Here's the results of the Village Voice's annual Pazz & Jop critics' poll.
Note who's right on top where she belongs.<g> You'll find the singles and
reissues lists (along with various essays and ballots) at:
http://www.villagevoice.com/specials/pazznjop/
Top Albums:
1 Lucinda Williams Car Wheels on a Gravel Road Mercury 2129(167)
2 Lauryn Hill The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill Ruffhouse/Columbia 1985(176)
3 Bob Dylan Live 1966 Columbia / Legacy 1333(111)
4 Billy Bragg & Wilco Mermaid Avenue Elektra 1243(113)
5 Elliott Smith XO DreamWorks 940(91)
6 OutKast Aquemini LaFace 880(70)
7 PJ Harvey Is This Desire? Island 788(76)
8 Air Moon Safari Caroline 655(65)
9 Beastie Boys Hello Nasty Grand Royal 645(64)
10 Rufus Wainwright Rufus Wainwright DreamWorks 626(61)
11 Beck Mutations DGC 619(65)
12 R.E.M. Up Warner Bros. 580(58)
13 Belle and Sebastian The Boy With the Arab Strap Matador 547(56)
14 Hole Celebrity Skin DGC 531(52)
15 Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Merge 520(44)
16 Massive Attack Mezzanine Virgin 508(52)
17 Liz Phair Whitechocolatespaceegg Matador / Capitol 491(49)
18 Elvis Costello With Burt Bacharach Painted From Memory Mercury 442(43)
19 Garbage Version 2.0 Almo Sounds 439(44)
20 Mercury Rev Deserter's Songs V2 418(42)
21 Madonna Ray of Light Maverick / Warner Bros. 408(43)
22 Pulp This Is Hardcore Island 391(44)
23 Cat Power Moon Pix Matador 336(31)
24 Black Star Mos Def and Talib Kweli Are Black Star Rawkus 329(31)
25 Quasi Featuring "Birds" Up 319(33)
26 Jay-Z Vol. 2 Hard Knock Life Roc-a-Fella / Def Jam 306(26)
27 Vic Chesnutt The Salesman and Bernadette Capricorn 299(27)
28 Bruce Springsteen Tracks Columbia 263(24)
29 Gang Starr Moment of Truth Noo Trybe 255(26)
30 Eels Electro-Shock Blues DreamWorks 246(23)
31 Ozomatli Ozomatli Almo Sounds 245(26)
32 Robert Wyatt Shleep Hannibal import 232(23)
33 Gillian Welch Hell Among the Yearlings Almo Sounds 229(22)
34 Monster Magnet Powertrip A&M 224(20)
35 Sheryl Crow The Globe Sessions A&M 202(20)
36 Rancid Life Won't Wait Epitaph 201(22)
37 Cornelius Fantasma Matador 199(20)
38 Pernice Brothers Overcome by Happiness Sub Pop 196(17)
39 Olu Dara In the World: From Natchez to New York Atlantic 191(18)
40 Marilyn Manson Mechanical Animals Nothing 190(19)
