The Sky Is Crying is the fifth and final studio album by Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble, compiling songs recorded throughout most of their career.

Released 14 months[5] after Vaughan's death in 1990, the album features ten previously unreleased tracks recorded between 1984 and 1989.

Only one title, "Empty Arms" (complete reprisal), appeared on any of the group's previous albums.

The album includes a Grammy-winning extended instrumental cover version of Jimi Hendrix's "Little Wing"; Kenny Burrell's "Chitlins con Carne", a jazz instrumental; and, "Life by the Drop", a song written by Vaughan's friend Doyle Bramhall and played on a twelve-string acoustic guitar.

[1] Stevie Ray Vaughan and Double Trouble Production ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.