HER VOICE IS MUCH STRONGER THAN YOUR AVERAGE DISCO FLOOZY (AT HER BEST, SHE RESEMBLES AGUILERA, SUBTRACTING A FEW OCTAVES AND ADDING A LOT OF TASTE): Back in the Age of Christgau when the Village Voice mattered, the annual Pazz & Jop Poll served to reify the critical consensus. In 2010, though, it's an interesting but not essential read on the year in music.
Mazel tov to Animal Collective (album, Merriweather Post Pavillion) and Jay-Z w/Alicia Keys (single, "Empire State of Mind") on their respective wins. For those who follow pop music more closely than I do, how'd the critics do?