Let There Be Peace on Earth (album)

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This article is about the album by Vince Gill. For the song by Jill Jackson Miller and Sy Miller, see Let There Be Peace on Earth (song).
Let There Be Peace on Earth
Studio album by
Vince Gill
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1993
StudioJavelina Studios and 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[edit]

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[edit]

As listed in liner notes.[5]

Production[edit]

  • 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[edit]

Certifications[edit]

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

^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.

Notes[edit]

  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.
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