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Longer Fuse

{{Infobox album

| name = Longer Fuse

| type = Album

| artist = Dan Hill

| cover = Longer Fuse cover.jpeg

| alt =

| released = 1977

| recorded =

| venue =

| studio =

| 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.{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0069.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums of 1978 - December 30, 1978}}

Hill recorded the songs for this album at Manta Sound on Adelaide Street in Toronto.{{cite book |last1=Finkelstein |first1=Bernie |author1-link=Bernie Finkelstein |title=True North: A Life in the Music Business |date=2012 |publisher=McClelland & Stewart |location=Toronto |isbn=9780771047947 |page=207 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=kBcNR8qaTLUC&pg=PA207#v=onepage&q&f=false}}

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=

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==Weekly charts==

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scope="col"|Chart (1978)

!scope="col"|Peak
position

scope="row"|Australian (Kent Music Report){{cite book|last=Kent|first=David|author-link=David Kent (historian)|title=Australian Chart Book 1970–1992|edition=illustrated|publisher=Australian Chart Book|location=St Ives, N.S.W.|year=1993|isbn=0-646-11917-6|page=139}}

| 9

scope="row"|Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM){{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5547a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums - March 11, 1978}}

| 2

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==Year-end charts==

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scope="col"|Chart (1978)

!scope="col"|Position

scope="row"|Canada Top Albums/CDs (RPM){{cite web|url=https://www.bac-lac.gc.ca/eng/discover/films-videos-sound-recordings/rpm/Pages/image.aspx?Image=nlc008388.0069&URLjpg=http%3a%2f%2fwww.collectionscanada.gc.ca%2fobj%2f028020%2ff4%2fnlc008388.0069.gif&Ecopy=nlc008388.0069| title=RPM Top 100 Albums of '78}}

| 7

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=Sales=

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{{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|nocert=true|salesamount=300,000|salesref={{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UbVlAAAAIBAJ&pg=PA45&article_id=3710,6983387|title=Hill climbing his way back|date=December 10, 1981|access-date=March 3, 2024|newspaper=The Vancouver Sun|page=45|first=Neal|last=Hall}}}}

{{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|nocert=true|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref={{cite news|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G1c_AAAAIBAJ&pg=PA112&article_id=3064,4981050|title=Dan Hill in the Heart of America|date=August 26, 1978|access-date=March 3, 2024|newspaper=The Windsor Star|page=112}}}}

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References

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Category:1977 albums

Category:Dan Hill albums

Category:20th Century Fox Records albums

Category:Juno Award for Album of the Year albums

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