Thursday, February 12, 2004

So. Pazz & Jop. Here's the short version: Great consensus picks, methinks--very strong top 10s, both albums and singles. I've come around a bit on OutKast--never hated it per se, just never overwhelmed, but it's grown on me, and the Grammys and the poll are part of why. Consensus is good, sometimes, even if it seems a little too consensus-y. I'll leave Nate's thread to that task, but I went a bit further than he did (or anyone should have, honestly). See, our good friend Keith asked aloud, "How would the album results differ if you discounted the votes from folks who didn't cast a singles ballot?" I wondered that, too. So I found out.

Pazz & Jop Top 100 Albums of Non-Singles Voters:
{ranking, artist, title, label, point total, (voter total), [placement in actual P&J poll]}
1. OutKast: Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Arista 920 (78) [1]
2. The White Stripes: Elephant V2 649 (57) [2]
3. Radiohead: Hail to the Thief Capitol 397 (36) [4]
4. Fountains of Wayne: Welcome Interstate Managers S-Curve 338 (37) [3]
5. The Shins: Chutes Too Narrow Sub Pop 257 (24) [6]
6. The New Pornographers: Electric Version Matador 245 (22) [9]
7. Rufus Wainwright: Want One DreamWorks 222 (24) [12]
8. Warren Zevon: The Wind Artemis 216 (21) [21]
9. The Strokes: Room on Fire RCA 214 (21) [11]
10. Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell Interscope 201 (19) [5]
11. Cat Power You Are Free Matador 176 (17) [14]
12. Richard Thompson The Old Kit Bag Cooking Vinyl / SpinArt 155 (10) [59]
13. Lucinda Williams World Without Tears Lost Highway 153 (16) [16]
14. Drive-By Truckers Decoration Day New West 151 (14) [9]
TIE My Morning Jacket It Still Moves ATO/ RCA 151 (14) [19]
16. Jayhawks Rainy Day Music American/Lost Highway 146 (14) [41]
17. Johnny Cash Unearthed American 138 (11) [31]
18. Kings of Leon Youth & Young Manhood RCA 135 (14) [26]
19. The Postal Service Give Up Sub Pop 135 (13) [17]
20. Belle and Sebastian Dear Catastrophe Waitress Rough Trade 134 (16) [18]
21. Pernice Brothers Yours, Mine & Ours Ashmont 133 (14) [22]
22. Grandaddy Sumday V2 116 (11) [30]
23. 50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin’ G-Unit/Shady/ Aftermath/Interscope 115 (13) [15]
24. Robert Wyatt Cuckooland Rykodisc 114 (9) [75]
25. Jay-Z The Black Album Roc-A-Fella 113 (9) [13]
26. Neil Young Greendale Reprise 103 (10) [51]
27. Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism Barsuk 99 (10) [34]
28. Ryan Adams Rock N Roll Lost Highway 98 (12) [48]
29. Rapture Echoes Strummer/Universal 98 (10) [25]
30. Joe Henry Tiny Voices Anti- 98 (8) [82]
31. Al Green I Can’t Stop Blue Note 91 (9) [53]
32. Rosanne Cash Rules of Travel Capitol 88 (9) [89]
33. Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros Streetcore Hellcat 88 (8) [47]
34. Broken Social Scene You Forgot It in People Arts & Crafts 88 (7) [40]
35. The Bad Plus These Are the Vistas Columbia 87 (8) [60]
TIE Four Tet: Rounds (Domino) 87 (8) [29]
37. Junior Senior D-D-Don’t Stop the Beat Chunky Frog / Atlantic 83 (7) [27]
38. Gillian Welch Soul Journey Acony 81 (9) [81]
39. Fiery Furnaces Gallowsbird’s Bark Rough Trade 81 (7) [28]
40. Califone Quicksand / Cradlesnakes Thrill Jockey 80 (7) [94]
41. Ry Cooder and Manuel Galban Mambo Sinuendo Nonesuch / Perro Verde 76 (8) [118]
42. Missy Elliott This Is Not a Test! Elektra 76 (7) [24]
