Let There Be Peace on Earth (album)

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Let There Be Peace on Earth
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Studio album by
Vince Gill
ReleasedSeptember 14, 1993
Studio
Genre Country
Length39:47
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
SourceRating
AllMusic Star full.svgStar full.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [1]
Entertainment Weekly C− [2]
Los Angeles Times Star full.svgStar half.svgStar empty.svgStar empty.svg [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.

Contents

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."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)
  • Jill Jackson
  • Sy Miller
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 Gill3:43
Total length:40:05

Personnel

As listed in liner notes. [5]

Production

Charts

Certifications

RegionCertification Certified units/sales
United States (RIAA) [10] 2× Platinum2,000,000^

^ 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.
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