2010 Village Voice Pazz and Jop Critics Poll

[HolidayGuy]

www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/

A blowout on both the albums (Kanye West) and singles (Cee Lo Green) lists.

[like2throw]

no surprises there, although it is interesting to see taylor swift in the top 25, basically shes the first country act to be in the top 25 on this poll. ( I follow it very closely.)

[libri]

^^Nope, Miranda Lambert's Revolution was #25 last year and her previous album was #15. Dixie Chicks had also made the short list. And if you consider Neko Case and Drive by Truckers country acts, they'd also made the list more than once, I think. There may be more, but I'm too lazy to look.

[Mic Technique]

I expected to find this here. Thanks for posting, HolidayGuy. Shame Pazz & Jop - a true barometer or indicator of critical successes as well as the leading comprehensive critics poll - isn't given its fair share of recognition 'round these parts. Anyway, time for excessive copy & pasting...

Limiting myself to 30 so I don't dive too far into into the post-200 wasteland, my choice albums listed:
Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Sleigh Bells, Treats
Deerhunter, Halcyon Digest
Robyn, Body Talk
Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma
Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
Drake, Thank Me Later
Caribou, Swim
M.I.A., Maya
Das Racist, Sit Down, Man
The-Dream, Love King
Rick Ross, Teflon Don
Four Tet, There Is Love in You
Women, Public Strain
Hot Chip, One Life Stand
Emeralds, Does It Look Like I'm Here?
Oneohtrix Point Never, Returnal
Ke$ha, Animal + Cannibal
Waka Flocka Flame, Flockaveli
Salem, King Night
How to Dress Well, Love Remains
Charlotte Gainsbourg, IRM
Pantha Du Prince, Black Noise
James Blake, The Bells Sketch/CMYK/Klavierwerke EPs
Actress, Splazsh
Warpaint, The Fool
Diddy - Dirty Money, Last Train to Paris
Rihanna, Loud
Mount Kimbie, Crooks and Lovers
Forest Swords, Dagger Paths

...and again for singles:
Kanye West (ft. Pusha T), "Runaway"
Kanye West (ft. Dwele), "Power" **
Kanye West (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver), "Monster" **
Caribou, "Odessa"
Lady Gaga (ft. Beyoncé), "Telephone" *
Rick Ross (ft. Styles P), "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"
Crystal Castles (ft. Robert Smith), "Not in Love"
Jay Electronica, "Exhibit C" *
Rihanna, "Rude Boy"
M.I.A., "Born Free"
Girl Unit, "Wut"
Waka Flocka Flame, "Hard in Da Paint" **
Kanye West, "All of the Lights"
Drake, "Over"
M.I.A., "Xxxo"
Wiz Khalifa, "Black and Yellow"
James Blake, "I Only Know (What I Know Now)"
Rihanna, "Only Girl (In the World)"
The-Dream, "Yamaha"
Teengirl Fantasy, "Cheaters"
James Blake, "Cmyk"
Gyptian, "Hold Yuh"
Gucci Mane, "Lemonade"
Waka Flocka Flame (ft. Wale and Roscoe Dash), "No Hands"
Warpaint, "Undertow"
Drake (ft. Lil Wayne), "Miss Me"
Hot Chip, "I Feel Better"
Lil Wayne (ft. Cory Gunz), "6 Foot 7 Foot"
Ke$ha, "We R Who We R"
Four Tet, "Love Cry"
James Blake, "Limit to Your Love"
Miguel (ft. J. Cole), "All I Want Is You"
Salem, "King Night"
Rick Ross (ft. Drake and Chrisette Michele), "Aston Martin Music"
Lady Gaga, "Alejandro"
Robyn, "Call Your Girlfriend"
Oneohtrix Point Never, "Returnal"
Drake (ft. The-Dream), "Shut It Down"
These New Puritans, "We Want War"
Balam Acab, "See Birds (Moon)"
Kanye West (ft. John Legend & Chris Rock), "Blame Game"
Pantha Du Prince, "Stick to My Side"
The-Dream, "F.I.L.A."
Nicki Minaj, "Roman's Revenge"
DJ Zinc (ft. Ms. Dynamite), "Wile Out"
Ciara (ft. Ludacris), "Ride"
Jamie Woon, "Night Air"
The-Dream, "Love King"
Ke$ha, "Your Love Is My Drug"
Ramadanman, "Work Them"
The-Dream (ft. TI), "Make Up Bag"
Actress, "Maze"
Lil Wayne, "I'm Single"
Cut Copy, "Where I'm Going"
:restrains self:

[HolidayGuy]

Yeah- once you get past a certain number, it's like, "What's the point." Pazz N Jop even lists titles that receive only 1-2 mentions, which drags the list longer than it needs to be.