Of the songs mentioned I think Second Great Depression would have actually done well. And Another Invented Disease, musically -- if it didn't have that weird name referencing AIDS in a 'puzzling' manner.
Nothing would've saved Lifeblood commercially, at that time, but 1985, yes -- would've done way better than TLORN. If anything TLORN shoulda been a famous "lost single".
30 Year War would have been a much, much better choice for 3rd single off RTF.
Some albums where the singles have been very very well selected, almost perfectly: Resistance is Futile, This Is My Truth, Know Your Enemy (yes, though people here don't believe it), and GATS where they really did all they could with that material.
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