75% Less Fat

75% Less Fat is the second album by Chris Mars.^[10][11][12] The title refers to the rejection of his former bandmates in The Replacements.

75% Less Fat
Studio album by Chris Mars
Released	1993
Recorded	1992
Genre	Power pop[1]
Length	40:13
Label	Smash[2]
Producer	Chris Mars[3]
Chris Mars chronology
Horseshoes and Hand Grenades (1992) 75% Less Fat (1993) Tenterhooks (1995)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[4]
Robert Christgau	[5]
Deseret News	[6]
The Encyclopedia of Popular Music	[2]
Entertainment Weekly	D[7]
MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide	[8]
Orlando Sentinel	[9]

Production

Though Mars performs primarily as a one-man band, as he did on his previous album Horseshoes and Hand Grenades, his work also contains J.D. Foster on bass and clarinet.^[9]

Critical reception

AllMusic wrote: "Unlike most one-man projects, 75% Less Fat actually rocks -- there's a loose, unhinged feeling to the rhythms that make the music sound like a group effort."^[4] Entertainment Weekly called the music "beer-commercial-like riffs and bouncy, generic rhythms that, at best, sound like cheap imitations of [Mars's] own musical past."^[7] Trouser Press wrote that the album "may not push the envelope, but it cements an image of Mars as a serious musician with his own vision."^[13] Phoenix New Times called it "a well-played, well-produced recording that in the end fails to make any lasting impression."^[14]

Track listing

1. "Stuck in Rewind" (4:00)
2. "No Bands" (2:54)
3. "Weasel" (2:56)
4. "Public Opinion" (2:22)
5. "All Figured Out" (3:41)
6. "Whining Horse" (3:02)
7. "Car Camping" (3:00)
8. "Skipping School" (3:06)
9. "Bullshit Detector" (2:39)
10. "Candy Liquor" (3:04)
11. "Demolition" (3:32)
12. "No More Mud" (2:51)
13. "Nightcap" (3:06)