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Pazz and Jop 2010

Best Album: My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Best Single: Fuck You!

http://www.villagevoice.com/pazznjop/

Re: Pazz and Jop 2010

1 Kanye West, My Beautiful Dark Twisted Fantasy
Def Jam/Roc-a-Fella
2 LCD Soundsystem, This Is Happening
Virgin/DFA
3 Arcade Fire, The Suburbs
Merge
4 Janelle Monáe, The ArchAndroid
Bad Boy/Wondaland Arts Society
5 Vampire Weekend, Contra
XL
6 Big Boi, Sir Lucious Left Foot: The Son of Chico Dusty
Def Jam
7 Beach House, Teen Dream
Sub Pop
8 The National, High Violet
4AD
9 Sleigh Bells, Treats
Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T.
10 Black Keys, Brothers
Nonesuch
11 Deerhunter, Halcyon Digest
4AD
12 Titus Andronicus, The Monitor
XL
13 Robyn, Body Talk
Cherrytree/Konichiwa
14 Joanna Newsom, Have One on Me
Drag City
15 Grinderman, Grinderman 2
Anti
16 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, Before Today

17 Superchunk, Majesty Shredding
Merge
18 The Roots, How I Got Over
Def Jam
19 Flying Lotus, Cosmogramma
Warp
20 Jamey Johnson, The Guitar Song
Mercury Nashville
21 Cee Lo Green, The Lady Killer
Elektra/Asylum
22 Best Coast, Crazy for You
Mexican Summer/Wichita
23 Erykah Badu, New Amerykah Part Two: Return of the Ankh
Universal Motown
24 Drake, Thank Me Later
Universal Motown/Cash Money
25 Bruce Springsteen, The Promise
Columbia
26 Taylor Swift, Speak Now

27 Caribou, Swim
Merge/City Slang
28 Spoon, Transference
Merge
29 Swans, My Father Will Guide Me Up a Rope to the Sky
Young God
30 Gorillaz, Plastic Beach
Virgin
31 M.I.A., Maya
Interscope/N.E.E.T.
32 Das Racist, Sit Down, Man
Greedhead/Mad Decent
33 The-Dream, Love King
Def Jam/Radio Killa
34 Rick Ross, Teflon Don
Def Jam/Maybach Music
35 Four Tet, There Is Love in You
Domino
36 No Age, Everything in Between
Sub Pop
37 Sufjan Stevens, The Age of Adz
Asthmatic Kitty
38 Neil Young, Le Noise
Reprise
39 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, I Learned the Hard Way
Daptone
40 Tallest Man on Earth, The Wild Hunt
Dead Oceans
41 Mavis Staples, You Are Not Alone
Anti
42 Sharon Van Etten, Epic
Ba Da Bing!
43 Robert Plant, Band of Joy
Rounder
44 Women, Public Strain
Jagjaguwar
45 Yeasayer, Odd Blood
Secretly Canadian
46 Hot Chip, One Life Stand
Astralwerks
47 Gil Scott-Heron, I'm New Here
XL
48 Agalloch, Marrow of the Spirit
Profound Lore
49 Jónsi, Go
XL
50 Emeralds, Does It Look Like I'm Here?
Editions Mego
51 Walkmen, Lisbon
Fat Possum
52 Mumford & Sons, Sigh No More
Glassnote
53 MGMT, Congratulations
Columbia
54 Surfer Blood, Astro Coast
Kanine
55 Tracey Thorn, Love and Its Opposite
Merge
56 New Pornographers, Together
Matador
57 Eminem, Recovery
Aftermath/Shady
58 Gonjasufi, A Sufi and a Killer
Warp
59 Tame Impala, Innerspeaker
Modular
60 Oneohtrix Point Never, Returnal
Mego
61 Roc Marciano, Marcberg
Fat Beats
62 Gaslight Anthem, American Slang
Side One Dummy
63 Javiera Mena, Mena
Unión Del Sur
64 Ke$ha, Animal + Cannibal
RCA/Kemosabe
65 Waka Flocka Flame, Flockaveli
Warner/Asylum
66 Band of Horses, Infinite Arms
Columbia
67 Against Me!, White Crosses
Sire/WEA
68 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, The Brutalist Bricks
Matador
69 Sun City Girls, Funeral Mariachi
Abduction
70 Broken Bells, Broken Bells
Columbia
71 Phosphorescent, Here's to Taking It Easy
Dead Oceans
72 Marnie Stern, Marnie Stern
Kill Rock Stars
73 Belle and Sebastian, Write About Love
Matador
74 Broken Social Scene, Forgiveness Rock Record
Arts & Crafts
75 Sade, Soldier of Love

