Longer Fuse
# Longer Fuse

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, 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).

## Charts

| Chart (1978) | Peak position |
| - | - |
| Australian (Kent Music Report) | 9 |
| Canada (RPM) | 2 |
