Alien Ant Farm Crawls Upward

Alien Ant Farm’s “Anthology” moved up four points in the local album chart this week to No. 9. The boys from Riverside enjoy the home court advantage, doing better in the local chart than their No. 12 national position.

Despite their slight lag in the national rankings, Alien Ant Farm’s debut album has already gone gold, in part because of their rendition of Michael Jackson’s “Smooth Criminal.” This song continues to be a staple of the Modern Rock chart.