Longer Fuse

Longer Fuse
Studio album by
Dan Hill
Released1977
GenrePop
Length40:13
Label20th Century Fox (USA/UK)
GRT (Canada)
ProducerMatthew 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]

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

Sales

Region Certification Certified units/sales
Canada — 300,000[6]
United States — 1,000,000[7]

References

  1. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums of 1978 - December 30, 1978" (PDF).
  2. ^ 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.
  3. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums - March 11, 1978" (PDF).
  4. ^ "Dan Hill Chart History (Billboard 200)". Billboard.
  5. ^ "RPM Top 100 Albums of '78".
  6. ^ Hall, Neal (December 10, 1981). "Hill climbing his way back". The Vancouver Sun. p. 45. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  7. ^ "Dan Hill in the Heart of America". The Windsor Star. August 26, 1978. p. 112. Retrieved March 3, 2024.


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