The First Pain to Linger is a book with a maxi-CD by the darkwave band Black Tape for a Blue Girl. It was released in 1996 by Projekt Records. It is also the title of a novella by Sam Rosenthal that accompanies the album. The songs are different mixes and compilation tracks recorded between 1990 and 1995, in conjunction with the This Lush Garden Within and A Chaos of Desire albums.

The First Pain to Linger
EP by Black Tape for a Blue Girl
Released	1996
Genre	Darkwave
Length	33:30
Label	Projekt Records
Black Tape for a Blue Girl chronology
This Lush Garden Within (1993) The First Pain to Linger (1996) across a thousand blades- a retrospective (1996)

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Track listing

1. "Forbidden"
2. "The Glass Is Shattered"
3. "Pandora's Dream"
4. "Overwhelmed, Beneath Me"
5. "I No Longer Remember the Feelings"
6. "A Good Omen"
7. [Untitled][2]

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