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In 1971's inaugural P&J, Who's Next topped Sticky Fingers 540 points to 332, a margin of victory that would not be overcome until 1987, when Prince's Sign 'o' the Times accumulated 1.63 times as many votes as Bruce's second-place Tunnel of Love. That record survived the '80s, but the last two decades have seen it broken again and again. Below are the six most decisive victories in P&J history, charting each year's top 3, sorted by total points and, in parentheses, total mentions. (Thanks, of course, to Robert Christgau's P&J database.)

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My slight obsession with Beck's Record Club, wherein he wrangles visiting big-shot musicians into covering ostensibly classic albums in their entirety, is well documented by now, particularly his recent dalliance with INXS' Kick. Here, Brooklyn art-rock siren St. Vincent takes lead on the indestructible "Never Tear Us Apart," and manages not to blow it entirely when she cracks herself up forgetting a line. Tomorrow night she'll be in Central Park with another pack of big-shots, playing similar homage to Simon & Garfunkel; I'll take this over "The Sound of Silence" any day.

Really enjoying this edition of Beck's ultimate man-of-leisure-and-an-unlimited-recording-budget project, wherein St. Vincent, Angus from Liars, and Sergio Dias from Os Mutantes join Beck and his cohorts in reimagining Aussie MTV rock's finest hour, INXS' Kick. Here we have "Devil Inside" transformed into an agreeably drugged-up psych jam. Hopefully St. V gets one lead vocal out of this, but for a sleepy Friday afternoon this will do nicely, thanks.