How Far Shallow Takes You

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

1. "236 E. Broadway" - 1:21
2. "On These Days..." - 2:24
3. "Self-Appointed Leader" - 3:12
4. "Beauville" - 1:42
5. "What to Do" - 2:22
6. "The Mend" - 1:38
7. "Reign On Your Parade" - 2:24
8. "Suds" - 2:25
9. "Nothing New" - 3:11
10. "Burying Your Past" - 1:39
11. "Naked" - 2:21
12. "License from a Cereal Box" - 2:03
13. "Stand and Deliver" - 1:33
14. "Ok" - 2:08
15. "Together" - 1:59
16. "Things Happen All the Time" - 1:19
17. "All We Are" (hidden, uncredited track on re-release) - 2:02
18. "Paint It, Black" (The Rolling Stones cover) (US edition bonus track) - 3:17

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 Goutzinakis - Lead and Backing Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitar
• Thomas Thacker - Lead and Backing Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitar
• Craig Wood - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Gabe Mantle - Drums, Backing Vocals
• 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

References