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R&B fans, unlike some rock cognoscenti, know how to respect their elders: The Quiet Storm godfather and champion of the love song, Luther Vandross, returns to both pop and R&B charts this week with his ninth album, Songs, debuting at No. 5 and No. 2, respectively. Perhaps the middle-aged Vandross can't unseat precocious crooners Boyz II Men, who recapture the top pop slot from veteran rocker Eric Clapton. But along with the more sophisticated boomer appeal of Clapton, Anita Baker, and Sheryl Crow, he at least lends the chart an option for those who prefer mood lighting and a comfy couch to the mosh pit. LAST WEEK Pop Albums WEEKS ON CHART 1 - Boyz II Men II, Motown 4 2 1 Eric Clapton From the Cradle, Duck/Reprise 2 3 - Anita Baker Rhythm of Love, Elektra 2 4 2 Soundtrack The Lion King, Walt Disney 17 5 - Luther Vandross Songs, Epic 1 6 6 Green Day Dookie, Reprise/Warner Bros. 33 7 3 Offspring Smash, Epitaph 19 8 11 Sheryl Crow Tuesday Night Music Club, A&M 30 9 5 Soundtrack Forrest Gump, Epic Soundtrax 12 10 10 Stone Temple Pilots Purple, Atlantic 16
R&B albums % 1 1 Anita Baker Rhythm of Love, Elektra 2 2 - Luther Vandross Songs, Epic 1 3 2 Boyz II Men II, Motown 4 4 3 The Notorious B.I.G. Ready to Die, 2 Bad Boy/Arista 5 5 Bone Thugs N Harmony Creepin' On Ah Come Up,14 Ruthless/Relativity 6 - Craig Mack PROJECT: Funk Da World, 1 Bad Boy/Arista 7 4 Gerald Levert Groove On, EastWest 3 8 7 Changing Faces Changing Faces, 5 Spoiled Rotten/Big Beat 9 6 Gladys Knight Just for You, MCA 2 10 8 Aaliyah Age Ain't Nothing but a Number 18 Blackground/Jive
Hard Music Albums 1 2 Offspring Smash, Epitaph 19 2 1 Green Day Dookie, Reprise/Warner Bros. 18 3 3 Candlebox Candlebox, 57 Maverick/Sire/Warner Bros. 4 6 Stone Temple Pilots Purple, Atlantic 17 5 5 Nine Inch Nails Downward Spiral, 29 Nothing/Interscope 6 4 Soundtrack Natural Born Killers, 5 Nothing/Interscope 7 7 Soundgarden Superunknown, A&M 29 8 8 Beastie Boys Ill Communication, Capitol 17 9 12 Smashing Pumpkins Siamese Dream, Virgin 61 10 9 Bad Religion Stranger Than Fiction, 3 Atlantic
