Slow Fuse

Slow Fuse
Slow Fuse
Studio album by Little Axe
Released	September 30, 1996
Genres	Blues; dub;
Length	54:24
Label	Wired
Producers	Skip McDonald, Adrian Sherwood
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Muzik	^[2]

Slow Fuse is the second album by Little Axe, released on September 30, 1996 by Wired Recordings.^[3]^[4] The album was re-issued as a digital download in 2014 featuring additional tracks.^[5]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Skip McDonald and Adrian Sherwood, except "Too Late" by Willie Dixon.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"Blue"	2:10
2.	"On the Beat Sound"	3:44
3.	"Storm Is Rising"	5:12
4.	"Black Diamond Train"	4:12
5.	"Short Fuse"	5:09
6.	"Going Down Slow"	3:56
7.	"Must Have Been the Devil"	4:45
8.	"People Do"	5:14
9.	"Amber"	2:13
10.	"Chains"	3:40
11.	"Return"	5:21
12.	"Too Late"	5:04
13.	"Speak Easy"	3:44

Limited edition bonus CD
No.	Title	Length
1.	"On the Beat Sound"	4:37
2.	"Storm Is Rising"	4:24
3.	"Too Late"	5:33
4.	"Going Down Slow"	4:51
5.	"Lift Off"	5:23
6.	"Falling Down"	6:05
7.	"Must Have Been the Devil"	5:24
8.	"Judgement"	5:13
9.	"Fallen Grace"	5:18
10.	"On the Beat Sound"	4:37

Personnel

Musicians

Saz Bell – vocals
Scott Firth – bass guitar
Bernard Fowler – vocals
Kevin Gibbs – vocals
Alan Glen – harmonica
Keith LeBlanc – drums
Skip McDonald – vocals, guitar, keyboards, producer
Tom McManamon – banjo, mandolin
Talvin Singh – tabla
Doug Wimbish – bass guitar

Technical personnel

Adrian Sherwood – producer

Release history

Region	Date	Label	Format	Catalog
United Kingdom	1996	Wired Recordings	CD	74321 40307 2
United Kingdom	1996	Wired Recordings	CD	WIRED 0233

References

↑ Snowden, Don. "Slow Fuse". Allmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
↑ James, Martin (October 1996). "Little Axe: Slow Fuse" (PDF). Muzik. No. 17. p. 124. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.
↑ "Skip Mcdonald: Discography". tackhead.com. 2004. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
↑ Parker, David (2001). "Album: Little Axe – 'Slow Fuse'". skysaw.org. Retrieved September 30, 2014.
↑ "Discography". little-axe.com. 2006. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

External links

Slow Fuse at Discogs (list of releases)

[allmusic-1] Snowden, Don. "Slow Fuse". Allmusic. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

[2] James, Martin (October 1996). "Little Axe: Slow Fuse" (PDF). Muzik. No. 17. p. 124. Archived from the original (PDF) on April 3, 2022. Retrieved July 16, 2022.

[3] "Skip Mcdonald: Discography". tackhead.com. 2004. Archived from the original on October 6, 2014. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

[4] Parker, David (2001). "Album: Little Axe – 'Slow Fuse'". skysaw.org. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

[5] "Discography". little-axe.com. 2006. Retrieved September 30, 2014.

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v t e Little Axe
Studio albums	The Wolf that House Built Slow Fuse Hard Grind Champagne & Grits Stone Cold Ohio Bought for a Dollar, Sold for a Dime If You Want Loyalty Buy a Dog
with Strange Parcels	Disconnection
Related	Tackhead

v t e Tackhead
Keith LeBlanc Skip McDonald Adrian Sherwood Doug Wimbish Gary Clail Bernard Fowler
Studio albums	Tackhead Tape Time (1987) Friendly as a Hand Grenade (1989) Strange Things (1990) For the Love of Money (2014)
Remix albums	Tackhead Sound Crash (2006)
Compilations	Power Inc. Vol. 1 (1994) Power Inc. Vol. 2 (1994) Power Inc. Vol. 3 (1997)
Singles	"What's My Mission Now?" "Mind at the End of the Tether" "The Game (You'll Never Walk Alone)" "Reality" "Ticking Time Bomb"
as The Maffia	As the Veneer of Democracy Starts to Fade (1985) Mark Stewart (1987) Metatron (1990) Control Data (1996) Edit (2008)
as Fats Comet	"Stormy Weather" "Rockchester"
as Strange Parcels	Disconnection (1994)
Related	Discography Dub Syndicate Jungle Funk Living Colour

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