43. Kathleen Edwards Failer Zoe 74 (9) [57]
44. Reverend Charlie Jackson God’s Got It CaseQuarter 71 (6) [122]
45. The Wrens The Meadowlands Absolutely Kosher 70 (7) [43]
46. Festival in the Desert World Village 68 (6) [138]
47. Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium Universal 68 (3) [36]
48. Miles Davis The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions Columbia / Legacy 67 (6) [75]
49. Raveonettes Chain Gang of Love Columbia 66 (7) [56]
50. The Decemberists Her Majesty Kill Rock Stars 64 (7) [71]
TIE Emmylou Harris: Stumble Into Grace (Nonesuch) 64 (7) [95]
52. M Ward Transfiguration of Vincent Merge 64 (6) [111]
53. The Thrills So Much for the City Virgin 63 (8) [42]
54. Rickie Lee Jones The Evening of My Best Day V2 63 (7) [120]
55. Basement Jaxx Kish Kash Astralwerks 62 (7) [8]
56. Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won Atlantic 62 (6) [37]
57. The Libertines Up the Bracket Rough Trade 60 (6) [23]
58. Yo La Tengo Summer Sun Matador 59 (6) [69]
59. Lyrics Born Later That Day… Quannum Projects 57 (5) [45]
60. Fannypack So Stylistic Tommy Boy 56 (5) [67]
61. Broadcast Haha Sound Warp 55 (5) [52]
62. Exploding Hearts Guitar Romantic Dirtnap 55 (4) [111]
63. Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Hearts of Oak Lookout 54 (6) [20]
TIE Cassandra Wilson: Glamored (Blue Note) 54 (6) [109]
65. Café Tacuba Cuatro Caminos MCA 54 (5) [65]
66. Nada Surf Let Go Barsuk 54 (4) [65]
67. Damien Rice O Vector 52 (6) [49]
68. Blur Think Tank Virgin 52 (5) [54]
69. Bonnie Prince Billy Master and Everyone Drag City 51 (4) [114]
70. Polyphonic Spree The Beginning Stages of … Hollywood/ Good 49 (4) [100]
71. Twilight Singers Blackberry Belle Birdman 47 (5) [107]
72. Rancid Indestructible Hellcat 47 (4) [74]
73. The Beatles Let It Be ...Naked Capitol 46 (4) [157]
TIE R. Kelly Chocolate Factory Jive 46 (4) [44]
TIE Weakerthans Reconstruction Site Epitaph 46 (4) [93]
76. Kelis Tasty Star Trak/ Arista 45 (5) [62]
77. TV on the Radio Young Liars Touch and Go 45 (4) [72]
TIE Wire Send Pinkflag 45 (4) [125]
79. Dandy Warhols Welcome to the Monkey House Capitol 44 (5) [63]
80. Songs: Ohia Magnolia Electric Co. Secretly Canadian 44 (4) [110]
TIE Thursday War All the Time Island 44 (4) [135]
82. Steely Dan Everything Must Go Reprise 42 (5) [138]
83. David Bowie Reality Columbia 42 (4) [168]
TIE Ben Harper Diamonds on the Inside Virgin 42 (4) [245]
85. Shelby Lynne: Identity Crisis (Capitol) 41 (4) [90]
86. Erykah Badu Worldwide Underground Motown 40 (5) [86]
TIE Jet Get Born Elektra 40 (5) [131]
88. Black Rebel Motorcycle Club: Take Them On, On Your Own (Virgin) 40 (4) [96]
TIE The Darkness Permission to Land (Atlantic) 40 (4) [31]
TIE Evanescence Fallen Wind-Up 40 (4) [207]
TIE Paul Westerberg Come Feel Me Tremble Vagrant 40 (4) [129]
92. Khanate Things Viral Southern Lord 39 (4) [241]
93. Josh Rouse 1972 Ryko 39 (3) [114]
94. The Distillers Coral Fang Sire 38 (4) [92]
TIE Fleetwood Mac: Say You Will (Reprise) 38 (4) [128]
96. Randy Newman The Randy Newman Songbook, Vol. 1 Nonesuch 37 (5) [142]
97. Alicia Keys The Diary of Alicia Keys J 37 (4) [61]
TIE The Clientele The Violet Hour Merge 37 (4) [143]
99. Arab Strap Monday at the Hug and Pint Matador 37 (3) [215]
100. Beyonce Dangerously in Love Columbia 36 (5) [58]

and its corollary . . .
