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   The                              New Despair |  
                          | (CDEP:                              1997) |  
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   Released                              by 
   Merge Records
                                in 1997, this was the first widely available 
 album                              by The Gothic Archies. It features 
 three old                              tracks ('The Abandoned Castle Of My
 Soul,        
                     'Your Long White Fingers', and
                             'In A Cave'), three new tracks ('
   It's                              Useless to Struggle', 'Ever Falls the
 Twilight', and                              'The Tiny Goat'), and a different
 version of 'City                              of the Damned'.   
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                          | 1. It's Useless to Struggle |  
                          | 2. City of the Damned |  
                          | 3. Abandoned Castle of My Soul |  
                          | 4. Your Long White Fingers |  
                          | 5. Ever Falls the Twilight |  
                          | 6. The Tiny Goat |  
                          | 7. In a Cave |  
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