8. The Hardship Of The Fog
(McGowan)

Interesting sounds, although I'm afraid this won't ever be in the top 20 chart. Kind of peacefully anyway. --Jore

"We have a word for it - Moduhardindin - meaning 'the hardship of the fog'". The Icelandic volcano which caused so much stress to airline travellers earlier this year was the reason for the title here - as I learned the last big previous disaster in Iceland was in July 1783 when a fifth of the island's population perished. --Davy