Die New Yorker Village Voice hat zum 36. Mal ihren traditionsreichen Pazz & Jop Poll veranstaltet, bei dem wieder hunderte von Kritikern ihre Listen eingereicht haben. Bei den Alben siegen TV On The Radio vor Vampire Weekend und Portishead, bei den Singles macht M.I.A. mit „Paper Planes“ das Rennen vor Estelle und Beyoncé.
Top 25 Alben:
1 TV on the Radio, Dear Science, Interscope
Points: 1744
Mentions: 154
2 Vampire Weekend, Vampire Weekend, XL
Points: 1075
Mentions: 105
3 Portishead, Third, Mercury
Points: 1058
Mentions: 102
4 Erykah Badu, New Amerykah, Pt. 1: 4th World War, Motown
Points: 910
Mentions: 80
5 Fleet Foxes, Fleet Foxes, Sub Pop
Points: 907
Mentions: 87
6 Lil Wayne, Tha Carter III, Cash Money
Points: 817
Mentions: 78
7 Santogold, Santogold, Downtown
Points: 808
Mentions: 79
8 Bon Iver, For Emma, Forever Ago *, Jagjaguwar
Points: 770
Mentions: 75
9 Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds, Dig!!! Lazarus Dig!!!, Anti-
Points: 687
Mentions: 61
10 Kanye West, 808s & Heartbreak, Roc-A-Fella
Points: 603
Mentions: 57
11 Deerhunter, Microcastle/Weird Era Continued, Kranky
Points: 585
Mentions: 55
12 Randy Newman, Harps and Angels, Nonesuch
Points: 546
Mentions: 48
13 The Hold Steady, Stay Positive, Vagrant
Points: 540
Mentions: 54
14 No Age, Nouns, Sub Pop
Points: 452
Mentions: 45
15 Girl Talk, Feed the Animals, Illegal Art
Points: 440
Mentions: 43
16 My Morning Jacket, Evil Urges, ATO
Points: 429
Mentions: 43
17 MGMT, Oracular Spectacular, Sony
Points: 425
Mentions: 43
18 Hercules and Love Affair, Hercules and Love Affair, DFA/EMI
Points: 416
Mentions: 42
19 Raphael Saadiq, The Way I See It, Columbia
Points: 415
Mentions: 45
20 Bob Dylan, The Bootleg Series, Vol. 8: Tell Tale Signs – Rare and Unreleased 1989-2006, Columbia
Points: 402
Mentions: 36
21 Coldplay, Viva La Vida, or Death and All His Friends, Capitol
Points: 366
Mentions: 36
22 Los Campesinos!, Hold On Now, Youngster…, Arts & Crafts
Points: 365
Mentions: 32
23 Cut Copy, In Ghost Colours, Modular
Points: 338
Mentions: 30
24 The Gaslight Anthem, The ’59 Sound, Side One Dummy
Points: 321
Mentions: 28
25 R.E.M., Accelerate, Warner Brothers
Points: 313
Mentions: 29
Für alles weitere bitte dem Link folgen. Insgesamt wurden 1693 Alben genannt. Die Forumslieblinge The Duke Spirit sind z.B. auf Platz 161 gelandet.
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