How Far Shallow Takes You

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How Far Shallow Takes You
How Far Shallow Takes You cover
Studio album by Gob
Released December 8, 1998
Recorded September 21-24, October 1-6, 1998
Genre Rock, Punk
Length 33:26
Label Nettwerk, Landspeed Records, Fearless Records
Producer Blair Calibaba, Gob
Gob chronology
Has Fil Flipped?
(1997)
How Far Shallow Takes You
(1998)
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.

[edit] Track listing

  1. "236 E. Broadway"
  2. On These Days...
  3. Self-Appointed Leader
  4. Beauville
  5. What to Do
  6. Mend
  7. Reign on Your Parade
  8. Suds
  9. Nothing New
  10. Burying Your Past
  11. Naked
  12. License from a Cereal Box
  13. Stand and Deliver
  14. Ok
  15. Together
  16. Things Happen All the Time
  17. 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).

[edit] Personnel

  • Theo - Guitar, vocals
  • Tom - Guitar, vocals
  • 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