Pazz & Jop Top 100 Albums Excluding Non-Singles Voters:
1 OutKast Speakerboxxx/The Love Below Arista 2634 (227) [1]
2 The White Stripes Elephant V2 1762 (155) [2]
3 Fountains of Wayne Welcome Interstate Managers S-Curve 976 (80) [3]
4 Radiohead Hail to the Thief Capitol 847 (79) [4]
5 Yeah Yeah Yeahs Fever to Tell Interscope 817 (77) [5]
6 Basement Jaxx Kish Kash Astralwerks 723 (65) [8]
7 Dizzee Rascal Boy in Da Corner XL 700 (59) [10]
8 The Shins Chutes Too Narrow Sub Pop 660 (67) [6]
9 New Pornographers Electric Version Matador 636 (65) [7]
10 Drive-By Truckers Decoration Day New West 584 (53) [9]
11 Jay-Z The Black Album Roc-A-Fella 503 (53) [13]
12 50 Cent Get Rich or Die Tryin' G-Unit/Shady/ Aftermath/Interscope 445 (44) [15]
13 Strokes Room on Fire RCA 432 (49) [12]
14 Cat Power You Are Free Matador 430 (42) [14]
15 Rufus Wainwright Want One DreamWorks 427 (37) [11]
16 Ted Leo & the Pharmacists Hearts of Oak Lookout 392 (34) [20]
17 Lucinda Williams World Without Tears Lost Highway 388 (45) [16]
18 Postal Service Give Up Sub Pop 388 (38) [17]
19 Libertines Up the Bracket Rough Trade 341 (31) [23]
20 Notwist Neon Golden City Slang/Virgin 319 (29) [33]
21 Belle and Sebastian Dear Catastrophe Waitress Rough Trade 315 (32) [18]
22 Missy Elliott This Is Not a Test! Elektra 304 (34) [24]
23 The Darkness Permission to Land Atlantic 302 (29) [31]
24 Bubba Sparxxx Deliverance Beatclub/Interscope 299 (31) [35]
25 My Morning Jacket It Still Moves ATO/ RCA 296 (30) [19]
26 Pernice Brothers Yours, Mine & Ours Ashmont 285 (27) [22]
27 The Rapture Echoes Strummer/Universal 280 (35) [25]
28 Junior Senior D-D-Don't Stop the Beat Chunky Frog / Atlantic 276 (30) [27]
29 Fiery Furnaces Gallowsbird's Bark Rough Trade 272 (27) [28]
30 Four Tet Rounds Domino 262 (27) [29]
31 Justin Timberlake Justified Jive 260 (28) [46]
32 Liz Phair Liz Phair Capitol 259 (24) [38]
33 Johnny Cash American IV: The Man Comes Around American 257 (26) [39]
34 Led Zeppelin How the West Was Won Atlantic 249 (22) [37]
35 Mars Volta De-Loused in the Comatorium Universal 244 (28) [36]
36 Kings of Leon Youth & Young Manhood RCA 239 (24) [26]
37 Grandaddy Sumday V2 232 (21) [30]
TIE Death Cab for Cutie Transatlanticism Barsuk 232 (21) [34]
39 R. Kelly Chocolate Factory Jive 230 (22) [44]
40 Lyrics Born Later That Day… Quannum Projects 218 (20) [45]
41 Electric Six Fire Beggars XL 217 (21) [50]
42 The Thrills So Much for the City Virgin 216 (23) [42]
43 Warren Zevon The Wind Artemis 208 (23) [21]
44 The Wrens The Meadowlands Absolutely Kosher 208 (16) [43]
45 Johnny Cash Unearthed American 204 (17) [31]
46 Anthony Hamilton Comin' From Where I'm From So So Def/ Arista 203 (18) [54]
47 Broken Social Scene You Forgot It in People Arts & Crafts 201 (17) [40]
48 Damien Rice O Vector 188 (20) [49]
49 King Sunny Ade The Best of the Classic Years Shanachie 181 (15) [68]
50 Joe Strummer and the Mescaleros Streetcore Hellcat 179 (20) [47]
