Let There Be Peace on Earth (album)

1993 studio album by Vince Gill

Let There Be Peace on Earth

Studio album by Vince Gill

Released

September 14, 1993

Studio

Javelina (Nashville, Tennessee)
Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee)

Genre

Country

Length

39:47

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
Source	Rating
AllMusic
Entertainment Weekly	C−
Los Angeles Times

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"Do You Hear What I Hear?"	Noël Regney Gloria Shayne Baker	4:39
2.	"Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"	Ralph Blane Hugh Martin	4:02
3.	"One Bright Star (This Christmas Night)"	John Barlow Jarvis	3:37
4.	"What Child Is This?"	William Chatterton Dix	3:29
5.	"Santa Claus Is Coming to Town" (Instrumental)	John Frederick Coots Haven Gillespie	2:37
6.	"I'll Be Home for Christmas"	Kim Gannon Walter Kent Buck Ram	4:34
7.	"Let There Be Peace on Earth" (duet with Jenny Gill)	Jill Jackson Sy Miller	4:33
8.	"White Christmas"	Irving Berlin	4:40
9.	"Til the Season Comes Around Again"	Randy Goodrum Jarvis	4:11
10.	"It Won't Be the Same This Year"	Vince Gill	3:43
Total length:			40:05

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

Vince Gill – lead vocals, acoustic guitar, electric guitar
John Barlow Jarvis – acoustic piano, Yamaha DX7, synthesizers
Shane Keister – acoustic piano, Hammond B3 organ, synthesizers
Steve Gibson – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
Dean Parks – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
John Hughey – steel guitar
Leland Sklar – bass
Carlos Vega – drums
Tom Roady – percussion
Stuart Duncan – fiddle
Charlie McCoy – harmonica, mouth harp
Marty Paich – string arrangements, vocal arrangements
Bob Bailey – backing vocals
Kim Fleming – backing vocals
Jenny Gill – lead vocals on "Let There Be Peace on Earth"
Donna McElroy – backing vocals
Jamie Robbins – backing vocals
Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals
Additional backing vocals by the Gene Merlino Singers: Gene Merlino, John Bahler, Dick Bolks, Sally Stevens, Myrna Matthews, Melissa Mackay, Bobbi Page and Amick Byram.

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

Weekly charts

Chart (1993)	Peak position
Canadian Country Albums (RPM)	26
US Billboard 200	14
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	3
US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)	1

Year-end charts

Chart (1994)	Position
US Top Country Albums (Billboard)	19

Certifications


Region	Certification	Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA)	2× Platinum	2,000,000
Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes

AllMusic review
Entertainment Weekly review
Los Angeles Times review
Grein, Paul (December 19, 2012). "Chart Watch Extra: Christmas Albums, From Bing To Buble". Yahoo! Music. Retrieved December 19, 2012.
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)
"Vince Gill, TLP". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
"Vince Gill, CLP". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
"Vince Gill, XML". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
"Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994". Billboard. Retrieved September 15, 2021.
"American album certifications – Vince Gill – Let There Be Peace on Earth". Recording Industry Association of America.

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Compilation albums	Souvenirs Icon
Christmas albums	Let There Be Peace on Earth Breath of Heaven: A Christmas Collection
Extended plays	Turn Me Loose
Notable singles	"If It Weren't for Him" "Oklahoma Borderline" "Cinderella" "Let's Do Something" "Everybody's Sweetheart" "Never Alone" "Oklahoma Swing" "When I Call Your Name" "Never Knew Lonely" "Pocket Full of Gold" "Liza Jane" "Look at Us" "Take Your Memory with You" "I Still Believe in You" "Don't Let Our Love Start Slippin' Away" "No Future in the Past" "One More Last Chance" "Tryin' to Get Over You" "Whenever You Come Around" "What the Cowgirls Do" "When Love Finds You" "Which Bridge to Cross (Which Bridge to Burn)" "You Better Think Twice" "Go Rest High on That Mountain" "High Lonesome Sound" "Worlds Apart" "Pretty Little Adriana" "A Little More Love" "You and You Alone" "If You Ever Have Forever in Mind" "Don't Come Cryin' to Me" "My Kind of Woman/My Kind of Man" "Let's Make Sure We Kiss Goodbye" "Feels Like Love" "Next Big Thing"
Guest singles	"The Heart Won't Lie" "House of Love" "I Will Always Love You" "It's Not Over" "If You Ever Leave Me" "Building Bridges" "Don't Rush" "I Just Can't Help Believing" "Sober Saturday Night" "Dear Hate" "Heaven by Then"
Other songs	"Here We Are" "I Can't Tell You Why"
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