How Far Shallow Takes You

How Far Shallow Takes You is the second full-length studio album by Canadian punk rock band 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. What to Do was featured in the 2000 DCOM film Mom's Got a Date with a Vampire. It is the first album to feature bassist Craig Wood and drummer Gabe Mantle. The album was described by AllMusic as containing "generally well-executed melodic punk rock in the style common in the 1990s."[1] By December 1999, the album had sold 20,000 copies in Canada.[2]

How Far Shallow Takes You
Studio album by Gob
Released	December 8, 1998
Recorded	September 21–24, October 1–6, 1998
Genre	Punk rock
Length	35:54 39:11 (US release)
Label	Nettwerk, Landspeed, Fearless
Producer	Blair Calibaba, Gob
Gob chronology
Has Fil Flipped? (1997) How Far Shallow Takes You (1998) The World According to Gob (2001)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]

Track listing

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

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 and Backing Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitar
• Tom - Lead and Backing Vocals, Lead and Rhythm Guitar
• Craig - Bass, Backing Vocals
• Gabe - 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

1. How Far Shallow Takes You at AllMusic
2. "Odd job for gob". Archived from the original on September 3, 2000. Retrieved May 11, 2020.