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band

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. Track one of the album, "Taarene" is sung in

, while the other four tracks are sung in English. The album contains three original tracks and two from the ''

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'' demo. It was originally released through

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, then rereleased through

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, along with the Tristesse demo and three bonus tracks. In 1994, shortly before the release of this album, Funeral recruited a female vocalist named

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. Funeral was one of the first

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bands to do so. Late in 1995, Funeral would part ways with Snyen. ''Tragedies'' was one of the albums that helped form the subgenre of

Track listing

Rereleased track listing

Disc 1 (Tragedies)

Disc 2 (Tristesse)

References