{{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Part-Timer Goes Full | type = Studio Album | artist = The Mother Hips | cover = The Mother Hips - Part Timer Cover.jpg | alt = | released = August 22, 1995 | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = Alternative rock | length = | label = American<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.goldminemag.com/interviews/thirty-years-with-the-mother-hips|title=Thirty years with the Mother Hips|first=Bill|last=Kopp|website=Goldmine Magazine: Record Collector & Music Memorabilia}}</ref> | producer = Paul Hoaglin and The Mother Hips | prev_title = Showing It All To Bad Marie 7" Vinyl | prev_year = | next_title = Shootout | next_year = }} '''''Part-Timer Goes Full''''' is the second album by the California rock band the Mother Hips, released in 1995.<ref> {{Cite web |title=The Mother Hips — Part-Timer Goes Full |work=motherhips.com |url=http://www.motherhips.com/albums/index.htm |accessdate=August 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20110714120407/http://www.motherhips.com/albums/index.htm |archivedate=July 14, 2011 }} </ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/artist/mother-hips-mn0000479826/biography|title=Mother Hips Biography, Songs, & Albums|website=AllMusic}}</ref> The band supported the album by playing the 1995 H.O.R.D.E. festival.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.phoenixnewtimes.com/music/mother-hips-connection-6424326|title=Mother Hips Connection|first=Doug|last=Miller|website=Phoenix New Times}}</ref>
==Production== Most of the album's songs were written by Tim Bluhm.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chico's heroes at the Fillmore |work=San Francisco Examiner |date=22 Sep 1995 |page=C17}}</ref> The band captured a total of 26 songs for ''Part-Timer Goes Full''.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Layman |first1=John |title=RETRO ROCK – Onetime Chico band now on the road, on major label and definitely on a roll |work=The San Diego Union-Tribune |date=July 20, 1995 |department=Entertainment |page=16}}</ref> The album was mostly recorded live, with few overdubs.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Iwasaki |first1=Scott |title=MOTHER HIPS SWINGS WITH PLAYFULNESS AND SHARED HISTORY |work=Deseret News |date=February 19, 1996 |page=C7}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{music ratings |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/part-timer-goes-full-mw0000175358|title=Mother Hips Part-Timer Goes Full Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref> }} ''The Press Democrat'' called the album "soothing psychedelia with an aggressive pop sheen."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Garcia |first1=Chris |title=MIND YOUR MOTHER |work=The Press Democrat |date=12 Nov 1995 |page=Q3}}</ref> The ''Los Angeles Times'' deemed it "a gloriously authentic effort, unpolished but full of emotion, energy and the sheer joy of playing."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Seigal |first1=Buddy |title=Playing What They Like |work=Los Angeles Times |date=19 Dec 1995 |page=F3}}</ref>
''The Sacramento Bee'' considered it a "melodic, slashing and slightly funky rockabilly-urban blues hybrid."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Freedom du Lac |first1=J. |title=MOTHER HIPS GETS A CHANCE TO BE HEARD |work=The Sacramento Bee |date=August 18, 1995 |page=TK18}}</ref> The ''Fort Worth Star-Telegram'' concluded that "the sound is reminiscent of both the Dead (a little) and Moby Grape (a lot more) but still original."<ref>{{cite news |last1=Ferman |first1=Dave |title=ROCK |work=Fort Worth Star-Telegram |date=September 15, 1995 |department=Star Time |page=11}}</ref>
==Track listing== # "Shut the Door" – 3:40 # "Stoned Up the Road" – 3:26 # "Mona Lisa and the Last Supper" – 3:21 # "Poison Oak" – 2:58 # "Afternoon After Afternoon" – 4:34 # "Magazine" – 4:02 # "Are You Breathing?" – 5:18 # "Pet Foot" – 2:32 # "Sunshine Feel" – 5:02 # "Tehachapi Bloodline" – 4:23 # "Bent Carousel" – 3:23 # "Showing It All to Bad Marie" – 5:48 # "Been Lost Once" – 3:58 # "Trunk Box" – 5:13
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