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title: "New Hope for the Wretched by Plasmatics"
type: "MusicAlbum"
url: "https://themetalnet.com/album/04b0720a-f904-3540-9ac5-5c99bf5b827b"
artist: "Plasmatics"
year: 1980
label: "Stiff Records"
---

# New Hope for the Wretched

**New Hope for the Wretched** is an album by Plasmatics, released in 1980 on Stiff Records.

## Facts

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Title | New Hope for the Wretched |
| Artist | Plasmatics |
| Type | Album |
| Year | 1980 |
| Label | Stiff Records |
| Catalog number | SEEZ 24 |
| Tracks | 12 |
| Place in discography | 2 of 6 |

## Tracklist

| # | Track | Length |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 1 | Tight Black Pants | 1:44 |
| 2 | Monkey Suit | 3:19 |
| 3 | Living Dead | 1:31 |
| 4 | Test Tube Babies | 1:51 |
| 5 | Won't You | 2:25 |
| 6 | Concrete Shoes | 2:52 |
| 7 | Squirm (live) | 3:29 |
| 8 | Want You Baby | 1:53 |
| 9 | Dream Lover | 5:35 |
| 10 | Sometimes I | 3:51 |
| 11 | Corruption | 2:36 |
| 12 | Butcher Baby | 3:20 |

## Genres

[More Metal](https://themetalnet.com/genre/other-metal)

## In the discography

- Previous release: [Butcher Baby (1978)](https://themetalnet.com/album/53ccac3c-7014-44df-8259-5dea921cfb83)
- Next release: [Beyond the Valley of 1984 (1981)](https://themetalnet.com/album/1b8b30fd-0d8e-351b-adba-836eac6c9f4d)

## Artist

- [Plasmatics](https://themetalnet.com/band/plasmatics)

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Source: [TheMetalNet https://themetalnet.com/album/04b0720a-f904-3540-9ac5-5c99bf5b827b](https://themetalnet.com/album/04b0720a-f904-3540-9ac5-5c99bf5b827b). Catalog data from MusicBrainz and Metal Archives. Full site index: https://themetalnet.com/llms.txt