Let There Be Peace on Earth (album) explained
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.[1]
Personnel
As listed in liner notes.[2]
- 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
Year-end charts
Notes and References
- Web site: Chart Watch Extra: Christmas Albums, From Bing To Buble . Grein. Paul. . December 19, 2012 . December 19, 2012.
- Let There Be Peace on Earth . Vince Gill . 1993 . CD insert . MCA Records . 10877.
- Vince Gill, TLP. Billboard. September 15, 2021. subscription.
- Vince Gill, CLP. Billboard. September 15, 2021. subscription.
- Vince Gill, XML. Billboard. September 15, 2021. subscription.
- Top Country Albums – Year-End 1994. Billboard. September 15, 2021.