76 Salem, King Night
Iamsound
77 Crystal Castles, Crystal Castles II
Fiction
78 Hold Steady, Heaven Is Whenever
Vagrant
79 John Legend & the Roots, Wake Up!
Columbia/G.O.O.D.
80 Laura Marling, I Speak Because I Can
Virgin/Astralwerks
81 Roky Erickson & Okkervil River, True Love Cast Out All Evil
Anti
82 Yellow Swans, Going Places
Type
83 Elizabeth Cook, Welder
31 Tigers
84 Love Remains, How to Dress Well
Lefse
85 Carolina Chocolate Drops, Genuine Negro Jig
Nonesuch
86 Kylesa, Spiral Shadow
Season of Mist
87 Radio Dept., Clinging to a Scheme
Labrador
88 Jason Moran & Bandwagon, Ten
Blue Note
89 Future Islands, In Evening Air
Thrill Jockey
90 Charlotte Gainsbourg, IRM
Because
91 Twin Shadow, Forget
4AD/Terrible
92 Curren$y, Pilot Talk
Def Jam/DD172
93 Zs, New Slaves
The Social Registry
94 Ty Segall, Melted
Goner
95 Wild Nothing, Gemini
Captured Tracks
96 Pantha Du Prince, Black Noise
Rough Trade
97 John Grant, Queen of Denmark
Bella Union
98 James Blake, The Bells Sketch/CMYK/Klavierwerke EPs
R&S
99 Actress, Splazsh
Honest Jon's
100 Liars, Sisterworld
Mute

Re: Pazz and Jop 2010

Henrik: Village Voice did not add votes from last year. This had been done in the past. For example, Shine Blockas had 21 mentions last year and 8 this year instead of 29. Do you want me to combine them, or should I leave it alone? Also, should I only combine songs in the Top 100 of each, or should I go hunting for extra votes? This would have the following changes among others:
Bad Romance 7 to 6
Bulletproof 44.5 to 29

Re: Pazz and Jop 2010

MBDTF's dominance here was extraordinary - it received almost TWICE the number of points as LCD. (I'm thinking that may be a record margin of P&J victory.)

All due respect to THE SUBURBS, HIGH VIOLET and TEEN DREAM, all of which I love, but the fact that Kanye is stuck at #4 on the spreadsheet - a close #4, but #4 nonetheless - is ridiculous, as far as I'm concerned.

Quite the Blowout...

on both the albums and singes lists. Especially the albums list, where it was no contest.

Re: Pazz and Jop 2010

Chris
Henrik: Village Voice did not add votes from last year. This had been done in the past. For example, Shine Blockas had 21 mentions last year and 8 this year instead of 29. Do you want me to combine them, or should I leave it alone? Also, should I only combine songs in the Top 100 of each, or should I go hunting for extra votes? This would have the following changes among others:
Bad Romance 7 to 6
Bulletproof 44.5 to 29
If they have always been combined in the past, then it's great if you do that again. Thanks!

Re: Pazz and Jop 2010

Pazz & Jop hasn't always counted the previous years' votes in the new year, they've done it when the item got close to as many or more votes in the current year as in the previous one. They never counted the previous year's votes if the item got much more votes in the previous year than in the current year. Check out Prince's 1999 in 1982 and 1983. And this year, there were singles which got points from last year.

