That Is Why You're Overweight

That Is Why You're Overweight is an album by American jazz saxophonist Eddie Harris recorded in 1975 and released on the Atlantic label.

Reception

The Allmusic review stated: "Some of this stuff hits, some of it misses... all of it suggests that Harris' curiosity and impatience had him flailing around in search of a direction".

Track listing

All compositions by Eddie Harris except as indicated

"It's All Right Now" – 3:56
"Why Do You Hurt Me" – 4:19
"Flowers" – 4:59
"That Is Why You're Overweight" – 7:25
"Tryin' Ain't Dyin'" – 7:30
"Live Again" – 4:18
"Ooh" – 2:49
"Exempt" – 7:37

Personnel

Eddie Harris – tenor saxophone, electric piano, vocals
Ronald Muldrow – guitar, guitorgan vocals
Bradley Bobo – bass, 6 string bass, vocals
Paul Humphrey, Terry Thompson – drums
Buck Clarke – bongos, percussion, tambourine
Calvin Barnes – drums, percussion, vocals
Marshall Thompson – percussion
Bob Ramey – rhythm synthesizer
Muhal Richard Abrams, Bobby Lyle – electric piano
Odell Brown – organ
Lou Gonzales, Joe Romano – trumpet, flugelhorn
Burgess Gardner, Frank Gordon – trumpet
Steve Galloway, Al Hall Jr., Maurice Spears – trombone
Delbert Hill – baritone saxophone, oboe, bassoon, tenor saxophone
Willie Henderson – baritone saxophone
Edmund Lee Bauer, Sol Bobrov, E. Zlatoff Mirsky – violin
Bruce K. Hayden, Harold H. Kupper – viola
Karl B. Fruh – cello
Vivian Harrell, Marilyn Haywood, Mary Ann Stewart, Stephana Loeb, Karen Patterson, Nancy Shanks – vocals
Gerald Lee – arranger