And sadly, another writer had the same idea. So not only must my album fight against the others, my proposal has to do battle with a likeminded submission. Shall I just go ahead and let loose? It’s Husker Du’s Flip Your Wig, which felt original and vital at the time. As you can see, there is the added variable of the Zen Arcade double-shot. My proposal must be 20x the strength of, say, the one for Dinosaur Jr’s You’re Living All Over Me (a no-brainer, and one of my early considerations). These are the albums that I strongly considered but chose not to pursue: The KLF - The White Room, The Church - Of Skins and Heart, Husker Du - Candy Apple Grey, Thin Lizzy - Bad Reputation, Fleetwood Mac - Tusk, Bob Lind - Don’t Be Concerned, Game Theory - The Big Shot Chronicles, Felt - Gold Mine Trash, The Feelies - Crazy Rhthyms (kicking myself for this one….solid slam dunk), Judas Priest - Sad Wings of Destiny, The Groundhogs - Split, and Emitt Rhodes’ s/t debut. Sure, you can wish me luck. Thanks for asking.