Longer Fuse

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Longer Fuse
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Studio album by
Released1977
GenrePop
Length40:13
Label20th Century Fox (USA/UK)
GRT (Canada)
ProducerMatthew McCauley
Fred Mollin
Dan Hill chronology
Hold On
(1976)
Longer Fuse
(1977)
Frozen in the Night
(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]

Hill recorded the songs for this album at Manta Sound on Adelaide Street in Toronto.[2]

Track listing

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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

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  • 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 CapekRhodes 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 Minkmandolin (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

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  • 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

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Charts

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Sales

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Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada 300,000[7]
United States 1,000,000[8]

References

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