I say screw the rest of these heathens and go with the first one. But another possibilty is to keep that typography and try a more minimal typeset. I really do like that funky alignment set in the first one. You could try Arial Black, Futura, Univers, and possibly Helvetica or Folio.
And you know, you might even think about messing with type weights (in the same font family). Try using Futura, Futura light, Futura Medium, Futura black. That may accent the type even more.