Minnesota Wild eliminate Dallas Stars, win Game 6, 5-2
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Minnesota Timberwolves eliminate Denver Nuggets from NBA Playoffs
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Blue Sky Art Show, weekly community exhibit
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Community #5DebutAlbums7579 names Unknown Pleasures top debut
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Multiple submissions to the #5DebutAlbums7579 challenge place Joy Division's Unknown Pleasures at No. 1.
May Day, Beltane and International Workers' Day observances
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Asian American, Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Heritage Month
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Spirit Airlines prepares to shut down as rescue deal collapses
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Millions drop ACA coverage after Congress lets Obamacare subsidies expire
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Democrats Blame Chuck Schumer for Failed Senate Recruitment
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Nikola Jokic says he wants to stay with Denver Nuggets
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Cuban immigrant Denny Adán González dies in Georgia ICE detention
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Andy Burnham plots return to Westminster 'within weeks', allies say
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Sen. Rick Scott says high gas prices are 'worth it' as shortages reported
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Pope Leo names former undocumented migrant Evelio Menjivar-Ayala bishop of West Virginia
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Jury convicts ex-Florida Rep. David Rivera of secretly lobbying for Venezuela
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The Wicker Man sees May Day watch parties and Fright Club streams
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New Resident Evil trailer divides fans over faithfulness
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Bandcamp Friday, artists push releases and special sales
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Kemi Badenoch criticised for using Bloody Sunday footage
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Community #5DebutAlbums7579 names Unknown Pleasures top debut
Multiple submissions to the #5DebutAlbums7579 ranked-list challenge placed Joy Division's 1979 debut Unknown Pleasures at No. 1. In five sampled ranked lists, Unknown Pleasures appears at No. 1 three times and at No. 2 twice; other recurring debuts include Kate Bush's The Kick Inside, Television's Marquee Moon, Gary Numan's The Pleasure Principle, Patti Smith's Horses, and The Ramones. Those selections underscore Unknown Pleasures' lasting influence on post-punk and late-1970s new wave and explain why the album continues to anchor lists of seminal debut records.
![Peter Saville, who had previously designed posters for Manchester's Factory club in 1978, designed the cover of the album.[24] Sumner or Morris, depending on the account,[25] chose the image used on the cover, which is based on an image of radio waves from pulsar CP 1919, from The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy.[26] Saville reversed the image from black-on-white to white-on-black, against the band's stated preference for the original. "I was afraid it might look a little cheap. I was convinced that it was just sexier in black" since it represented a signal from space.[25] He printed it on textured card for the original version of the album.[18]](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:vdjxl72vvb4wlmdle7vi2nto/bafkreigorblb47rb6hvfbvnovwkaryqli4q7zcrhef2nygyoivomyoanlu)
