Let There Be Peace on Earth (album)

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.

Track listing

Personnel

As listed in liner notes.

• Vince Gill – 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 – mouth harp
• Marty Paich – string arrangements and conductor (1, 3, 4, 6, 7), vocal arrangements and conductor (3, 6, 7)
• Bob Bailey – backing vocals
• Kim Fleming – backing vocals
• Donna McElroy – backing vocals
• Jamie Robbins – backing vocals
• Chris Rodriguez – backing vocals
• The Gene Merlino Singers: Gene Merlino, John Bahler, Dick Bolks, Amick Byram, Melissa Mackay, Myrna Matthews, Bobbi Page and Sally Stevens – additional backing vocals (3, 6, 7)
• Jenny Gill – vocals (7)

Production

• Tony Brown – producer
• John Guess – recording, mixing, mastering
• Marty Williams – overdub recording, second recording engineer, second mix engineer
• Derek Bason – second mix engineer
• Robert Charles – second overdub engineer
• Glenn Meadows – mastering
• Jessie Noble – project coordinator
• Jim Kemp – art direction
• Katherine DeVault – art direction, design
• Victoria Pearson – photography
• Fitzgerald Hartley Co. – management

Charts

Weekly charts

Year-end charts

Certifications

Notes