Peace on Earth (Peabo Bryson album) explained

Peace on Earth
Type:	Studio
Artist:	Peabo Bryson
Cover:	Peace on Earth-Peabo Bryson.jpg
Border:	yes
Released:	November 4, 1997
Genre:	R&B^[1] holiday
Label:	Angel
Producer:	Robbie Buchanan
Prev Title:	Through the Fire
Prev Year:	1994
Next Title:	Unconditional Love
Next Year:	1999

Peace on Earth is the seventeenth studio album by American singer Peabo Bryson. It was released by Angel Records on November 4, 1997 in the United States. Produced by Canadian musician Robbie Buchanan, it marked Bryson's first Christmas album. 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 and Roberta Flack. Upon release, Peace on Earth failed to chart, though Christmas with You, a 2005 reissue, released by Time Life, peaked at number 10 on the US Top Holiday Albums chart in 2006.

Critical reception

AllMusic 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 Tom Keane.^[2]

Personnel and credits

Musicians

• Peabo Bryson – lead vocals
• Robbie Buchanan – keyboards, Hammond organ, bass, drum programming
• James Harrah – guitars
• Mike Baird – drums
  • Steve Tavaglione – saxophones, flute Tommy Morgan – harmonica
• Warren Stayner – backing vocals
• Sandi Patty – lead vocals (4)
• Roberta Flack – lead vocals (8)
• Wendy Moten – 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 – assistant engineer, production coordinator
• Doug Sax – mastering
• Nancy Roof – production coordinator
• J.C. Suares – art direction, design, photography

Studios

• Recorded at The Hop (Sherman Oaks, CA); Bill Schnee Studios (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).

Release history

List of release dates, showing region, formats, label, editions, and reference

Region	Date	Format(s)	Label	Edition(s)
Various	November 4, 1997		Angel	Standard edition
Various	October 4, 2005		Time Life	Christmas with You reissue	^[3]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Peace on Earth. . November 23, 2020.
2. Peace on Earth. 1997. booklet . Angel Records.
3. Web site: Christmas with You . . November 23, 2020.