''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

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. 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 "

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" by

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, 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 ''

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''. It is the first album to feature bassist Craig Wood and drummer

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. The album was described by

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as containing "generally well-executed melodic punk rock in the style common in the 1990s." By December 1999, the album had sold 20,000 copies in Canada.

Track listing

# "236 E. Broadway" - 1:21 (Tom) # "On These Days..." - 2:24 (Tom) # "Self-Appointed Leader" - 3:12 (Theo) # "Beauville" - 1:42 (Tom) # "What to Do" - 2:22 (Theo) # "The Mend" - 1:38 (Tom) # "Reign On Your Parade" - 2:24 (Theo) # "Suds" - 2:25 (Tom) # "Nothing New" - 3:11 (Tom) # "Burying Your Past" - 1:39 (Tom) # "Naked" - 2:21 (Tom) # "License from a Cereal Box" - 2:03 (Theo) # "Stand and Deliver" - 1:33 (Theo) # "Ok" - 2:08 (Tom) # "Together" - 1:59 (Theo) # "Things Happen All the Time" - 1:19 (Theo) # "All We Are" (Uncredited bonus track on some re-releases) - 2:02 (Theo) # "

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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" (

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Personnel

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- 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 *

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- Mixing ("What To Do") * Zach Blackstone - 2nd engineer * Eddy Schreyer - Mastering

References

1998 albums Gob (band) albums Fearless Records albums Nettwerk Records albums {{1990s-punk-album-stub