Did I Shave My Legs For This? [25th Anniversary Edition]

by Deana Carter

Overview

Deana Carter's debut album may have seemed like the arrival of an overnight sensation, but that was hardly the truth. Carter cracked it finally at 30, after trying since she was 17 as the daughter of kicking country guitar picker Fred Carter. With its ironic odd title and its mix of singer/songwriter folk, new traditionalist country, and pop, Carter came up with a winner. Produced by Chris Farren and Jimmy Bowen, Carter's album features six originals, including the title track, "Count Me In," the amazing opener, "I've Loved Enough to Know," with its hooky guitars, shimmering fiddles, and cascading pianos, the gorgeous "Love Ain't Worth Making" and "Before We Ever Heard Goodbye," and "How Do I Get There." These are the album's strongest tunes, full of passion and sincerity regarding love, its fulfillment and impossibility, as well as its mystery. And the woman can write a hook. There's a radio-friendly rock and pop feel to tracks such as Mac Wiseman's hard country tonkin' "If This Is Love" and Matraca Berg's pedal steel-ringing "Strawberry Wine." That she sold a few million copies of this record to country fans is not surprising at all; that she sold a few million more to AAA radio fans and to those whose musical tastes are dictated by NPR is. Most of these folks bitch like crazy about "young country," and Carter defined it with her very first record in all the best ways: using the country tradition to make fine, well-crafted music that appeals to a broad range of tastes. ~ Thom Jurek

Product Details

Release Date:	11/05/2021
Label:	Capitol
UPC:	0602438478057
Rank:	101573

Tracks

1. I've Loved Enough to Know
2. We Danced Anyway
3. Count Me In
4. If This Is Love
5. Love Ain't Worth Making
6. Before We Ever Heard Goodbye
7. How Do I Get There
8. Strawberry Wine
9. That's How You Know It's Love
10. Did I Shave My Legs for This?
11. To the Other Side
12. Strawberry Wine
13. Did I Shave My Legs for This?

Album Credits

Performance Credits

Deana Carter   Primary Artist,Vocals,Lead Vocals,Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Lauren Alaina   Primary Artist,Vocals
Kylie Morgan   Primary Artist,Vocals
Sara Evans   Primary Artist,Vocals
Martina McBride   Primary Artist,Vocals
Terri Clark   Primary Artist,Vocals
Ashley McBryde   Primary Artist,Vocals
Vince Gill   Primary Artist,Guitar,Guitar (Electric)
Biff Watson   Guitar (Acoustic)
Kim Carnes   Vocals (Background)
Chuck Jones   Guitar (Acoustic)
Chris Dicroce   Vocals (Background)
Larry Franklin   Fiddle,Mandolin
Greg Morrow   Drums,Percussion
Mac McAnally   Guitar (Acoustic)
John Hobbs   Piano,Keyboards
Steve Nathan   Organ (Hammond)
Jeff Carter   Guitar (Electric)
Lonnie Wilson   Drums
The Nashville String Machine   Strings
Matraca Berg   Vocals (Background)
Carl Gorodetsky   Conductor
Mike Rojas   Piano,Accordion,Keyboards
Brent Rowan   Guitar (Electric)
Glenn Worf   Bass,Guitar (Bass)
Dann Huff   Guitar (Electric)
Dan Dugmore   Pedal Steel,Guitar (Steel),Lap Steel Guitar,Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Chris Farren   Guitar (Acoustic),Vocals (Background)
Pete Wasner   Piano
Cary Park   Guitar (Steel),Guitar (Acoustic),Guitar (Electric)
Joe Chaney   Guitar (Bass)

Technical Credits

Trey Bruce   Composer
Ted Jensen   Mastering Engineer
Kim Carnes   Composer
Chuck Jones   Composer
Chuck Ainlay   Mixing,Engineer,Recording
Craig Wiseman   Composer
Derek Bason   Assistant Engineer
John Guess   Producer
Dean Dillon   Composer
Deana Carter   Composer,Producer,Art Direction,Creative Director
Tony Baker   Photography
Joel McKenney   Assistant Engineer
Mark Tucker   Photography
Jimmy Bowen   Producer
Marty Williams   Engineer
Michael Dan Ehmig   Composer
Matraca Berg   Composer
Randy Scruggs   Composer
Justin Shturtz   Assistant Mastering Engineer
Micheal Smotherman   Composer
Denny Purcell   Mastering
Al Anderson   Composer
Allen Ditto   Engineer
Stephony Smith   Composer
Steve Marcantonio   Mixing,Engineer
Bob DiPiero   Composer
Chris Farren   Composer,Producer
Greg Barnhill   Composer
Tom Harding   Engineer
Gary Harrison   Composer
David Campbell   String Arrangements
Tim Waters   Mixing Assistant,Assistant Engineer
Rhonda Hart   Composer
Melanie Shelley   Make-Up
Susan Levy   Art Direction
Maria Smoot   Hair Stylist
Nancy H. Williams   Producer
Beth Middleworth   Design,Art Direction
Susan Bessire   Clothing/Wardrobe
Scott Poston   Composer
Gavin Jones   Composer
Matt Rausch   Engineer