75% Less Fat

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Field	Value
name	75% Less Fat
type	Album
artist	Chris Mars
cover	75 percent Less Fat (album).jpg
released	1993
recorded	1992
genre	Power pop
length	40:13
label	Smash
producer	Chris Mars
prev_title	Horseshoes and Hand Grenades
prev_year	1992
next_title	Tenterhooks
next_year	1995
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| name = 75% Less Fat | type = Album | artist = Chris Mars | cover = 75 percent Less Fat (album).jpg | alt = | released = 1993 | recorded = 1992 | venue = | studio = | genre = Power pop | length = 40:13 | label = Smash | producer = Chris Mars | prev_title = Horseshoes and Hand Grenades | prev_year = 1992 | next_title = Tenterhooks | next_year = 1995 |rev1 = AllMusic |rev1score = |rev2 = Robert Christgau |rev2score = |rev3 = Deseret News |rev3score = |rev4 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music |rev4score = |rev5 = Entertainment Weekly |rev5score = D |rev6 = MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide |rev6score = |rev7 = Orlando Sentinel |rev7score = 75% Less Fat is the second album by Chris Mars. The title refers to the rejection of his former bandmates in The Replacements.

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.

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." 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." 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." Phoenix New Times called it "a well-played, well-produced recording that in the end fails to make any lasting impression."

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)

References

References

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2. Jenkins, Mark. (March 21, 1993). "BASH POP: MINNEAPOLIS'S ROUSING ROCK-AND-ROLLERS".
3. "75% Less Fat - Chris Mars | Songs, Reviews, Credits | AllMusic".
4. "Robert Christgau: CG: Chris Mars".
5. (April 28, 1993). "4 RELEASES MAY OFFER HOPE FOR NEW REPLACEMENTS".
6. (2006). "The Encyclopedia of Popular Music". MUZE.
7. "75% Less Fat".
8. (1999). "MusicHound Rock: The Essential Album Guide". Visible Ink Press.
9. "CHRIS MARS".
10. "Chris Mars | Biography & History".
11. Thompson, Dave. (November 16, 2000). "Alternative Rock". Hal Leonard Corporation.
12. (June 13, 2013). "Hold My Life: Bob Stinson's Regrets".
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14. Baird, Robert. (April 14, 1993). "REPLACING THE MATS".

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