51 Manitoba Up in Flames Domino 178 (15) [64]
52 Broadcast Haha Sound Warp 174 (18) [52]
53 Blur Think Tank Virgin 173 (18) [54]
54 Beyonce Dangerously in Love Columbia 170 (17) [58]
55 Raveonettes Chain Gang of Love Columbia 162 (18) [56]
56 Alicia Keys The Diary of Alicia Keys J 160 (17) [61]
57 Ryan Adams Rock N Roll Lost Highway 153 (16) [48]
58 Kelis Tasty Star Trak/ Arista 150 (16) [62]
59 Buck 65 Talkin' Honky Blues WEA import 150 (12) [70]
60 Dandy Warhols Welcome to the Monkey House Capitol 150 (11) [63]
61 Atmosphere Seven's Travels Rhymesayers/Epitaph 148 (14) [75]
62 Kathleen Edwards Failer Zoe 141 (14) [57]
63 Little Brother The Listening ABB 141 (13) [83]
64 Jayhawks Rainy Day Music American/Lost Highway 140 (16) [41]
65 Matthew Dear Leave Luck to Heaven Ghostly International 140 (14) [73]
66 Café Tacuba Cuatro Caminos MCA 138 (13) [65]
67 Nada Surf Let Go Barsuk 138 (12) [65]
68 Al Green I Can't Stop Blue Note 137 (16) [53]
69 Sean Paul Dutty Rock VP / Atlantic 136 (15) [80]
70 Fannypack So Stylistic Tommy Boy 135 (13) [67]
71 TV on the Radio Young Liars Touch and Go 134 (13) [72]
72 Prefuse 73 One Word Extinguisher Warp 133 (14) [88]
73 Neil Young Greendale Reprise 131 (12) [51]
74 Yo La Tengo Summer Sun Matador 128 (14) [69]
75 Northern State Dying in Stereo Northern State 127 (13) [100]
76 Rancid Indestructible Hellcat 126 (14) [74]
77 Juana Molina Segundo Domino 125 (12) [91]
78 Super Furry Animals Phantom Power XL 119 (11) [87]
79 The Decemberists Her Majesty Kill Rock Stars 117 (11) [71]
80 David Banner Mississippi: The Album Universal 115 (13) [105]
81 Matmos The Civil War Matador 114(11) [113]
82 The Delgados Hate Mantra 113 (12) [97]
83 Erykah Badu Worldwide Underground Motown 111 (13) [86]
84 The Bad Plus These Are the Vistas Columbia 109 (11) [60]
85 The Kills Keep on Your Mean Side Sanctuary 106 (13) [79]
TIE British Sea Power The Decline of British Sea Power Rough Trade 106 (13) [85]
87 Sufjan Stevens Greetings From Michigan, The Great Lakes State Sounds Familyre/Asthmatic Kitty 105 (8) [114]
88 Ms. Dynamite A Little Deeper Interscope 104 (12) [102]
89 Shelby Lynne Identity Crisis Capitol 104 (11) [90]
TIE Sleepy Jackson Lovers Astralwerks 104 (11) [98]
TIE The Stills Logic Will Break Your Heart Atlantic 104 (11) [127]
92 Lightning Bolt Wonderful Rainbow Load 104 (10) [99]
93 Miles Davis The Complete Jack Johnson Sessions Columbia / Legacy 103 (10) [75]
94 The Distillers Coral Fang Sire 102 (12) [92]
95 Amy Rigby Til the Wheels Fall Off Signature Sounds 97 (12) [102]
96 Zwan Mary Star of the Sea Reprise 97 (11) [106]
97 Rodney Crowell Fate's Right Hand DMX/ Epic 96 (9) [78]
TIE Deerhoof Apple O' Kill Rock Stars 96 (9) [102]
99 Michael Mayer Fabric 13 Fabric 94 (9) [140]
100 Black Rebel Motorcycle Club Take Them On, On Your Own Virgin 93 (12) [96]

I'd analyze this but (a) I'm tired and (b) I think they speak for themselves. Don't you?