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.