Did I Shave My Legs for This?

Did I Shave My Legs for This?
Studio album by Deana Carter
Released	March 1, 1995 (UK)[1] September 3, 1996 (NA)
Genre	Country
Length	41:19
Label	Capitol
Producer	Chris Farren, Jimmy Bowen, John Guess
Professional reviews
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Deana Carter chronology
Did I Shave My Legs for This? (1996) Everything's Gonna Be Alright (1998)
Alternate cover
UK cover
Singles from Did I Shave My Legs for This?
"Strawberry Wine" Released: August 1996 "We Danced Anyway" Released: December 1996 "Count Me In" Released: March 1997 "How Do I Get There" Released: August 1997 "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" Released: October 1997

Did I Shave My Legs for This? is the debut album of American country artist Deana Carter, released in 1996. It features her breakthrough debut single "Strawberry Wine", a Number One hit on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks (now Hot Country Songs) charts at the end of that year. "We Danced Anyway", "Count Me In", "How Do I Get There", and the title track were also released as a singles. Of these, "We Danced Anyway" and "How Do I Get There" were also Number One hits.

Track listing

1. "I've Loved Enough to Know" (Chuck Jones, Deana Carter) – 3:22
2. "We Danced Anyway" (Matraca Berg, Randy Scruggs) – 3:23
3. "Count Me In" (Jones, Carter) – 3:24
4. "If This Is Love" (Al Anderson, Craig Wiseman) – 2:53
5. "Love Ain't Worth Making" (Carter, Scott Poston) – 3:44
6. "Before We Ever Heard Goodbye" (Jones, Carter) – 3:45
7. "How Do I Get There" (Carter, Chris Farren) – 4:09
8. "Strawberry Wine" (Berg, Gary Harrison) – 4:51
9. "That's How You Know It's Love" (Stephony Smith) – 4:27
10. "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" (Carter, Rhonda Hart) – 3:11
11. "To the Other Side" (Kim Carnes, Greg Barnhill) – 4:10

UK version

An alternate album was released via Patriot Records in the UK in 1995.^[2] However, shortly after the album's release, the record label folded and the album was shelved. The UK version had a different set of tracks; three tracks were later used on the North America release, and three other tracks were later used on The Deana Carter Collection. "Angel Without a Prayer" was released as a promotional single on January 27, 1995^[3], along with a music video. Capitol Records later had Carter record new material for the North American release of the album.^[4]

1. "Angel Without a Prayer" (Carter, Michael Dan Ehmig, Michael Smotherman) – 5:15
2. "Rita Valentine" (Carter) – 3:24
3. "I've Loved Enough to Know" (Jones, Carter) – 3:22
4. "I Can't Shake You" – 3:16
5. "Are You Coming Home Today" – 3:59
6. "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" (Carter, Hart) – 3:11
7. "Turn Those Wheels Around" – 3:15
8. "Graffiti Bridge" (Carter, Bob DiPiero) – 3:38
9. "Before We Ever Heard Goodbye" (Jones, Carter) – 3:46
10. "We Share a Wall" – 3:21
11. "Don't Let Go" – 2:26
12. "Just What You Need" - 3:22

Charts

Album

Did I Shave My Legs for This? is Carter's highest-charting album to date, and her only album to chart in the Top 10 on the U.S. Billboard 200. The album has sold over 5 million copies in the U.S. alone, with another half million sold in Canada.

Singles

Personnel

• Deana Carter – lead vocals, background vocals
• Joe Chemay – bass guitar
• Chris DiCroce – background vocals
• Dan Dugmore – acoustic guitar, steel guitar
• Chris Farren – acoustic guitar, background vocals
• Larry Franklin – fiddle, mandolin
• John Hobbs – piano, keyboards
• Dann Huff – electric guitar
• Chuck Jones – acoustic guitar
• Greg Morrow – drums, percussion
• Steve Nathan – Hammond B-3 organ
• Cary Park – acoustic guitar, electric guitar
• Brent Rowan – electric guitar
• Pete Wasner – piano
• Biff Watson – acoustic guitar
• Lonnie Wilson – drums
• Glenn Worf – bass guitar

Strings performed by the Nashville String Machine, conducted by Carl Gorodetzky and arranged by David Campbell.

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