That Is Why You're Overweight
# 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

Professional ratings :

| Review scores ||
| - | - |
| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic | |
| The Rolling Stone Jazz Record Guide | |

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" (Harris, Bradley Bobo) – 4:19
* "Flowers" – 4:59
* "That Is Why You're Overweight" (Harris, Sara Harris, Yvonne Harris) – 7:25
* "Tryin' Ain't Dyin'" – 7:30
* "Live Again" (Ronald Muldrow) – 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 (track 5)
* Bob Ramey – rhythm synthesizer (track 1)
* Muhal Richard Abrams (track 5), Bobby Lyle (track 2) – electric piano
* Odell Brown – organ (track 5)
* Lou Gonzales, Joe Romano – trumpet, flugelhorn (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
* Burgess Gardner, Frank Gordon – trumpet (track 5)
* Steve Galloway (track 5), Al Hall Jr. (tracks 2, 4 & 8), Maurice Spears (tracks 2, 4 & 8) – trombone
* Delbert Hill – baritone saxophone, oboe, bassoon, tenor saxophone (tracks 2, 4 & 8)
* Willie Henderson – baritone saxophone (track 5)
* Edmund Lee Bauer, Sol Bobrov, E. Zlatoff Mirsky – violin (track 5)
* Bruce K. Hayden, Harold H. Kupper – viola (track 5)
* Karl B. Fruh – cello (track 5)
* Vivian Harrell, Marilyn Haywood, Mary Ann Stewart, Stephana Loeb, Karen Patterson, Nancy Shanks – vocals
* Gerald Lee – arranger
