• Record Label: Badman
  • Release Date: May 18, 2004
User Score
8.1

Universal acclaim- based on 9 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 6 out of 9
  2. Negative: 0 out of 9

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  1. Peej
    Mar 22, 2007
    10
    This is a great album from an accomplished singer/songwriter.
  2. EmrahS
    Mar 14, 2006
    9
    Great !
  3. LawrenceP
    Jun 28, 2005
    8
    I think this is his best effort yet.
  4. JamieK
    Jul 29, 2004
    10
    This album offers more range than previous works - at times showing new emotional upsides while staying true to familiar Hayden form. Woody (a cheerful song about his cat), and My Wife (an odd electrical upbeat, almost radio-friendly song about divorce) are two noteable picks from this new bag of tricks from Hayden.
  5. [Anonymous]
    Jul 19, 2004
    6
    This is definitely my least favourite Hayden CD. I've tried to listen to it a lot but it just doesn't have that specialness that I'm used to in Hayden. There's not one song that I can say I really like.
  6. AllenT
    Jul 11, 2004
    9
    Everytime I listen to 'Elk..' I get goosebumps and imagine sitting aside a campfire with Hayden and some friends while he tells his stories with such beautiful music.
  7. JimD
    Jul 6, 2004
    6
    This was my first Hayden purchase; I bought it without having heard any songs on the album. Its an OK album, but a lot of the songs run together when you listen to it from start to finish. Home By Saturday, Starting Over and 1939 are some of the better tunes.

Awards & Rankings

Metascore
79

Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Filter
    82
    A beautifully wrought collection of ballads for the brokenhearted. [#11, p.96]
  2. It's definitely nothing like the laid-back experience of listening to him live, but it's his best album yet.