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.
Leonard Pierce
Overall
Centricity.390#485 of 1313
Breadth.523#332 of 1329
Metalism.225#49 of 1329
2011 original ballot
Centricity.326#305 of 693
Metalism.150#40 of 700
AlbumPointsOther Votes
PJ Harvey · Let England Shake10128
Adele · 211085
Lykke Li · Wounded Rhymes1036
Kendrick Lamar · Section.801027
Big KRIT · Return of 4Eva1018
Blut Aus Nord · 777: Sect(s)/The Desanctification104
Ulcerate · Destroyers of All102
Wormrot · Dirge102
Drugs of Faith · Corroded100
Hella · Tripper100
SongOther Votes
Adele · "Rolling in the Deep"109
Nicki Minaj · "Super Bass"94
Jay-Z and Kanye West · "Niggas in Paris"63
Florence & the Machine · "Shake It Out"15
St. Vincent · "Cruel"14
Lykke Li · "Get Some"13
Dawes · "A Little Bit of Everything"3
TV on the Radio · "You"2
My Morning Jacket · "Circuital"1
Hayes Carll · "Hard Out Here"0

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.1387Michael Barthel · 2011
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2010 original ballot
Centricity.406#247 of 699
Metalism.200#26 of 712
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Janelle Monáe · The ArchAndroid10133
Big Boi · Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty10119
Black Keys · Brothers1088
Sleigh Bells · Treats1085
The Roots · How I Got Over1049
Surfer Blood · Astro Coast1023
Agalloch · Marrow of the Spirit1015
Books · The Way Out106
High on Fire · Snakes for the Divine106
Shining · Blackjazz101
SongOther Votes
Cee Lo Green · "Fuck You!"186
Janelle Monáe (ft. Big Boi) · "Tightrope"103
Kanye West (ft. Pusha T) · "Runaway"76
Black Keys · "Tighten Up"25
Gorillaz (ft. Mos Def and Bobby Womack) · "Stylo"18
Sleigh Bells · "Infinity Guitars"11
Robyn · "Indestructible"4
Walkmen · "Stranded"3
Freeway & Jake One · "She Makes Me Feel All Right"1
Iron Maiden · "El Dorado"0

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.19911Daniel Durchholz · 2010
2009 original ballot
Centricity.295#276 of 683
Metalism.200#37 of 697
AlbumPointsOther Votes
Lightning Bolt · Earthly Delights142
Doom · Born Like This1321
Goatwhore · Carving Out the Eyes of God121
Future of the Left · Travels With Myself and Another1116
P.O.S. · Never Better1112
Raekwon · Only Built 4 Cuban Linx...Part II984
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · It's Blitz!8113
Baroness · The Blue Record838
Silversun Pickups · Swoon78
Skeletonwitch · Breathing the Fire70
SongOther Votes
Yeah Yeah Yeahs · "Zero"58
Lily Allen · "The Fear"19
Das Racist · "Combination Pizza Hut and Taco Bell"17
Neko Case · "People Got a Lotta Nerve"16
Raekwon (ft. Ghostface Killah, Inspectah Deck and Method Man) · "House of Flying Daggers"15
Kid Cudi (ft. Kanye West, Common and Lady Gaga) · "Make Her Say"6
Silversun Pickups · "Panic Switch"4
Method Man & Redman (ft. Bun B) · "City Lights"1
Future of the Left · "The Hope That House Built"0
Slayer · "Hate Worldwide"0

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2008 original ballot
Centricity.533#63 of 568
Metalism.350#19 of 579
AlbumPointsOther Votes
TV on the Radio · Dear Science10153
Portishead · Third10101
Santogold · Santogold1078
Lil Wayne · Tha Carter III1077
Sigur Rós · Med Sud I Eyrum Vid Spilum Endalaust1019
Marnie Stern · This Is It . . .1010
The Sword · Gods of the Earth109
Harvey Milk · Life...The Best Game in Town108
Jean Grae · Jeanius103
Lair of the Minotaur · War Metal Battle Master101
SongOther Votes
Lil Wayne · "A Milli"49
Portishead · "Machine Gun"24
TV on the Radio · "Golden Age"17
Nas · "Black President"6
AC/DC · "Rock 'N Roll Train"5
Los Campesinos! · "My Year in Lists"1
Opeth · "The Lotus Eater"1
Santogold · "I'm a Lady"1
Earth · "Miami Morning Coming Down II (Shine)"0
Torche · "Meanderthal"0

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