''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.

Track listing

All songs written by Dan Hill, unless otherwise stated. #" Sometimes When We Touch" (Dan Hill,

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) - 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) *

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– acoustic piano (1, 6, 8),

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(2, 3, 4, 9), electric piano (6),

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(8) *

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– 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 –

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(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) *

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(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) *

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– 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

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(New York City, New York, USA).

Charts

References

1977 albums Dan Hill albums 20th Century Fox Records albums Juno Award for Album of the Year albums {{1970s-pop-album-stub