Pumpkin Power

The Smashing Pumpkins’ “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” has shown remarkable staying power for a two-disc album of all new material. Written almost entirely by pioneering Pumpkin Billy Corgan and clocking in with more than two hours of music, the 28-song set debuted at No. 1 in October and has remained in the national Top 10 ever since. Currently residing at No. 8 on The Times’ Southern California album chart and No. 9 on the national chart, “Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness” has topped the local and national hard rock album charts five of the last six weeks.

TOP 10 ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (Nat’l Rank) Last Week 1 The Beatles Anthology 1, Beatles (1) 1 2 Daydream, Mariah Carey (2) 2 3 Waiting to Exhale, soundtrack (5) 3 4 Christmas in the Aire, Mannheim Steamroller (4) 5 5 Jagged Little Pill, Alanis Morissette (6) 6 6 Fresh Horses, Garth Brooks (3) 4 7 Cracked Rear View, Hootie & the Blowfish (7) 10 8 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins (9) 8 9 Memory of Trees, Enya (21) -- 10 Dogg Food, Tha Dogg Pound (27) 7

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TOP 10 SINGLES

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 One Sweet Day, Mariah Carey (1) 1 2 Hey Lover, LL Cool J (2) 2 3 Exhale, Whitney Houston (3) 3 4 Beware of My Crew, L.B.C. Crew (69) 5 5 Set U Free, Planet Soul (36) 4 6 Ridin’ Low, L.A.D. (60) 9 7 Gangsta’s Paradise, Coolio (4) 10 8 I Got Id, Pearl Jam (5) -- 9 Just Tah Let U Know, Eazy-E (24) -- 10 You’ll See, Madonna (9) 6

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TOP 10 HARD ROCK ALBUMS

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Title, Artist (National Rank) Last Week 1 Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness, Smashing Pumpkins (1) 1 2 Sixteen Stone, Bush (2) 4 3 Insomniac, Green Day (3) 2 4 One Hot Minute, Red Hot Chili Peppers (5) 5 5 Alice in Chains, Alice in Chains (4) 3 6 Frogstomp, Silverchair (6) 6 7 Boy Named Goo, Goo Goo Dolls (7) 8 8 Foo Fighters, Foo Fighters (11) 7 9 . . .And Out Come the Wolves, Rancid (15) 9 10 Ozzmosis, Ozzy Osbourne (9) 10

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Source: SoundScan Inc., for week ending Dec. 10