Arguably the quartet's best studio album, B.M.O.C.
offers a rich selection of material, from traditional folk songs to '30s blues ("St.
James Infirmary") and then-current country songs ("(Ghost) Riders in the Sky"), all sung in a serious and restrained style.
The difference between this and the group's earlier albums is that, as individuals, the members all show a greater depth in their understanding of the songs on B.M.O.C., feeling the lyrics as well as singing them well.
Thus, even the movie song "The Green Leaves of Summer" (from the movie The Alamo) is presented with a great deal of emotion that was missing from earlier work by the group, and "A Pretty Girl Is Like a Little Bird" is offered with a fervor and immediacy (and some nice flourishes on the guitars and banjo) that characterized the folk revival at its best.
The title, incidentally, is a play on a phrase that would have been well-known in 1961 (though it dates from at least the 1920s) but is utterly forgotten today -- B.M.O.C.
meant "Big Man On Campus," a reference usually applied to a male undergraduate of some renown, usually in sports.
| Title/Composers | Performer | Listen | Time | Size | Size | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | I Am a Roving Gambler | The Brothers Four | Play | 02:49 | 6 MB | 18 MB |
| 2 | Well, Well, Well | The Brothers Four | Play | 02:34 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 3 | St. James Infirmary | The Brothers Four | Play | 03:02 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 4 | When the Sun Goes Down | The Brothers Four | Play | 02:53 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 5 | A Pretty Girl Is Like a Little Bird | The Brothers Four | Play | 02:52 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 6 | Beautiful Brown Eyes | The Brothers Four | Play | 02:45 | 6 MB | 16 MB |
| 7 | The Old Settler's Song | The Brothers Four | Play | 03:17 | 7 MB | 20 MB |
| 8 | With You Fair Maid | The Brothers Four | Play | 01:58 | 4 MB | 12 MB |
| 9 | Sweet Roseanne | The Brothers Four | Play | 03:12 | 7 MB | 19 MB |
| 10 | Riders In The Sky | The Brothers Four | Play | 02:18 | 5 MB | 15 MB |
| 11 | The Green Leaves of Summer (from the Batjac Production "The Alamo") | The Brothers Four | Play | 02:49 | 6 MB | 17 MB |
| 12 | My Little John Henry | The Brothers Four | Play | 01:46 | 4 MB | 10 MB |
| 32 mins | 74 MB | |||||
| 32 mins | 198 MB | |||||
| Artist | Job | |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | The Brothers Four | Primary Artist |
| Quality | Format | Encoding | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Standard | MP3 | 320kps 44.1kHz | MP3 is an audio coding format which uses a form of lossy data compression. The highest bitrate of this format is 320kbps (kbit/s). MP3 Digital audio takes less amount of space (up to 90% reduction in size) and the quality is not as good as the original one. |