| A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry | ||||
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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | 11–21 October 1957 in New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz, traditional pop | |||
| Length | 31:59 | |||
| Label | Roulette R-52005[1] | |||
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A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry is a 1958 album by the American jazz singer Joe Williams arranged by Jimmy Mundy.[2] It is an album of ballads and torch songs.[2]
John Bush, reviewing the album for Allmusic, praises Williams as "an excellent balladeer with a rich vibrato and the confidence to let a straight reading speak for itself".[2]
Gramophone critiqued the arrangements as using "strings quite excessively" and Williams's performances as "stress[ing] sentiment rather than swing".[3]
The initial Billboard review from February 3, 1958 said that the album was a "convincing, well-performed ballad set" and that Williams's talent was "formidable". Mundy's orchestral arrangements were "mellifluous yet unobtrusive".[4]
- ^ "Joe Williams - A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- ^ a b c A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry at AllMusic
- ^ The Gramophone. Compton Mackenzie. 1958. p. 128.
- ^ "Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums". Billboard. Nielsen Business Media, Inc. 3 February 1958. p. 39.