''Peace'' is a 1968 studio album by American

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group

Rotary Connection Rotary Connection was an American psychedelic soul band, formed in Chicago in 1966. In addition to their own recordings, including their 1967 debut album '' Rotary Connection'', the band backed Muddy Waters on his 1968 psychedelic blues album ...

, released on

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Reception

Editors at

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rated this album 4 out of 5 stars, with critic Rodney Batdorf writing that this "is a terrific, soulful Christmas album" that "has all the hallmarks of a late-'60s pop-soul record". In a review for retailers, ''

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'' recommended this release as "a holiday package filled with Christmas" with a "marketable style".

Track listing

#"Opening Round" (Mitch Aliotta) – 1:52 #"

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" (Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr) – 5:57 #"Christmas Love" (Morris Dollison) – 3:09 #"Last Call for Peace" (Arthur Feldman and H. White) – 2:52 #"Shopping Bag Menagerie" (Sidney Barnes) – 3:49 #"Silent Night" ( Marshall Paul and

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) – 3:41 #"Christmas Child" (Dollison and Stepney) – 2:42 #"Peace at Least" (Feldman) – 4:11 #"Santa's Little Helpers" (Jim Donlinger and Jim Nyeholt) – 0:34 #"Sidewalk Santa" (Barnes) – 4:21 #"If Peace Was All We Had" (J. Donlinger and Tim Donlinger) – 4:49 #"Silent Night Chant" (Paul and Stepney) – 4:33 #"Silence" – 0:30

Personnel

Rotary Connection *Mitch Aliotta – vocals *Sidney Barnes – vocals *Jim Donlinger – vocals *Tom Donlinger – vocals *Jim Nyeholt – vocals *

Minnie Riperton Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American soul singer and songwriter best known for her 1974 single " Lovin' You", her five-octave vocal range, and her use of the whistle register. Born in 1947, Riperton grew ...

– vocals *Bobby Simms – vocals *Charles Stepney – vocals,

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Additional personnel *

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– production *Don Holden – mastering *Jerry Griffith – design *Ron Malo – recording *Warren Meyer – photography

Chart performance

''Peace'' peaked at 24 on the ''Billboard'' 200.

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