Rock Island - Chapter Ten

Roy manages to scavenge parts from the space capsule (you weren't hallucinating!) before high tide takes it back out to sea. Oddly, he also finds a Superman refrigerator magnet, an oversized red and white tennis ball, a Mel Torme album, a green t-shirt with a Paddy's Pub logo, and a ventriloquist dummy with the name "Bob" embroidered on the shirt. Now there's talk that Roy's working on a way to get everyone off the island.

"Did you hear about Roy?" Ann Marie asks you. "He's thinking we could be off the island in a few days." You tell her that's great, but she sees you're not as excited as everyone else. "I still want to hear about the rest of the songs you have," she says to cheer you up. It works. You continue:

• Jane - Comin' Again; Early In the Morning; Jane-Session
• Jeff Healey Band - Something To Hold On To; Highway of Dreams
• Jefferson Airplane - Somebody to Love
• Jethro Tull - To Cry You a Song; Hymn 43; Locomotive Breath
• Joe Satriani - Big Bad Moon
• Kansas - Carry On Wayward Son
• Kebnekaise - Resa Mot Okänt Mål
• Kiss - Rock and Roll All Nite; God of Thunder; Shout It Out Loud; Beth; Love Gun; Exciter; Psycho Circus
• Led Zeppelin - Babe I'm Gonna Leave You; Communication Breakdown; How Many More Times; Whole Lotta Love; Immigrant Song; Stairway to Heaven; The Song Remains the Same; The Rover; Kashmir; Achilles' Last Stand
• Mahogany Rush - Requiem for a Sinner; He's Calling
• Mogg/Way - Muddy's Gold
• Molly Hatchet - Power Play; Fall of the Peacemakers; Devil's Canyon; Silent Reign of Heroes; One Last Ride
• Montrose - Space Station #5
• Mountain - Don't Look Around
• Murasaki - Double Dealing Woman; Devil Woman; Doomsday
• Nazz - Lemming Song
• Night Ranger - Don't Tell Me You Love Me
• Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
• R.E.O. Speedwagon - Golden Country; Take Me
• Rainbow - Man on the Silver Mountain; Sixteenth Century Greensleeves; Stargazer; Light in the Black; Long Live Rock 'N' Roll; Gates of Babylon; Kill the King; All Night Long; Eyes of the World; Lost In Hollywood; Hall of the Mountain King
• Ram Jam - Black Betty
• Road - I'm Trying; Spaceship Earth
• Robin Trower - Victims of the Fury
• Rolling Stones - Paint It Black; Sympathy for the Devil; Gimme Shelter; Doo Doo Doo Doo Doo (Heartbreaker)
• Rush - Working Man
• Savoy Brown - Hellbound Train
• Shooting Star - Tonight; Last Chance

Ann Marie wants to listen to some songs, and you happily oblige.

Top Ten - 2008

I rated 61 albums released in 2008. There were some pretty big releases last year, and while I like a lot of them, not many of the big names made my top ten. (Note: There was a recent change to the Top Ten as Anthem knocked out Ross the Boss).



2008 Top Ten:
91.45 -- Uriah Heep - Wake the Sleeper
89.75 -- Rage - Carved In Stone
89.57 -- Blood Ceremony - Blood Ceremony
89.36 -- Grand Magus - Iron Will
89.26 -- Anthem - Black Empire
89.21 -- Billy Lee Janey - Soul Driver
88.19 -- Order of Nine - A Means To Know End
87.36 -- Overdrive - Let the Metal Do the Talking
87.15 -- Metal Church - This Present Wasteland
87.03 -- Avantasia - The Scarecrow

Other 2008 releases:
86.97 -- Ross the Boss - New Metal Leader
86.64 -- Blaze Bayley - The Man Who Would Not Die
86.55 -- Circle II Circle - Delusions of Grandeur
86.25 -- Firewind - The Premonition
86.06 -- Motörhead - Motorizer
85.90 -- Thy Majestie - Dawn
85.75 -- Metallica - Death Magnetic
85.58 -- Warrior Soul - Chinese Democracy
85.46 -- Crystallion - Hattin
85.42 -- Brainstorm - Downburst
85.33 -- Black Tide - Light from Above
84.35 -- Graveyard - Graveyard
84.29 -- Dominici - O3 - A Trilogy Part 3
84.17 -- Mötley Crüe - Saints of Los Angeles
83.88 -- Crystal Eyes - Chained
83.35 -- Benedictum - Seasons of Tragedy
82.77 -- Robin Trower - Seven Moons
82.62 -- Hibria - The Skull Collectors
81.81 -- Whitesnake - Good to Be Bad
81.53 -- Pyramaze - Immortal
81.30 -- Michael Schenker Group - In the Midst of Beauty
80.84 -- Iced Earth - The Crucible of Man - Something Wicked Part II
80.74 -- Ten Years After - Evolution
79.94 -- Edguy - Tinnitus Sanctus
79.32 -- Judas Priest - Nostradamus
79.12 -- Sabaton - The Art of War
79.11 -- Helstar - The King of Hell
78.57 -- Yngwie Malmsteen - Perpetual Flame
78.50 -- Lääz Rockit - Left for Dead
77.17 -- Jørn - Lonely are the Brave
76.58 -- Revolution Renaissance - New Era
76.30 -- Royal Hunt - Collision Course: Paradox II
76.00 -- Bassinvaders - Hellbassbeaters
74.84 -- Dragonforce - Ultra Beatdown
74.53 -- Hydrogyn - Deadly Passions
74.13 -- Alice Cooper - Along Came A Spider
72.91 -- Queen - The Cosmos Rocks
71.60 -- Jon Oliva's Pain - Global Warning
71.37 -- Dokken - Lightning Strikes Again
69.47 -- Blackmore's Night - Secret Voyage
68.72 -- Guns 'n' Roses - Chinese Democracy
68.32 -- Bob Catley - Immortal
67.33 -- AC/DC - Black Ice
65.95 -- Def Leppard - Songs from the Sparkle Lounge
65.50 -- Lauren Harris - Calm Before the Storm
65.17 -- Axel Rudi Pell - Tales of the Crown
64.31 -- Chris Caffery - House of Insanity
63.54 -- Manilla Road - Voyager
61.78 -- Presto Ballet - The Lost Art of Time Travel
60.05 -- Haggard - Tales of Ithiria
29.90 -- Vigilante - IV