Springtime Can Kill You

Springtime Can Kill You
Studio album by Jolie Holland
Released	May 8, 2006
Recorded	2006
Genre	Alternative country, folk
Length	43:51
Label	Anti-
Producer	Jolie Holland
Jolie Holland chronology
Escondida (2004) Springtime Can Kill You (2006) The Living and the Dead (2008)

Professional ratings

Aggregate scores
Source	Rating
Metacritic	78/100 [1]
Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[2]
Billboard	favorable [3]
Entertainment Weekly	A [4]
Pitchfork	6.9/10 [5]
PopMatters	7/10 [6]

Springtime Can Kill You is Jolie Holland's third studio album. It was released in Europe on May 8, 2006 and in the United States on May 9, 2006 through Anti-.

Track listing

All songs by Jolie Holland except when specified

1. "Crush in the Ghetto" – 3:01
2. "Mehitabel's Blues" (Jolie Holland/Brian Miller) – 3:21
3. "Springtime Can Kill You" (Jolie Holland/Brian Miller) – 2:48
4. "Crazy Dreams" (CR Avery) – 2:22
5. "You're Not Satisfied" (adaptation of "Though you're not satisfied" written by Riley Pucket) – 2:09
6. "Stubborn Beast" – 4:06
7. "Don't Tell 'Em" – 2:29
8. "Moonshiner" – 3:32
9. "Ghostly Girl" – 3:34
10. "Nothing Left to Do but Dream" – 7:24
11. "Adieu False Heart" (traditional) – 2:36
12. "Mexican Blue" – 6:29

Personnel

• Jolie Holland – voice, piano, whistle, box fiddle, guitar
• Brian Miller - guitars, piano, percussion, rhodes, electric bass, glockenspiel
• Keith Cary - upright bass, harmony vocals, tuba, lap steel, cello, hawaiian guitar
• David Mihaly - drum kit, tiny bells
• Peter Musselman - french horn, accordion
• Ara Anderson - baritone horn, pump organ
• Feddi Price - mellophone
• Olive Mitra - electric bass
• Sonny Smith - hammond b3 organ
• Carvell Wallace - harmony vocals
• David Dondero - voice
• Kate Klaire - harmony vocals

1. "Springtime Can Kill You by Jolie Holland". Metacritic . Retrieved October 3, 2025.
2. https://www.allmusic.com/album/r825045
3. Ayers, Michael D. (May 9, 2006). "Springtime Can Kill You – Album Review". Billboard. Archived from the original on May 24, 2006. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
4. "Springtime Can Kill You – Album Review". Entertainment Weekly. May 2006. Archived from the original on April 27, 2009. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
5. Deusner, Stephen M. (June 15, 2006). "Jolie Holland: Springtime Can Kill You". Pitchfork. Retrieved October 3, 2025.
6. Metivier, Michael (June 12, 2006). "Jolie Holland: Springtime Can Kill You". PopMatters. Retrieved October 3, 2025.