Let There Be Peace on Earth (album)

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 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.

Let There Be Peace on Earth
Studio album by Vince Gill
Released	September 14, 1993
Studio	Javelina Studios and Masterfonics (Nashville, Tennessee).
Genre	Country
Length	39:47
Label	MCA Nashville
Producer	Tony 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
Source	Rating
AllMusic	^[1]
Entertainment Weekly	C−^[2]
Los Angeles Times	^[3]

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?"	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.^[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 Chart (1993) Peak position Canadian Country Albums (RPM) 26 US Billboard 200^[6] 14 US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[7] 3 US Top Holiday Albums (Billboard)^[8] 1

Year-end charts Chart (1994) Position US Top Country Albums (Billboard)^[9] 19

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.