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.
Merritt Martin
Overall
Centricity.196#939 of 1313
Breadth.486#393 of 1329
Metalism.038#204 of 1329
2012 original ballot
Centricity.160#322 of 485
Metalism.000#95 of 493
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Tame Impala · Lonerism1555
Sharon Van Etten · Tramp1533
Disappears · Pre Language153
Lawrence Arabia · The Sparrow150
Slug Guts · Playin' in Time With the Deadbeat150
First Aid Kit · The Lion's Roar512
Diiv · Oshin59
Poliça · Give You the Ghost53
Crocodiles · Endless Flowers51
Violens · True51

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.1114Laura Leebove · 2012
.0915Max Blau · 2012
.0895Will Hermes · 2012
.0784Dan Reilly · 2012
.0764Erin Thompson · 2012
.0744Tyler Coates · 2012
.0724Jack Rabid · 2012
.0694Luis Paez-Pumar · 2012
.0684Kasia Galazka · 2012
.0684Matt Sebastian · 2012
.0654Althea Legaspi · 2012
.0614Nick Spacek · 2012
.0574Shane Harrison · 2012
.0472Emily Kimball · 2012
.0403Hilary Hughes · 2012
.0393Matthew Oshinsky · 2012
.0393Ross Raihala · 2012
.0383Andrew Hall · 2012
.0373Amanda Petrusich · 2012
.0373Joe Silva · 2012
2011 original ballot
Centricity.303#338 of 693
Metalism.000#140 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
PJ Harvey · Let England Shake15128
Twilight Singers · Dynamite Steps158
Centro-Matic · Candidate Waltz154
Liam Finn · Fomo151
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers · Teenage and Torture151
Wilco · The Whole Love553
Gillian Welch · The Harrow and the Harvest541
Bill Callahan · Apocalypse533
Telekinesis · 12 Desperate Straight Lines510
Pajama Club · Pajama Club50
SongOther Votes
Britney Spears · "Till the World Ends"38
Wild Flag · "Romance"31
Real Estate · "It's Real"17
Maroon 5 (ft. Christina Aguilera) · "Moves Like Jagger"10
Drake · "Headlines"7
PJ Harvey · "The Last Living Rose"4
Telekinesis · "Please Ask for Help"3
Twilight Singers · "On the Corner"1
Connan Mockasin · "Forever Dolphin Love"0
Shilpa Ray & Her Happy Hookers · "Heaven in Stereo"0

Similar Ballots
.22110Mike Escoto · 2011
.1437Dan Kois · 2011
.1327Jim Connelly · 2011
.1235Sean Nelson · 2011
.1175Paul Robicheau · 2011
.1126Robert Loerzel · 2011
.1125Josh Modell · 2011
.1066Bob Townsend · 2011
.1056Mark Deming · 2011
.1056Michael Ayers · 2011
.1024Michael Hoinski · 2011
.1014Christian Schaeffer · 2011
.1014Rob Trucks · 2011
.0935Rachel Leibrock · 2011
.0924J Poet · 2011
.0924Steve Matteo · 2011
.0924Thor Christensen · 2011
.0914David Menconi · 2011
.0904Kevin Moreau · 2011
.0895Laura Leebove · 2011
2010 original ballot
Centricity.221#421 of 699
Metalism.100#46 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
The National · High Violet1596
Grinderman · Grinderman 21561
Liars · Sisterworld1511
Laura Veirs · July Flame157
Rowland S. Howard · Pop Crimes151
Titus Andronicus · The Monitor574
Phosphorescent · Here's to Taking It Easy518
Dr. Dog · Shame, Shame57
Harvey Milk · A Small Turn of Human Kindness55
Apples in Stereo · Travellers in Space and Time52

