A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry
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]
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| Released | 1958 | |||
| Recorded | 11–21 October 1957 in New York City | |||
| Genre | Jazz, Traditional pop music | |||
| Length | 31:59 | |||
| Label | Roulette R-52005[1] | |||
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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]
Track listing
- "What's New?" (Johnny Burke, Bob Haggart) – 2:43
- "It's the Talk of the Town" (Jerry Livingston, Al J. Neiburg, Marty Symes) – 3:10
- "I'll Never Smile Again" (Ruth Lowe) – 2:59
- "I'm Through with Love" (Gus Kahn, Fud Livingston, Matty Malneck) – 2:54
- "Where Are You?" (Harold Adamson, Jimmy McHugh) – 2:50
- "I've Only Myself to Blame" (Redd Evans, Dave Mann) – 2:50
- "Say It Isn't So" (Irving Berlin) – 2:54
- "What Will I Tell My Heart" (Irving Gordon, Jack Lawrence, Peter Tinturin) – 2:40
- "You've Got Me Crying Again" (Isham Jones, Charles Newman) – 2:46
- "Can't We Talk It Over?" (Ned Washington, Lester Young, Victor Young) – 2:36
- "I Laugh to Keep From Cryin'" (Lew Brown) – 2:58
- "A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry" (Norman Gimbel, Frankie Laine, Irving Reid) – 3:33
References
- "Joe Williams - A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry at Discogs". discogs.com. Retrieved 11 April 2018.
- 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.
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