Speaking of singles, here's the P&J singles poll:

1 Cee Lo Green, "Fuck You!"
Elektra/Asylum Mentions: 187
2 Janelle Monáe (ft. Big Boi), "Tightrope" **
Bad Boy/Wondaland Arts Society Mentions: 105
3 Robyn, "Dancing on My Own" **
Cherrytree/Konichiwa Mentions: 81
4 Kanye West (ft. Pusha T), "Runaway"
Def Jam/Roc-a-Fella Mentions: 77
5 Kanye West (ft. Dwele), "Power" **
Def Jam/Roc-a-Fella Mentions: 71
6 Kanye West (ft. Jay-Z, Rick Ross, Nicki Minaj and Bon Iver), "Monster" **
Def Jam/Roc-a-Fella Mentions: 68
7 Big Boi (ft. Cutty), "Shutterbugg"
Def Jam Mentions: 59
8 Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti, "Round and Round"
4AD Mentions: 48
9 The National, "Bloodbuzz Ohio"
4AD Mentions: 41
10 Sleigh Bells, "Rill Rill" *
Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. Mentions: 41
11 Erykah Badu, "Window Seat"
Universal Motown Mentions: 37
12 LCD Soundsystem, "I Can Change"
Virgin/DFA Mentions: 37
13 Arcade Fire, "Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains)"
Merge Mentions: 37
14 Katy Perry, "Teenage Dream"
Capitol Mentions: 36
15 Sade, "Soldier of Love" *
Epic Mentions: 35
16 Caribou, "Odessa"
Merge/City Slang Mentions: 29
17 Lady Gaga (ft. Beyoncé), "Telephone" *
Interscope/Cherrytree Mentions: 29
18 Eminem (ft. Rihanna), "Love the Way You Lie"
Aftermath/Shady Mentions: 28
19 Rick Ross (ft. Styles P), "B.M.F. (Blowin' Money Fast)"
Def Jam/Maybach Music Mentions: 27
20 Best Coast, "Boyfriend"
Mexican Summer/Wichita Mentions: 26
21 Black Keys, "Tighten Up"
Nonesuch Mentions: 26
22 Janelle Monáe, "Cold War"
Bad Boy/Wondaland Arts Society Mentions: 24
23 Crystal Castles (ft. Robert Smith), "Not in Love"
Fiction Mentions: 24
24 Deerhunter, "Helicopter" **
4AD Mentions: 23
25 Jay Electronica, "Exhibit C" *
Decon Mentions: 23
26 LCD Soundsystem, "Drunk Girls" **
Virgin/DFA Mentions: 22
27 Yeasayer, "O.N.E."
Secretly Canadian Mentions: 21
28 Yeasayer, "Ambling Alp" *
Secretly Canadian Mentions: 21
29 Katy Perry, "California Gurls"
Capitol Mentions: 21
30 M.I.A., "Born Free"
Interscope/N.E.E.T. Mentions: 20
31 Joanna Newsom, "Good Intentions Paving Company"
Drag City Mentions: 20
32 Rihanna, "Rude Boy"
Def Jam Mentions: 20
33 Gorillaz (ft. Mos Def and Bobby Womack), "Stylo"
Virgin Mentions: 19
34 Arcade Fire, "Ready to Start"
Merge Mentions: 19
35 Girl Unit, "Wut"
Night Slugs Mentions: 18
36 B.o.B. (ft. Bruno Mars), "Nothin' on You"
Atlantic/Grand Hustle Mentions: 18
37 Florence & the Machine, "Dog Days Are Over" *
Island/Universal Mentions: 17
38 B.o.B. (ft. Hayley Williams), "Airplanes"
Atlantic/Grand Hustle Mentions: 17
39 Waka Flocka Flame, "Hard in Da Paint" **
Warner/Asylum Mentions: 17
40 Aloe Blacc, "I Need a Dollar"
Stones Throw Mentions: 17
41 Beach House, "Norway" *
Sub Pop Mentions: 17
42 Ted Leo and the Pharmacists, "Bottled in Cork"
Matador Mentions: 17
43 LCD Soundsystem, "Dance Yrself Clean"
Virgin/DFA Mentions: 17
44 Titus Andronicus, "A More Perfect Union"
XL Mentions: 17
45 LCD Soundsystem, "All I Want"
Virgin/DFA Mentions: 16
46 Mumford & Sons, "Little Lion Man"
Glassnote Mentions: 16
47 New Pornographers, "Crash Years"
Matador Mentions: 15
48 Far East Movement, "Like a G6"
Cherrytree/Interscope Mentions: 15
49 Superchunk, "Digging for Something"
Merge Mentions: 15
50 Beach House, "Zebra"
Sub Pop Mentions: 15
