The First Pain to Linger

{{Infobox album

| name = The First Pain to Linger

| type = ep

| artist = Black Tape for a Blue Girl

| cover = Lingerpain.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1996

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Darkwave

| length = 33:30

| label = Projekt Records

| producer =

| prev_title = This Lush Garden Within

| prev_year = 1993

| next_title = across a thousand blades- a retrospective

| next_year = 1996

}}

{{Album ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{cite web|title=allmusic ((( The First Pain to Linger > Review )))|url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=r281745|pure_url=yes}}|publisher=Allmusic|author=Brenholts, Jim|accessdate=June 2, 2010}}

}}

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.