Longer Fuse Explained

Longer Fuse
Type:	Album
Artist:	Dan Hill
Cover:	Longer Fuse cover.jpeg
Released:	1977
Genre:	Pop
Length:	40:13
Label:	20th Century Fox (USA/UK) GRT (Canada)
Producer:	Matthew McCauley Fred Mollin
Prev Title:	Hold On
Prev Year:	1976
Next Title:	Frozen in the Night
Next Year:	1978

Longer Fuse is a 1977 album by Canadian pop singer Dan Hill. It reached number 2 in Canada, and was in the Top 100 for 42 weeks. It was number 7 in the top 100 albums chart for 1978.^[1]

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Hill, unless otherwise stated.

1. "Sometimes When We Touch" (Dan Hill, Barry Mann) - 4:12
2. "14 Today" - 4:29
3. "In the Name of Love" - 2:33
4. "Crazy" (Dan Hill, Don Potter) - 4:05
5. "McCarthy's Day" - 3:53
6. "Jean" - 4:28
7. "You Are All I See" - 2:20
8. "Southern California" - 4:10
9. "Longer Fuse" - 4:20
10. "Still Not Used To" - 4:25

Personnel

• Dan Hill – lead vocals, backing vocals (3-6, 8, 9), guitar (5), acoustic guitar (7, 8, 10)
• Bobby Ogdin – acoustic piano (1, 6, 8), Fender Rhodes (2, 3, 4, 9), electric piano (6), organ (8)
• Matthew McCauley – string arrangements (1, 6), synthesizers (2, 5, 6, 7), ARP synthesizer (4), backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 8, 9), string conductor (6), organ (9), cello arrangements (10)
• John Capek – Rhodes piano (5)
• Eric Robertson – Fender Rhodes (10)
• Don Potter – acoustic guitar (1-4, 6-10), string conductor (1), backing vocals (4, 5), guitar (5)
• Bob Mann – electric guitar (1-4, 9), acoustic guitar (2)
• Ben Mink – mandolin (5, 10)
• Tom Szczeniak – bass (1, 3, 4, 9)
• Rick Homme – bass (2, 7)
• Dennis Pendrith – bass (5)
• Bob Boucher – bass (6, 8, 10)
• Larrie Londin – drums (1-4, 6, 8, 9)
• Jørn Andersen – drums (5)
• Fred Mollin – percussion (1-5, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (4, 9), cabasa (4), backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
• Ronald Laurie – cello (10)

Production

• Matthew McCauley – producer
• Fred Mollin – producer
• Bernie Finkelstein – co-producer (5)
• Don Potter – co-producer (5)
• William McCauley – executive producer
• Andrew Hermant – engineer (1-9)
• Ken Friesen – engineer (10)
• Bob Ludwig – mastering
• Bart Scholaes – art direction, design, photography
• Recorded at Manta Sound, Eastern Sound and The Cathedral Church of St. James (Toronto, Ontario, Canada).
• Mastered at Masterdisk (New York City, New York, USA).

Commercial performance

Charts

Chart (1978)	Peak position
Australian (Kent Music Report)	9^[2]
Canada (RPM)	2^[3]

Sales

Notes and References

1. Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums of 1978 - December 30, 1978.
2. Book: Kent, David. David Kent (historian). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992. illustrated. Australian Chart Book. St Ives, N.S.W.. 1993. 0-646-11917-6. 139.
3. Web site: RPM Top 100 Albums - March 11, 1978.