This is a statistical index to the Village Voice Pazz & Jop music critics poll, generated in the process of its tabulation for the last few years.
 
Click any linked column-heading to sort a table by that column. Click any album or song for an artist profile, or any voter for a voter profile.
 
Some explanation of the various esoteric metrics:
Similarity is calculated for albums, songs and artists based on voter overlap, and for ballots and voters based on album+song+artist overlap. The ballot and voter scores are weighted by album/song/artist popularity.
Russian Circles
Ranks
2016#701 of 2370
2015 
2014 
2013#192 of 2104
2012 
2011#477 of 2725
2010 
2009#769 of 2591
2008#1410 of 2244
Albums
AlbumYearRankPointsVotesEnthusiasmKvltosisHipnessMetalismMonolithityVitality
Russian Circles · Guidance2016#683101      
Chris Conaton
Russian Circles · Memorial2013#1654559.0.807.889.222  
Brice Ezell · Chris Conaton · Dave Clifford · Thorin Klosowski · Zachary Smith
Similar Albums
.2422Dredg · The Pariah, the Parrot, the Delusion  (2009)
.1902Nickel Creek · A Dotted Line  (2014)
.1902Pepe Deluxé · Queen of the Wave  (2012)
.1572Opeth · Sorceress  (2016)
.1332Julie Christmas · The Bad Wife  (2010)
.0874Deafheaven · Sunbather  (2013)
.0753Baroness · Yellow & Green  (2012)
.0572Pallbearer · Sorrow and Extinction  (2012)
.0392White Lung · Deep Fantasy  (2014)
.0272Hop Along · Painted Shut  (2015)
.0262The Decemberists · The Hazards of Love  (2009)
.0222Anohni · Hopelessness  (2016)
.0222Baroness · The Blue Record  (2009)
Russian Circles · Empros2011#444253      
Dave Clifford · Kelly Dearmore · Kenyon Hopkin
Russian Circles · Geneva2009#713172      
Jonah Bayer · Michael Alan Goldberg
Russian Circles · Station2008#139481      
Jonah Bayer
Songs
SongYearRankVotesRemixSingularity
Russian Circles · "Vorel"2016#47910 
Brice Ezell
Russian Circles · "Schipol"2011#62710 
Zachary Smith
Similar Artists
.1782Dredg
.1782Pelican
.1482Jukebox the Ghost
.1482Nickel Creek
.1482Pepe Deluxé
.1272Uncle Acid & the Deadbeats
.0992Between the Buried and Me
.0992Julie Christmas
.0892Touché Amoré
.0682Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit
.0682Obits
.0604Deafheaven
.0562SubRosa
.0522Boris
.0442Opeth
.0402Chelsea Wolfe
.0392Matt and Kim
.0342Autre Ne Veut
.0333Baroness
.0332A Sunny Day in Glasgow
Poll administered by the Village Voice  ·  Tabulation and analysis by glenn mcdonald / furia.com