Let There Be Peace on Earth (album)

Let There Be Peace on Earth
Studio album by
Vince Gill
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1993
Studio
  • Javelina (Nashville, Tennessee)
  • Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)
GenreCountry
Length39:47
LabelMCA Nashville
ProducerTony Brown
Vince Gill chronology
I Still Believe in You
(1992) 		Let There Be Peace on Earth
(1993) 		When Love Finds You
(1994)
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Entertainment WeeklyC−[2]
Los Angeles Times[3]

Let There Be Peace on Earth is the first Christmas album from American country music artist Vince Gill. It was released in 1993 on MCA Nashville. "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas," one of the album's tracks, peaked at #54 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.

Though panned by music critics, the album had broad appeal to the public. It reached No. 1 on the U.S. Billboard Top Holiday Albums for 1993, eventually going Double Platinum. The album had sold 1,787,000 copies as of December 2012.[4]

Track listing

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."Do You Hear What I Hear?"
4:39
2."Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"
4:02
3."One Bright Star (This Christmas Night)"John Barlow Jarvis3:37
4."What Child Is This?"William Chatterton Dix3:29
5."Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Instrumental)
2:37
6."I'll Be Home for Christmas"
4:34
7."Let There Be Peace on Earth" (duet with Jenny Gill)
  • Jill Jackson
  • Sy Miller
4:33
8."White Christmas"Irving Berlin4:40
9."Til the Season Comes Around Again"
4:11
10."It Won't Be the Same This Year"Vince Gill3:43
Total length:40:05

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.[5]

Production

  • Tony Brown – producer
  • John Guess – recording, mixing, mastering
  • Derek Bason – second engineer
  • Robert Charles – second engineer
  • Marty Williams – second engineer, overdub recording
  • Glenn Meadows – mastering
  • Jessie Noble – project coordinator
  • Jim Kemp – art direction, design
  • Victoria Pearson – art direction, design, photography

Charts

Certifications

Region Certification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)[10] 2× Platinum 2,000,000^

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

  1. ^ AllMusic review
  2. ^ Entertainment Weekly review
  3. ^ Los Angeles Times review
  4. ^ Grein, Paul (December 19, 2012). "Chart Watch Extra: Christmas Albums, From Bing To Buble". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
  5. ^ Let There Be Peace on Earth (CD insert). Vince Gill. MCA Records. 1993. 10877.{{cite AV media notes}}: CS1 maint: others in cite AV media (notes) (link)
  6. ^ "Vince Gill, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  7. ^ "Vince Gill, CLP". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  8. ^ "Vince Gill, XML". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  9. ^ "Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
  10. ^ "American album certifications – Vince Gill – Let There Be Peace on Earth". Recording Industry Association of America.