Full Service No Waiting

Full Service No Waiting was recorded quickly and on a tight budget. Case commented in an interview for No Depression: "Maybe our limitations worked for us on this one. “It was the freedom of the shoestring that allowed us to go with early takes, and work in a real energetic way. The whole process of going in and making a record can be kind of overwhelming. Even when you’ve done it a lot, it can clamp down on the spontaneity of the music. This time we really made a point of catching things when they were really fresh, and really alive — before they’d gotten run into the ground. So besides probably being my favorite record to work on, I think it was one of the quickest I’ve done."[1]

Case rented a room in a nearby town to write the music for the album. Of the process of writing, he said, "I worked four hours every day, from 9 in the morning until 1 in the afternoon. The music poured out. But when I tried to do my next record, Flying Saucer Blues, like that, I couldn’t. My system rebelled from that approach. I have to trick myself. I don’t like to hit things head-on. I get the willies."[2]

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
Allmusic	[3]
Entertainment Weekly	B+[4]

Music critic Denise Sullivan of Allmusic praised the album and questioned "With such a strong debut, follow-up and mid-career resurrection, the question still remains: when will Case achieve the recognition he deserves as one of his generation's finest songwriters?"[3] In an article on Case for No Depression, Bob Townsend wrote of the record; "As he's done for more than a decade, Case delivers this latest bunch of songs through a timeless combination of melodic verve and closely observed lyricism. But it's his mature struggle with the restless ghosts of his past that makes the new disc so resounding."[1] New York Magazine called the album "stunning" and that Case "makes the leap from romantic admirer of folk traditions to authentic practitioner."[5]

All songs written by Peter Case unless otherwise noted.

1. "Spell of Wheels" (Peter Case, Joshua Case) – 5:17
2. "On the Way Downtown" (Peter Case, Joshua Case) – 3:36
3. "Let Me Fall" – 4:17
4. "Green Blanket (Part 1)" – 3:35
5. "Honey Child" – 4:41
6. "See Through Eyes" (Peter Case, Diane Sherry Case) – 4:04
7. "Until the Next Time" – 4:18
8. "Crooked Mile" – 4:03
9. "Beautiful Grind" – 4:07
10. "Drunkard's Harmony" – 6:58
11. "Still Playin" – 5:00

• Peter Case – guitar, vocals, harmonica
• Sandy Chila – drums
• Andrew Williams – harmonium, background vocal, guitar, mellotron
• Greg Leisz – lap steel, pedal steel, dobro, guitar
• David Jackson – upright bass, accordion
• Lili Haydn – violin
• Don Heffington – percussion, jaw harp, bodhran
• Eric W. Rigler – uillean pipes