A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry

{{Infobox album

| name = A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry

| type = studio

| artist = Joe Williams

| cover = File:A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry.jpg

| alt =

| released = 1958

| recorded = 11–21 October 1957 in New York City

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Jazz, traditional pop

| length = 31:59

| label = Roulette R-52005{{cite web|url=https://www.discogs.com/Joe-Williams-A-Man-Aint-Supposed-To-Cry/master/154371|title=Joe Williams - A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry at Discogs |publisher=discogs.com|access-date=11 April 2018}}

| producer =

| chronology = Joe Williams

| prev_title = One O'Clock Jump

| prev_year = 1957

| next_title = Breakfast Dance and Barbecue

| next_year = 1958

}}

A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry is a 1958 album by the American jazz singer Joe Williams arranged by Jimmy Mundy.{{AllMusic|class=album|id=a-man-aint-supposed-to-cry-mw0000188924|label=A Man Ain't Supposed to Cry}} It is an album of ballads and torch songs.

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".

Gramophone critiqued the arrangements as using "strings quite excessively" and Williams's performances as "stress[ing] sentiment rather than swing".{{cite book|title=The Gramophone|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=G-c5AAAAIAAJ|year=1958|publisher=Compton Mackenzie|page=128}}

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".{{cite magazine |magazine=Billboard |title=Reviews and Ratings of New Popular Albums |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OiEEAAAAMBAJ |date=3 February 1958 |publisher=Nielsen Business Media, Inc. |page=39}}