Let There Be Peace on Earth (album)

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Let There Be Peace on Earth
Studio album by
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

No.TitleWriter(s)Length
1."
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"
  • Jarvis
  • 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.