh
.09612Jason Toon
.08722Steve Klinge
.08519Kate Silver
.08112Mac Wilson
.07913Rob Trucks
.07416Dan Strachota
.0709Nicholas Taylor
.06812Mike McGonigal
.06615Matt Sebastian
.06613Curtis Schieber
.06610Craig Carson
.0659Drew Fortune
.06413Laura Leebove
.06314Rachel Leibrock
.06115Shane Harrison
.05911Jason Gargano
.05817Eric Danton
.0589Luke Hackney
.05713Max Blau
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