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 Platinum. The album had sold 1,787,000 copies as of December 2012.[4]

Track listing

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

Notes