Longer Fuse

Longer Fuse
Studio album by Dan Hill
Released	1977
Genre	Pop
Length	40:13
Label	20th Century Fox (USA/UK) GRT (Canada)
Producer	Matthew 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

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

Weekly charts Chart (1978) Peak position Australian (Kent Music Report) [3] 9 Canada Top Albums/CDs ( RPM ) [4] 2 US Billboard 200 [5] 21

Year-end charts Chart (1978) Position Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM) [6] 7

Sales

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

References

1. "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1978 - December 30, 1978" (PDF).
2. Finkelstein, Bernie (2012). True North: A Life in the Music Business. Toronto: McClelland & Stewart. p. 207. ISBN   9780771047947.
3. Kent, David (1993). Australian Chart Book 1970–1992 (illustrated ed.). St Ives, N.S.W.: Australian Chart Book. p. 139. ISBN   0-646-11917-6.
4. "RPM Top 100 Albums - March 11, 1978" (PDF).
5. "Dan Hill Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
6. "RPM Top 100 Albums of '78". Library and Archives Canada .
7. Hall, Neal (December 10, 1981). "Hill climbing his way back". The Vancouver Sun. p. 45. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
8. "Dan Hill in the Heart of America". The Windsor Star. August 26, 1978. p. 112. Retrieved March 3, 2024.