01.19.11
Proven by science
Long ago I used to be a rock critic. Then I was downsized, expired for oldness and not having the same tastes and attitudes as the more mentally limber.
Proven by science, in this data crunch done every year by one of the contributors to the Voice’s Pazz & Jop Critics poll.
Conformity with the tastes of others is defined by “centricity” here.
DD ranks 706 out of 711. Readers will notice that contributors can share rankings, so the total in the list doesn’t equal the full number of music critics contributing to the music poll.
Joe McCombs achieved a perfect zero “centricity.” Someone named Julia Simon is the most conformist in the lot.
The 2010 Pazz & Jop statistical analysis, in its entirety, is here.