Let There Be Peace on Earth (album)
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| Let There Be Peace on Earth | ||||
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| Released | September 14, 1993 | |||
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| Genre | Country | |||
| Length | 39:47 | |||
| Label | MCA Nashville | |||
| Producer | Tony Brown | |||
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| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Entertainment Weekly | C−[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. | Title | Writer(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 Jarvis | 3:37 |
| 4. | "What Child Is This?" | William Chatterton Dix | 3:29 |
| 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) |
| 4:33 |
| 8. | "White Christmas" | Irving Berlin | 4:40 |
| 9. | "Til the Season Comes Around Again" |
| 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.[5]
- 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
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Year-end charts
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Certifications
| Region | Certification | Certified units/sales |
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| United States (RIAA)[10] | 2× Platinum | 2,000,000^ |
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^ 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.