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Offspring’s “Smash” has been a Southern California smash for some time, residing at the upper levels of The Times pop album chart--No. 3 this week. But the Orange County band’s album is also doing well nationally, climbing into the Top 10, at No. 10. This could be the one that cracks the soundtrack barrier at the top of the Southern California chart, where “The Lion King” and “Forrest Gump” have been 1-2 for weeks. Neil Young’s album “Sleeps With Angels,” which is getting rave reviews, is off to a fast start with fans too, debuting at No. 5 on the Southern California pop chart.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 The Lion King, soundtrack (1) 1 2 Forrest Gump, soundtrack (2) 2 3 Smash, Offspring (10) 3 4 Dookie, Green Day (5) 7 5 Sleeps With Angels, Neil Young (9) -- 6 August...After, Counting Crows (6) 4 7 Purple, Stone Temple Pilots (4) 5 8 The Sign, Ace of Base (3) 6 9 Superunknown, Soundgarden (11) 9 10 Regulate...G-Funk Era, Warren G. (7) 8

TOP 10 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 I’ll Make Love..., Boyz II Men (1) 1 2 Stay, Lisa Loeb and Nine Stories (3) 2 3 Stroke You Up, Changing Faces (4) 9 4 Funkdafied, Da Brat (5) 3 5 Fantastic Voyage, Coolio (2) 4 6 Bop Gun, Ice Cube (21) 7 7 I Swear, All-4-One (6) 6 8 When Can I See You, Babyface (10) 5 9 This D.J., Warren G. (7) 8 10 100% Pure Love, Crystal Waters (31) 11

TOP 10 R&B; ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Regulate...G-Funk Era, Warren G. (1) 1 2 Come, Prince (2) -- 3 It Takes a Thief, Coolio (4) 2 4 Age Ain’t Nothing..., Aaliyah (5) 4 5 We Come Strapped, M.C. Eiht (6) 3 6 All-4-One, All-4-One (3) 5 7 Funkdafied, Da Brat (7) 6 8 Toni Braxton, Toni Braxton (8) 7 9 Woodstock, Jimi Hendrix (11) -- 10 Southernplaya..., Outkast (22) --

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week of Aug. 21