The exclusive Ventura County music charts are...

The exclusive Ventura County music charts are compiled for the Los Angeles Times from information supplied by SoundScan Inc., the music industry’s leading sales-reporting service. The rankings are based on actual sales in Ventura County.

TOP 20 ALBUMS

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Murder Was the Case, Soundtrack (1) 1 2 Offspring, Smash (4) 3 2 Madonna, Bedtime Stories (3) -- 4 Tuesday Night Music Club, Sheryl Crow (11) 6 5 II, Boyz II Men (2) 4 6 Hold Me Thrill Me Kiss Me, Gloria Estefan (9) 8 7 Dookie, Green Day (10) 5 8 R.E.M., Monster (5) 7 9 No Need To Argue, Cranberries (14) 11 10 From the Cradle, Eric Clapton (6) 10 11 Lion King, Soundtrack (12) 9 12 Promised Land, Queensryche (15) 2 13 Forrest Gump, soundtrack (23) 13 14 Barbra-Live at Madison..., Barbra Streisand (26) 18 15 Pulp Fiction, Soundtrack (21) -- 16 August and Everything After, Counting Crows (32) 15 17 Purple, Stone Temple Pilots (18) 17 18 Cross Road, Bon Jovi (13) 12 19 Yes I Am, Melissa Etheridge (20) -- 20 Stones in the Road, Mary Carpenter (19) 16

TOP 20 SINGLES

Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Playas Club, Rappin 4-Tay (28) 1 2 Never Lie, Immature (7) 2 3 I Wanna Be Down, Brandi (5) 3 4 Here Comes the Hotstepper, Ini Kamoze (1) 6 5 All I Wanna Do, Sheryl Crow (10) 5 6 Juicy, Notorious BIG (23) 9 7 Endless Love, Luther Vandross/Mariah Carey (12) 12 8 I’ll Make Love To You, Boyz II Men (2) 4 9 Tootsee Roll, 69 Boyz (6) 11 10 Short ... Man, Twenty Fingers (49) -- 11 At Your Best (You are Love), Aaliyah (11) 14 11 Secret, Madonna (14) 8 13 Thuggish Ruggish Bone, Bone Thugs(15) 10 13 Always, Bon Jovi (4) -- 15 Bop Gun, Ice Cube (38) 7 16 Stroke You Up, Changing Faces (17) 13 17 Heaven-N-Hell, Salt-N-Pepa(20) 18 17 Another Night, Real McCoy (8) 15 19 Sukiyaki, 4 P.M. (For Positive Music) (62) -- 20 100% Pure Love, Crystal Waters (18) 19

Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Oct. 30