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)<br>GRT (Canada) | producer = Matthew McCauley<BR>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.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.0069.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums of 1978 - December 30, 1978}}</ref>

Hill recorded the songs for this album at Manta Sound on Adelaide Street in Toronto.<ref name="Finkelstein_Page_207">{{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}}</ref>

== Track listing == All songs written by Dan Hill, unless otherwise stated. #"Sometimes When We Touch" (Dan Hill, Barry Mann) - 4:12 #"14 Today" - 4:29 #"In the Name of Love" - 2:33 #"Crazy" (Dan Hill, Don Potter) - 4:05 #"McCarthy's Day" - 3:53 #"Jean" - 4:28 #"You Are All I See" - 2:20 #"Southern California" - 4:10 #"Longer Fuse" - 4:20 #"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=== {{col-begin}} {{col-2}}

====Weekly charts==== {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1978) !scope="col"|Peak<br>position |- !scope="row"|Australian (Kent Music Report)<ref name=aus>{{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}}</ref> | 9 |- !scope="row"|Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5547a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums - March 11, 1978}}</ref> | 2 |- {{album chart|Billboard200|21|artist=Dan Hill|rowheader=true}} |} {{col-2}}

====Year-end charts==== {| class="wikitable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center" |- !scope="col"|Chart (1978) !scope="col"|Position |- !scope="row"|Canada Top Albums/CDs (''RPM'')<ref>{{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| website=Library and Archives Canada}}</ref> | 7 |} {{col-end}}

===Sales=== {{Certification Table Top}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=Canada|nocert=true|salesamount=300,000|salesref=<ref name="sales">{{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}}</ref>}} {{Certification Table Entry|region=United States|nocert=true|salesamount=1,000,000|salesref=<ref name="USales">{{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}}</ref>}} {{Table end}}

==References== {{reflist}}

Category:1977 albums Category:Dan Hill albums Category:20th Century Fox Records albums Category:Juno Award for Album of the Year albums