How Far Shallow Takes You

Infobox Album | Name = How Far Shallow Takes You
Type = Album
Artist = Gob

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Released = December 8, 1998
Recorded = September 21-24, October 1-6, 1998
Genre = Punk rock
Length = 33:26
Label = Nettwerk, Landspeed Records, Fearless Records
Producer = Blair Calibaba, Gob
Last album = "Has Fil Flipped?" (1997)
This album = "How Far Shallow Takes You " (1998)
Next album = "World According to Gob" (2001) |

"How Far Shallow Takes You " is the second full-length studio album by Gob, and was released on November 24, 1998 on Fearless Records. The album was re-released on December 8, 1998 on Landspeed Records due to a conflict between the band and Fearless Records. The album was again re-released by Nettwerk Management, both this version and the Landspeed version featured a 17th track, All We Are. The American release also featured a cover of "Paint It, Black" by The Rolling Stones, and an alternate recording of "What To Do". "What To Do" and "Beauville" were released as singles.

Track listing

# "236 E. Broadway"
# On These Days...
# Self-Appointed Leader
# Beauville
# What to Do
# Mend
# Reign on Your Parade
# Suds
# Nothing New
# Burying Your Past
# Naked
# License from a Cereal Box
# Stand and Deliver
# Ok
# Together
# Things Happen All the Time
# All We Are* (hidden, uncredited track on re-release)

All tracks written by Tom and Theo/Gob except lyrics for "Together" (Happy Kreter), lyrics for "Self-Appointed Leader" (Theo/Happy Kreter), and the bonus track on the US edition, "Paint It, Black" (Mick Jagger/Keith Richards).

Personnel

* Theo - Lead Guitar, Backing Vocals
* Tom - Lead Vocals, Rhythm Guitar
* Craig - Bass
* Gabe - Drums
* The Greek - backing vocals
* The Hick - backing vocals
* The Shrimp - backing vocals
* The Kid - backing vocals
* Howdy Doody - backing vocals
* Blair Calibaba - Recording, producer, mixing
* Tom Lord-Alge - Mixing ("What To Do")
* Zach Blackstone - 2nd engineer
* Eddy Schreyer - Mastering