Similar Ballots
.2978Noah Bailey · 2010
.1316Gabe Vodicka · 2010
.1216Robert Loerzel · 2010
.1214Jason Gargano · 2010
.1194David Menconi · 2010
.1184John Everhart · 2010
.1176David Hudnall · 2010
.1174Mark J. Lepage · 2010
.1144Ben Schumer · 2010
.1144Shawn Macomber · 2010
.1135Michael Ayers · 2010
.1114Max Berry · 2010
.1104Ramiro Burr · 2010
.1054Jonathan Perry · 2010
.1024Matthew Fritch · 2010
.1024Zeth Lundy · 2010
.1014MacKenzie Wilson · 2010
.0965Kelly Dearmore · 2010
.0944John Kenyon · 2010
.0875Ethan Stanislawski · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.123#521 of 683
Metalism.000#161 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
PJ Harvey and John Parish · A Woman a Man Walked By1512
Danger Mouse & Sparklehorse · Dark Night of the Soul154
Magnolia Electric Company · Josephine154
Phosphorescent · To Willie152
Nick Cave and Warren Ellis · White Lunar151
Mos Def · The Ecstatic558
Jarvis Cocker · Further Complications515
Buddy & Julie Miller · Written in Chalk514
Double Dagger · More55
7 Worlds Collide · The Sun Came Out52
SongOther Votes
Phoenix · "1901"80
Taylor Swift · "You Belong With Me"39
Neko Case · "This Tornado Loves You"18
PJ Harvey and John Parish · "Black Hearted Love"6
Buddy & Julie Miller · "Gasoline and Matches"5
St. Vincent · "Marrow"5
The Low Anthem · "Charlie Darwin"2
Telegraph Canyon · "Shake Your Fist"1
Metric · "Gold Guns Girls"0
The Paper Chase · "What Should We Do With Your Body? (The Lightning)"0

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.1728Noah Bailey · 2009
.1388Annie Zaleski · 2009
.1305Ed Condran · 2009
.1227Jennifer Vineyard · 2009
.1226Bob Townsend · 2009
.1126Byron Crawford · 2009
.1036Robert Loerzel · 2009
.0976Daniel Durchholz · 2009
.0964Joe Heim · 2009
.0944Sarah Zupko · 2009
.0876Paul Robicheau · 2009
.0846Scott Wilson · 2009
.0844Dominic Salerno · 2009
.0836Matthew Perpetua · 2009
.0835Ellis Widner · 2009
.0815Bret Gladstone · 2009
.0806Rob Harvilla · 2009
.0776Brian Orloff · 2009
.0775Chris Norton · 2009
.0735Andrew Casillas · 2009
.0735Chris Riemenschneider · 2009
2008 original ballot
Centricity.172#391 of 568
Metalism.100#42 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!1560
David Byrne and Brian Eno · Everything That Happens Will Happen Today1527
Goldfrapp · Seventh Tree157
Astronautalis · Pomegranate152
New Year · The New Year152
She & Him · Volume One527
Black Mountain · In the Future57
Sam Amidon · All Is Well56
Liam Finn · I'll Be Lightning53
Bottomless Pit · The Congress EP50
SongOther Votes
Coldplay · "Viva la Vida"38
T.I. · "Whatever You Like"20
Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds · "Dig, Lazarus, Dig!!!"13
Bon Iver · "Skinny Love"12
Beck · "Chemtrails"7
Black Keys · "Strange Tiems"0
Black Mountain · "Stormy High"0
Feist · "I Feel It All"0
Goldfrapp · "Happiness"0
New Year · "The Company I Can Get"0

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.1618Brian Orloff · 2008
.1265Julie Seabaugh · 2008
.1205Dominic Salerno · 2008
.1186Rachel Leibrock · 2008
.1126Jason Adams · 2008
.1006Greg Beets · 2008
.1004Noah Bailey · 2008
.0895Bret Gladstone · 2008
.0885Ian Mathers · 2008
.0884Steve Baltin · 2008
.0835Ed Masley · 2008
.0835Michael Pollock · 2008
.0825Daniel Kreps · 2008
.0825Philip Martin · 2008
.0815Justin Strout · 2008
.0805Lissa Townsend Rodgers · 2008
.0795Edna Gundersen · 2008
.0784Larry King · 2008
.0765Alec Hanley Bemis · 2008
.0735Steve Forstneger · 2008
Similar Voters
.18519Noah Bailey
.12016Bret Gladstone
.09818Ed Condran
.09410David Hudnall
.0929Dominic Salerno
.09114David Menconi
.08812Buzz Poole
.08812Steve Ciabattoni
.08810Lloyd Sachs
.08526Brian Orloff
.08521Michael Ayers
.08516Scott Wilson
.08219Matt Sebastian
.08119Bob Townsend
.07915Laura Leebove
.07612Mike Escoto
.07515Chris Riemenschneider
.07513Allen St John
.0756Steve Matteo
.07411Michael Hoinski
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