Elk-Lake Serenade is the fourth album 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. (on the Badman Recording Co.). It was released two months later in the UK on Loose Music, and in Australia and New Zealand on Spunk Records.
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| Released | 18 May 2004 (Canada / USA), 16 August 2004 (UK), August 2004 (Australia / NZ) | |||
| Genre | Acoustic rock, alternative country, indie folk, folk rock | |||
| Length | 48:29 | |||
| Label | Hardwood/Universal Music Canada (Canada), Badman Recording Company (USA), Loose Music (UK), SPUNK (Australia / NZ) | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 79/100[9] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |   [1] |
| Guardian Unlimited |  [2] |
| The Independent | [citation needed] |
| Jam! | (ambivalent)[3] |
| Pitchfork Media | (6.8/10)[4] |
| PopMatters (1) | (favourable)[5] |
| PopMatters (2) | (ambivalent)[6] |
| Q | [7] |
| The Sunday Times (London) | [8] |
Elk Lake is a community in Northern Ontario.
Track listing
editAll 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")
References
edit- ^ Elk-Lake Serenade at AllMusic
- ^ Sweeting, Adam (12 August 2004). "Hayden, Elk-Lake Serenade". The Guardian.
- ^ "Elk-Lake Serenade". 2004-05-14. Archived from the original on 2013-01-15.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: unfit URL (link) - ^ http://www.pitchforkmedia.com/article/record_review/18407-elk-lake-serenade?artist_title=18407-elk-lake-serenade [bare URL]
- ^ http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/h/hayden-elklake.shtml [bare URL]
- ^ http://popmatters.com/music/reviews/h/hayden-elklake2.shtml [bare URL]
- ^ Sep 2004, p.119
- ^ Edwards, Mark (15 August 2004). "Hayden, Pop CD of the week". The Sunday Times. p. 27.
- ^ "Elk-Lake Serenade by Hayden", Metacritic, retrieved 2023-12-29
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