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February 10, 2005
pazz & jop 2004 :: the poll of polls
For some, Feburary means Super Bowl. For others, Valentine's Day or the Oscars. For me, it's The 31st (or 32nd) Annual Village Voice Pazz & Jop Critics Poll.
The Pazz & Jop poll is by far the most comprehensive rock critics poll in business. Almost 800 (!) critics submit ballots, where they are allowed to distribute 100 points among 10 records however they please. So they can give extra points to extra-good records, or distribute evenly among records they can't decide between.
The top 10 (of over 1000 rated records):
Kanye West
Brian Wilson
Loretta Lynn
Franz Ferdinand
Green Day
Arcade Fire
Streets
U2
Modest Mouse
Danger Mouse
And it looks OK to me, better at least than in some previous years. The only travesty to me is U2, and perhaps Green Day, which is a seriously overrated record though a good one. It has to be the first ever poll with two mice in the top 10, that's for sure. I was pleased to see the Streets rate highly, and I had a pretty good idea that Kanye was going to hit the jackpot. Crossover stuff.
Let's see how the Borrowed Tunes top 10 compares: 3 of our choices are in the top 10, and another 2 are in the next 10. On the other hand, only one critic voted for Elbow (astonishing), and one voted for Susanna and the Magical Orchestra (not surprising, given obscurity). I didn't expect to see Iron and Wine only barely making the top 50 at #48. Keane and Razorlight had some appreciable votes, but not too many. We know they're both horribly uncool.
Robert Christgau writes a good essay summing the year and analyzing the results. There are other essays to be found that I haven't been able to read yet. On a side note, Christgau's own ballot, the "Dean's List", is my yearly world music buying guide, as he's the only major critic who gives non-Western music its due.
There's also a singles poll to be found (Franz Ferdinand takes #1).
It all adds up to quite a shopping list.
Posted by borrowed_tunes at February 10, 2005 10:34 PM
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