The Deana Carter Collection is a compilation album released by American country

Country music

Country music is a popular American musical style that began in the rural Southern United States in the 1920s. It takes its roots from Western cowboy and folk music...

 singer/songwriter Deana Carter

Deana Carter

Deana Carter is a country music artist who broke through in 1996 with the release of debut album Did I Shave My Legs for This?, which was certified 5× Multi-Platinum in the United States for sales of over five million...

. Seven of the album's tracks were previous hit singles from her first two albums, Did I Shave My Legs for This?

Did I Shave My Legs for This?

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 charts at the end of that year...

and Everything's Gonna Be Alright. The other tracks on the album consist of album cuts from those same albums that weren't released to radio. The Deana Carter Collection peaked at #54 on the US Top Country album chart. Capitol

Capitol Records

Capitol Records is a major United States based record label, formerly located in Los Angeles, but operating in New York City as part of Capitol Music Group. Its former headquarters building, the Capitol Tower, is a major landmark near the corner of Hollywood and Vine...

 released this album after Carter had already departed from the label and resulted in no newly-recorded tracks; although three tracks ("Rita Valentine", "Graffiti Bridge", and "Angel Without a Prayer") were previously available only in the UK version of her debut album and not in the U.S. version.

Track listing

1. "Strawberry Wine
   Strawberry Wine (Deana Carter song)
   "Strawberry Wine" is the title of a song written by Matraca Berg and Gary Harrison, and recorded by American country artist Deana Carter. It was released in August 1996 as Carter's debut single and served as the lead-off to her debut album, Did I Shave My Legs for This?. The song went on to peak at...
   
   " (Matraca Berg
   Matraca Berg
   Matraca Maria Berg is an American country music singer and songwriter. She has released five albums: three for RCA Records, one for Rising Tide Records and one for Dualtone Records, and has charted in the top 40 of the U.S. Billboard country charts with "Baby, Walk On" and "The Things You Left...
   
   , Gary Harrison) – 4:50
2. "We Danced Anyway
   We Danced Anyway
   "We Danced Anyway" is the title of a song written by Randy Scruggs and Matraca Berg and recorded by American country artist Deana Carter that reached the top of the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart. It was the second single and second Number One hit from her debut album Did I Shave My...
   
   " (Berg, Randy Scruggs
   Randy Scruggs
   Randy Scruggs is a music producer, songwriter and guitarist. He had his first recording at the age of 13...
   
   ) – 3:22
3. "Did I Shave My Legs for This?" (Carter, Rhonda Hart) – 3:13
4. "Count Me In
   Count Me In (song)
   "Count Me In" is a song written by Chuck Jones and co-written and recorded by American country artist Deana Carter. It was released in March 1997 as the third single from her debut album, Did I Shave My Legs for This?...
   
   " (Carter, Chuck Jones) – 3:25
5. "You Still Shake Me" (Tim Ryan Rouillier, Leslie Satcher
   Leslie Satcher
   Leslie Winn Satcher was born in 1962 in Paris, Texas. She has recorded two albums of her own and, in addition, she has co-written several singles for such artists as George Strait, Martina McBride, Pam Tillis, Gretchen Wilson, Patty Loveless, and Vince Gill....
   
   ) – 2:49
6. "Absence of the Heart
   Absence of the Heart
   "Absence of the Heart" is the title of a song written by Chris Farren, Chuck Jones, and co-written and recorded by American country artist Deana Carter. It was released in September 1998 as the lead-off single for her second album Everything's Gonna Be Alright...
   
   " (Carter, Jones) – 3:30
7. "How Do I Get There
   How Do I Get There
   "How Do I Get There" is the title of a song written by Chris Farren and co-written and recorded by American country artist Deana Carter. It was released in August 1997 as the fourth single from her debut album, Did I Shave My Legs for This?. The song became her third single to reach the top of the...
   
   " (Carter, Chris Farren, Jones) – 4:10
8. "People Miss Planes" (Liz Hengber
   Liz Hengber
   Liz Hengber is an American songwriter and musician based in Nashville, Tennessee. Hengber was born in Brooklyn, New York, and graduated from New Milford High School in New Milford, New Jersey in 1977. She graduated from the Theatre Department of the C.W. Post Campus of Long Island University in 1981...
   
   , Deanna Bryant) – 3:26
9. "I've Loved Enough to Know" (Carter, Jones) – 3:23
10. "Rita Valentine" (Carter) – 3:25
11. "Graffiti Bridge" (Carter, Bob DiPiero
    Bob DiPiero
    Bob DiPiero is an American country music songwriter. He has written 15. U.S. Number 1 hits and countless top 20 hits for the likes of Tim McGraw, The Oak Ridge Boys, Reba McEntire, Vince Gill, Faith Hill, Shenandoah, Neal McCoy, Highway 101, Restless Heart, Ricochet, John Anderson, Montgomery...
    
    ) – 3:39
12. "Angel Without a Prayer" (Carter, Michael Dan Ehmig, Michael Smotherman) – 5:18

Chart performance

Chart (2002)	Peak position
U.S. Billboard Top Country Albums	54