''Longer Fuse'' is a 1977

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. 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

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Sometimes When We Touch "Sometimes When We Touch" is a 1977 ballad written by Canadian pop rock artist Dan Hill (lyrics) and Barry Mann (music) on the album '' Longer Fuse''. It was first released as a single by Hill. His version of the song became the most successful ...

" (Dan Hill, Barry Mann) - 4:12 #"14 Today" - 4:29 #"In the Name of Love" - 2:33 #"Crazy" (Dan Hill,

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) - 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), Fender Rhodes (2, 3, 4, 9), electric piano (6), organ (8) *

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– string arrangements (1, 6), synthesizers (2, 5, 6, 7),

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(4), backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 8, 9), string conductor (6), organ (9), cello arrangements (10) *

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– Rhodes piano (5) * Eric Robertson – Fender Rhodes (10) *

– 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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– 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) *

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– drums (1-4, 6, 8, 9) * Jørn Andersen – drums (5) *

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– percussion (1-5, 8, 9), acoustic guitar (4, 9),

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(4), backing vocals (4, 5, 6, 8, 9) * Ronald Laurie –

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(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

References

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