{{for|the type of fuse|slow-blow fuse}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox album | name = Slow Fuse | type = album | artist = [[Little Axe]] | cover = Little Axe - Slow Fuse.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|1996|9|30}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{Flatlist| *[[Electric blues|Blues]] *[[Dub music|dub]]}} | length = 54:24 | label = Wired | producer = [[Little Axe|Skip McDonald]], [[Adrian Sherwood]] | prev_title = [[The Wolf that House Built]] | prev_year = 1994 | next_title = [[Hard Grind]] | next_year = 2002 }} {{Music ratings |rev1 = [[Allmusic]] |rev1score = {{rating|3|5}}<ref name="allmusic">{{cite web |first=Don |last=Snowden |url={{AllMusic|class=album|id=mw0000900512|pure_url=yes}}|title=Slow Fuse |publisher=Allmusic |date= |accessdate=September 30, 2014}}</ref> |rev2 = ''[[Muzik]]'' |rev2Score = {{Rating|2.5|5}}<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=James |first=Martin |date=October 1996 |title=Little Axe: ''Slow Fuse'' |url=http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik017_october_1996.pdf |magazine=[[Muzik]] |issue=17 |page=124 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220403133658/http://www.muzikmagazine.co.uk/issues/muzik017_october_1996.pdf |archive-date=3 April 2022 |access-date=16 July 2022}}</ref> }}

'''''Slow Fuse''''' is the second album by [[Little Axe]], released on September 30, 1996 by Wired Recordings.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tackhead.com/soloheads/skipmcdonald/disco/ |title=Skip Mcdonald: Discography |publisher=tackhead.com |date=2004 |accessdate=September 30, 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006082113/http://www.tackhead.com/soloheads/skipmcdonald/disco/ |archivedate=October 6, 2014 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |first=David |last=Parker |url=http://www.skysaw.org/onu/discography/littleaxeskipmcdonalddiscog.html#lasm-onulp79 |title=Album: Little Axe – 'Slow Fuse' |publisher=skysaw.org |date=2001 |accessdate=September 30, 2014}}</ref> The album was re-issued as a digital download in 2014 featuring additional tracks.<ref>{{cite web |first= |last= |url=http://www.little-axe.com/discography/#c698 |title=Discography |publisher=little-axe.com |date=2006 |accessdate=September 30, 2014}}</ref>

== Track listing == {{track listing | all_writing = [[Little Axe|Skip McDonald]] and [[Adrian Sherwood]], except "Too Late" by [[Willie Dixon]] | title1 = Blue | length1 = 2:10 | title2 = On the Beat Sound | length2 = 3:44 | title3 = Storm Is Rising | length3 = 5:12 | title4 = Black Diamond Train | length4 = 4:12 | title5 = Short Fuse | length5 = 5:09 | title6 = Going Down Slow | length6 = 3:56 | title7 = Must Have Been the Devil | length7 = 4:45 | title8 = People Do | length8 = 5:14 | title9 = Amber | length9 = 2:13 | title10 = Chains | length10 = 3:40 | title11 = Return | length11 = 5:21 | title12 = Too Late | length12 = 5:04 | title13 = Speak Easy | length13 = 3:44 }} {{track listing | headline = Limited edition bonus CD | title1 = On the Beat Sound | length1 = 4:37 | title2 = Storm Is Rising | length2 = 4:24 | title3 = Too Late | length3 = 5:33 | title4 = Going Down Slow | length4 = 4:51 | title5 = Lift Off | length5 = 5:23 | title6 = Falling Down | length6 = 6:05 | title7 = Must Have Been the Devil | length7 = 5:24 | title8 = Judgement | length8 = 5:13 | title9 = Fallen Grace | length9 = 5:18 | title10 = On the Beat Sound | length10 = 4:37 }}

== Personnel == {{Col-begin}} {{Col-2}} ;Musicians *Saz Bell&nbsp;– vocals *[[Scott Firth]]&nbsp;– bass guitar *[[Bernard Fowler]]&nbsp;– vocals *Kevin Gibbs&nbsp;– vocals *[[Alan Glen]]&nbsp;– harmonica *[[Keith LeBlanc]]&nbsp;– drums *[[Little Axe|Skip McDonald]]&nbsp;– vocals, guitar, keyboards, producer *Tom McManamon&nbsp;– [[banjo]], [[mandolin]] *[[Talvin Singh]]&nbsp;– [[tabla]] *[[Doug Wimbish]]&nbsp;– bass guitar {{Col-2}} ;Technical personnel *[[Adrian Sherwood]]&nbsp;– producer {{col-end}}

==Release history== {|class="wikitable" ! Region ! Date ! Label ! Format ! Catalog |- | United Kingdom | 1996 | Wired Recordings | CD | 74321 40307 2 |- | United Kingdom | 1996 | Wired Recordings | CD | WIRED 0233 |}

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