51 Broken Bells, "The High Road"
Columbia Mentions: 15
52 Das Racist, "Hahahaha JK?"
Greedhead/Mad Decent Mentions: 15
53 Vampire Weekend, "Giving Up the Gun"
XL Mentions: 15
54 Mark Ronson and the Business International (ft. Q-Tip and MNDR), "Bang Bang Bang"
Columbia/RCA Mentions: 14
55 Kanye West, "All of the Lights"
Def Jam/Roc-a-Fella Mentions: 14
56 Antoine Dodson & the Gregory Brothers, "Bed Intruder Song"
Gregory Residence Mentions: 13
57 Willow Smith, "Whip My Hair"
Sony Mentions: 13
58 Drake, "Over"
Universal Motown/Cash Money Mentions: 13
59 Rihanna (ft. Drake), "What's My Name?"
Def Jam Mentions: 13
60 Taylor Swift, "Mine"
Big Machine Mentions: 13
61 Wiz Khalifa, "Black and Yellow"
Atlantic/Rostrum Mentions: 12
62 Taio Cruz, "Dynamite"
Mercury Mentions: 12
63 My Chemical Romance, "Na Na Na (Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na Na)"
Reprise Mentions: 12
64 Sleigh Bells, "Infinity Guitars"
Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. Mentions: 12
65 Miranda Lambert, "The House That Built Me"
Sony/Columbia Nashville Mentions: 12
66 M.I.A., "Xxxo"
Interscope/N.E.E.T. Mentions: 12
67 Lady Antebellum, "Need You Now"
Capitol Mentions: 12
68 Spoon, "Written in Reverse"
Merge Mentions: 12
69 The-Dream, "Yamaha"
Def Jam/Radio Killa Mentions: 11
70 Gorillaz, "On Melancholy Hill"
Virgin Mentions: 11
71 Mavis Staples, "You Are Not Alone"
Anti Mentions: 11
72 Eminem, "Not Afraid"
Aftermath/Shady Mentions: 11
73 Belle and Sebastian, "I Didn't See It Coming"
Matador Mentions: 11
74 James Blake, "I Only Know (What I Know Now)"
R&S Mentions: 11
75 Die Antwoord, "Enter the Ninja"
Interscope/Cherrytree Mentions: 11
76 Rihanna, "Only Girl (In the World)"
Def Jam Mentions: 11
77 Sleigh Bells, "Tell 'Em"
Mom + Pop/N.E.E.T. Mentions: 10
78 Deerhunter, "Desire Lines"
4AD Mentions: 10
79 Teengirl Fantasy, "Cheaters"
Merok/True Panther Mentions: 10
80 Robyn, "Hang With Me"
Cherrytree/Konichiwa Mentions: 10
81 Radio Dept., "Heaven's on Fire"
Labrador Mentions: 10
82 Ke$ha, "TiK ToK"
RCA/Kemosabe Mentions: 10
83 Freddie Gibbs, "National Anthem (Fuck the World)"
Decon Mentions: 10
84 Jónsi, "Go Do"
XL Mentions: 10
85 Hot Chip, "One Life Stand"
Astralwerks/EMI Mentions: 9
86 Free Energy, "Bang Pop"
Astralwerks/DFA Mentions: 9
87 Surfer Blood, "Swim"
Kanine Mentions: 9
88 Usher (ft. will.i.am), "OMG"
LaFace/Jive Mentions: 9
89 James Blake, "Cmyk"
R&S Mentions: 9
90 Twin Sister, "All Around and Away We Go"
Infinite Best Mentions: 9
91 Arcade Fire, "We Used to Wait"
Merge Mentions: 9
92 Yelawolf, "Pop the Trunk"
Interscope Mentions: 9
93 Laurie Anderson, "Only an Expert"
Nonesuch/Elektra Mentions: 9
94 Gyptian, "Hold Yuh"
VP Records/Ministry of Sound Mentions: 9
95 Justin Bieber (ft. Ludacris), "Baby"
Island/Def Jam Mentions: 8
96 Jazmine Sullivan, "Holding You Down (Goin' In Circles)"
J Mentions: 8
97 Black Keys, "Next Girl"
Nonesuch Mentions: 8
98 Band of Horses, "Laredo"
Columbia/Fat Possum Mentions: 8
99 The Roots, "How I Got Over"
Def Jam Mentions: 8
100 Sharon Jones & the Dap-Kings, "Better Things"
Daptone Mentions: 8
101 Vampire Weekend, "White Sky"
XL Mentions: 8
102 Big Boi (ft. Gucci Mane), "Shine Blockas"
Purple Ribbon/Def Jam Mentions: 8
103 Gil Scott-Heron, "New York Is Killing Me"
XL Mentions: 8
104 Spoon, "The Mystery Zone"
Merge Mentions: 8

