Somewhere nearby you’ll find 1989’s cash crop, the list of 40 albums that has long been the leading export of the Pazz & Jop Critics’ Poll. Give it the once-over — you’ll be glad you did. Judiciously ...

Long before the Internet even existed, the Village Voice’s Pazz and Jop music poll opened its pages to hundreds of critics across the country, tallying their votes, publishing their fragmentary ...

Last May, when Childish Gambino did the improbable and debuted at No. 1 on the Hot 100 with his satirical, superwoke art project “This Is America,” I wondered aloud what its legacy would be as a song.

The shoo-in winner of the 21st or 22nd Pazz & Jop Critics’ Poll is hardly a shock, except perhaps to those who’ve declared the nifty little pop band Green Day a sign of the zeitgeist. Most wily young ...

In case you missed it, this year’s edition of the Village Voice‘s “Pazz and Jop” poll is online. It’s an annual roundup of a bunch of music critic’s top-ten lists for the preceding year. For this ...

The Village Voice‘s annual Pazz & Jop critics poll was published this week, surveying a whole mess of music writers and tallying up the vote. As with anything where it’s a collective list, the winners ...

This year would have been my 30th or so voting in the annual Village Voice Pazz & Jop critics poll, which for years was a labor of love of the dean of rock critics, Mr. Robert Christgau. For a budding ...

Unlike tonight's Grammys telecast, in which prizes are awarded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the annual "Pazz & Jop" rankings are determined by music critics. The Village ...

Pazz and Jop, the annual Village Voice poll of music critics, is out. Conducted since 1971, the poll is the original metacritic, aggregating music writer’s annual best of lists in to one mega list.

Unlike tonight's Grammys telecast, in which prizes are awarded by the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences, the annual "Pazz & Jop" rankings are determined by music critics. The Village ...