# Part-Timer Goes Full

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{{Infobox album
| name       = Part-Timer Goes Full
| type       = Studio Album
| artist     = [The Mother Hips](/source/The_Mother_Hips)
| cover      = The Mother Hips - Part Timer Cover.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = August 22, 1995
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [Alternative rock](/source/Alternative_rock)
| length     =
| label      = [American](/source/American_Recordings_(US))<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](/source/Showing_It_All_To_Bad_Marie) 7" Vinyl
| prev_year  =
| next_title = [Shootout](/source/Shootout_(album))
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}}
'''''Part-Timer Goes Full''''' is the second album by the California [rock](/source/Rock_music) band [the Mother Hips](/source/the_Mother_Hips), released in 1995.<ref>
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</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.](/source/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](/source/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 &#124; AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref>
}}
''[The Press Democrat](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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

== References ==
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Category:1995 albums
Category:The Mother Hips albums
Category:American Recordings (record label) albums

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