Elk-Lake Serenade

Elk Lake Serenade
Studio album by Hayden
Released	18 May 2004 (Canada / USA), 16 August 2004 (UK), August 2004 (Australia / NZ)
Genre	Acoustic rock Alt country 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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Hayden chronology
Live at Convocation Hall (2002) Elk-Lake Serenade (2004) 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.

1. "Wide Eyes" – 2:12
2. "Home by Saturday" – 3:19
3. "Woody" – 1:53
4. "This Summer" – 2:56
5. "Hollywood Ending" – 2:55
6. "Robbed Blind" – 2:17
7. "Killbear" – 3:34
8. "Through the Rads" – 1:19
9. "Starting Over" – 2:31
10. "Don't Get Down" – 3:19
11. "Roll Down That Wave" – 1:38
12. "My Wife" – 3:02
13. "1939" – 4:45
14. "Elk-Lake Serenade" – 1:01
15. "Looking Back to Me" – 5:21
16. hidden track – 4:19 (begins approx. 2:14 after "Looking Back to Me")