# Longer Fuse
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{{Infobox album
| name = Longer Fuse
| type = [Album](/source/Album)
| artist = [Dan Hill](/source/Dan_Hill)
| cover = Longer Fuse cover.jpeg
| alt =
| released = 1977
| recorded =
| venue =
| studio =
| genre = [Pop](/source/Pop_music)
| length = 40:13
| label = [20th Century Fox](/source/20th_Century_Fox_Records) (USA/UK)
[GRT](/source/GRT_Records) (Canada)
| producer = [Matthew McCauley](/source/Matthew_McCauley_(producer))
[Fred Mollin](/source/Fred_Mollin)
| prev_title = Hold On
| prev_year = 1976
| next_title = Frozen in the Night
| next_year = 1978
}}
'''''Longer Fuse''''' is a 1977 [album](/source/album) by [Canadian](/source/Canadians) [pop singer](/source/pop_music) [Dan Hill](/source/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](/source/Adelaide_Street_(Toronto)) 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}}]
== Track listing ==
All songs written by Dan Hill, unless otherwise stated.
#"[Sometimes When We Touch](/source/Sometimes_When_We_Touch)" (Dan Hill, [Barry Mann](/source/Barry_Mann)) - 4:12
#"14 Today" - 4:29
#"In the Name of Love" - 2:33
#"Crazy" (Dan Hill, [Don Potter](/source/Don_Potter_(musician))) - 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](/source/Bobby_Ogdin) – acoustic piano (1, 6, 8), [Fender Rhodes](/source/Fender_Rhodes) (2, 3, 4, 9), electric piano (6), [organ](/source/organ_(music)) (8)
* [Matthew McCauley](/source/Matthew_McCauley_(producer)) – string arrangements (1, 6), synthesizers (2, 5, 6, 7), [ARP synthesizer](/source/ARP_synthesizer) (4), backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 8, 9), string conductor (6), organ (9), cello arrangements (10)
* [John Capek](/source/John_Capek) – [Rhodes piano](/source/Rhodes_piano) (5)
* [Eric Robertson](/source/Eric_Robertson_(composer)) – Fender Rhodes (10)
* [Don Potter](/source/Don_Potter_(musician)) – acoustic guitar (1–4, 6–10), string conductor (1), backing vocals (4, 5), guitar (5)
* [Bob Mann](/source/Bob_Mann_(guitarist)) – electric guitar (1–4, 9), acoustic guitar (2)
* [Ben Mink](/source/Ben_Mink) – [mandolin](/source/mandolin) (5, 10)
* Tom Szczeniak – bass (1, 3, 4, 9)
* Rick Homme – bass (2, 7)
* [Dennis Pendrith](/source/3's_a_Crowd_(band)) – bass (5)
* Bob Boucher – bass (6, 8, 10)
* [Larrie Londin](/source/Larrie_Londin) – drums (1–4, 6, 8, 9)
* Jørn Andersen – drums (5)
* [Fred Mollin](/source/Fred_Mollin) – percussion (1–5, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (4, 9), [cabasa](/source/cabasa) (4), backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 8, 9)
* Ronald Laurie – [cello](/source/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](/source/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](/source/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
position
|-
!scope="row"|Australian ([Kent Music Report](/source/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](/source/RPM_(magazine))'')[{{cite web|url=http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/028020/f2/nlc008388.5547a.pdf| title=RPM Top 100 Albums - March 11, 1978}}]
| 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'')[{{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](/source/Library_and_Archives_Canada)}}]
| 7
|}
{{col-end}}
===Sales===
{{Certification Table Top}}
{{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}}]}}
{{Table end}}
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{Dan Hill}}
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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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