''Peace on Earth'' is the seventeenth studio album by American singer

Peabo Bryson Robert Peapo "Peabo" Bryson (born April 13, 1951) is an American singer and songwriter. He is known for singing soul ballads (often as a duet with female singers) including the 1983 hit "Tonight, I Celebrate My Love" with Roberta Flack. Bryson ...

. It was released by

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on November 4, 1997 in the United States. Produced by Canadian musician Robbie Buchanan, it marked Bryson's first

Christmas album Christmas music comprises a variety of genres of music regularly performed or heard around the Christmas season. Music associated with Christmas may be purely instrumental, or, in the case of carols or songs, may employ lyrics whose subject ma ...

. The standard edition of ''Peace on Earth'' consists of ten tracks, featuring the original song "Born on Christmas Day" and nine cover versions of Christmas standards and carols, two of which are duets featuring recording artists

Sandi Patti Sandra Faye "Sandi" Patty (born July 12, 1956) is an American Christian music singer, known for her wide soprano vocal range and expressive flexibility. Biography Early life Patty was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, into a family of musician ...

and

Roberta Flack Roberta Cleopatra Flack (born February 10, 1937) is a retired American singer. She topped the ''Billboard'' charts with the No. 1 singles "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face", "Killing Me Softly with His Song", " Feel Like Makin' Love", "Wher ...

. Upon release, ''Peace on Earth'' failed to chart, though ''Christmas with You'', a 2005 reissue, released by

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, peaked at number 10 on the US

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chart in 2006.

Critical reception

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editor Jason Ankeny rated the album three stars out of five.

Track listing

All tracks were produced and arranged by Robbie Buchanan; except "My Gift Is You," produced Hibiki Hanasaka and co-produced by

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Personnel and credits

Musicians * Peabo Bryson – lead vocals * Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, Hammond organ, bass, drum programming * James Harrah – guitars *

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– drums *

Steve Tavaglione Steve Tavaglione, sometimes known as "Tav", is a woodwind and EWI musician best known for his work as a co-founder of the Latin fusion group Caldera with Jorge Strunz and Eduardo del Barrio, his work with Michael Jackson, Whitney Houston, John Pi ...

– saxophones, flute * Tommy Morgan – harmonica * Warren Stayner – backing vocals *

Sandi Patty Sandra Faye "Sandi" Patty (born July 12, 1956) is an American Christian music singer, known for her wide soprano vocal range and expressive flexibility. Biography Early life Patty was born in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, into a family of musician ...

– lead vocals (4) *

– lead vocals (8) *

Wendy Moten Wendy Moten (born November 22, 1964) is an American jazz singer from Tennessee. Born in Memphis and based in Nashville, Moten has had a successful career in music, including several major-label solo records, some international hit songs, and a ...

– lead vocals (12) Production * Jay Landers – executive producer (1-7, 9, 10) * Bambi Moé – executive producer (8) * John Bolt – recording * Bill Buckingham – recording * Jeremy Smith – recording, mixing * Sheldon Zaharko – mixing * Koji Egawa – assistant engineer *

Scott Erickson Scott Gavin Erickson (born February 2, 1968) is a former Major League Baseball pitcher. He played for the Minnesota Twins, Baltimore Orioles, New York Mets, Texas Rangers, Los Angeles Dodgers, and New York Yankees over 15 seasons. He was a membe ...

– assistant engineer, production coordinator *

Doug Sax Doug Lionel Sax (April 26, 1936 – April 2, 2015) was an American mastering engineer from Los Angeles, California. He mastered three of The Doors' albums, including their 1967 debut; six of Pink Floyd's albums, including ''The Wall''; Ray Charl ...

– mastering * Nancy Roof – production coordinator * J.C. Suares – art direction, design, photography Studios * Recorded at The Hop (Sherman Oaks, CA);

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(North Hollywood, CA); Capitol Studios (Hollywood, CA); Aire Born Studios (Zionsville, IN). * Mixed at Bill Schnee Studios; The Factory Studios (Vancouver, BC, Canada). * Mastered at The Mastering Lab (Hollywood, CA).

Charts

Release history

References

{{Peabo Bryson 1997 Christmas albums Peabo Bryson albums Christmas albums by American artists Rhythm and blues Christmas albums