*Includes 2009 votes: "Dog Days Are Over" 4, "Norway" 1, "Ambling Alp" 7, "Exhibit C" 13, "Telephone" 2, "Soldier of Love" 9, "Rill Rill" 2. (Some of these might not be in the top 100. The poll goes well beyond 100.)

Re: Pazz and Jop 2010

Unsurprisingly Kanye wins with the greatest ever margain of victory in a Pazz and Jop poll. I really feel like they nailed MBDTF and This Is Happening as the two best of the year. Greta list on the singles side too.

As for AF, national, and Beach House being ahead of 'Ye, I guess the critics this year (particularly over eas) decided sterile, sometimes boring indie rock reigns supreme.

Re: Pazz and Jop 2010

Harold Wexler
MBDTF's dominance here was extraordinary - it received almost TWICE the number of points as LCD. (I'm thinking that may be a record margin of P&J victory.)

All due respect to THE SUBURBS, HIGH VIOLET and TEEN DREAM, all of which I love, but the fact that Kanye is stuck at #4 on the spreadsheet - a close #4, but #4 nonetheless - is ridiculous, as far as I'm concerned.


Here are some other big P&J wins:

1991
Nevermind 1699
Apocalypse '91 ... The Enemy Strikes Back 923

1994
Live Through This 1552
Crooked Rain, Crooked Rain 859

1996
Odelay 1134
The Score 602

2001
Love & Theft 3010
Is This It 1613

I believe Kanye's win this year is bigger than any of these, with either Love & Theft or Odelay coming the closest. It does seem strange for Kanye to be #4 on the spreadsheet with this huge win in P&J, and also #1 at Rolling Stone, Spin, and Pitchfork. I guess it shows the big divide between American critics and critics from other countries.

Re: Pazz and Jop 2010

tomthumb
Pazz & Jop hasn't always counted the previous years' votes in the new year, they've done it when the item got close to as many or more votes in the current year as in the previous one. They never counted the previous year's votes if the item got much more votes in the previous year than in the current year. Check out Prince's 1999 in 1982 and 1983. And this year, there were singles which got points from last year.



Thanks for clearing this up. I will just use the list they have. Too bad for Shine Blockas.

Re: Pazz and Jop 2010

Harold Wexler
MBDTF's dominance here was extraordinary - it received almost TWICE the number of points as LCD. (I'm thinking that may be a record margin of P&J victory.)

All due respect to THE SUBURBS, HIGH VIOLET and TEEN DREAM, all of which I love, but the fact that Kanye is stuck at #4 on the spreadsheet - a close #4, but #4 nonetheless - is ridiculous, as far as I'm concerned.


Some years don't have a clear cut #1...2008 was a great example of 4 or 5 great albums at the top, all around the same value. 2010 to me, was not one of those years.

MBDTWF is not one of those albums to me. It's the best album by a mile. We're talking Nevermind, Odelay, OK Computer, Kid A, Yankee Hotel Foxtrot, Funeral level of kicking the ass of every other album that came out that year.

I had a harder time chosing a #2 this year than a #1 because no album felt like it deserved to sit next to Dark Fantasy...every other album feels like an established artist sheepishly clinging on to their signature sound, or a self-concious "I'm an artist move". Dark Fantasy is as inviting and accessible as it is genius.

Something to think about; when I first found AM in 2005, Kid A was only #3 of the year 2000. Give it Ten years, and I suspect we'll see MDTBF lording over the pretenders to its throne.