Elk-Lake Serenade

Infobox Album | Name = Elk Lake Serenade
Type = studio
Artist = Hayden


Recorded =
Released = 18 May 2004 (Canada / USA),
16 August, 2004 (UK),
August 2004 (Australia / NZ)
Genre = Acoustic rock
Alt country
Folk rock
Length =
Label = Hardwood/Universal Music Canada (Canada),
Badman (USA),
Loose Music (UK),
SPUNK (Australia / NZ)
Producer =
Reviews =
* Allmusic Rating|4.5|5 [http://wc06.allmusic.com/cg/amg.dll?p=amg&sql=10:fjftxqealdte link]
* "Guardian Unlimited" Rating|4|5 [http://arts.guardian.co.uk/reviews/story/0,11712,1281662,00.html link]
* "The Independent" Rating|4|5
* Jam! "ambivalent" [http://jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/H/Hayden/AlbumReviews/2004/05/14/771060.html link]
* Pitchfork (6.8/10) [http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18407-elk-lake-serenade?artist_title=18407-elk-lake-serenade link]
* PopMatters (1) "favourable" [http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/h/hayden-elklake.shtml link]
* PopMatters (2) "ambivalent" [http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/h/hayden-elklake2.shtml link]
* "Q" Rating|4|5 [Sep 2004, p.119]
* "The Sunday Times" (London) Rating|4|5
Last album = "Live at Convocation Hall"
(2002)
This album = "Elk-Lake Serenade"
(2004)
Next album = "In Field & Town"
(2008)

"Elk-Lake Serenade" is the sixth full-length release by Canadian singer-songwriter Hayden. It was released on 18 May 2004 in Canada (on Hayden's own record label, Hardwood Records) and in the U.S.A. (on the Badman Recording Co.). It was released two months later in the U.K. on Loose Music, and in Australia and New Zealand on Spunk Records.

Elk Lake is a community in Northern Ontario.

Track listing

All songs written by Paul Hayden Desser.

# "Wide Eyes" – 2:12
# "Home by Saturday" – 3:19
# "Woody" – 1:53
# "This Summer" – 2:56
# "Hollywood Ending" – 2:55
# "Robbed Blind" – 2:17
# "Killbear" – 3:34
# "Through the Rads" – 1:19
# "Starting Over" – 2:31
# "Don't Get Down" – 3:19
# "Roll Down That Wave" – 1:38
# "My Wife" – 3:02
# "1939" – 4:45
# "Elk-Lake Serenade" – 1:01
# "Looking Back to Me" – 5:21
# hidden track – 4:19 (begins approx. 2:14 after "Looking Back to Me")