Co-Balt

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{{Infobox album

| name = Co-Balt

| type = Studio album

| artist = brute.

| cover = Brute-CB.jpg

| alt =

| released = April 9, 2002

| recorded = Fall 2001

| venue =

| studio =

| genre = Rock, Southern rock, jam

| length =

| label = Widespread Records (US)
Evangeline Records (UK)

| producer = John Keane

| prev_title = Nine High a Pallet

| prev_year = 1995

| next_title =

| next_year =

}}

{{Music ratings

|rev1 = AllMusic

|rev1score = {{Rating|3|5}}[{{AllMusic|class=album|id=r583211|pure_url=yes}} Allmusic review]

|rev2 = The Austin Chronicle

|rev2score = {{rating|2.5|4}}{{cite web|author=Reviewed by Christopher Hess, Fri., July 19, 2002 |url=https://www.austinchronicle.com/music/2002-07-19/97597/ |title=Brute: Co-balt Album Review - Music |publisher=The Austin Chronicle |date=2002-07-19 |accessdate=2020-06-09}}

|rev3 = The Encyclopedia of Popular Music

|rev3score = {{rating|3|5}}{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_NNmFiUnSmUC&q=Co-Balt+brute+2002&pg=PA101 |title=The Encyclopedia of Popular Music - Colin Larkin - Google Books |date=2011-05-27 |isbn=9780857125958 |accessdate=2020-06-09|last1=Larkin |first1=Colin |publisher=Omnibus Press }}

|rev4 = Pitchfork

|rev4score = 5.9/10{{cite web|author=William Bowers |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/981-co-balt/ |title=Brute: Co-Balt Album Review |publisher=Pitchfork |date=2002-06-05 |accessdate=2020-06-09}}

}}

Co-Balt is the second and final studio album by the Athens, Georgia-based band brute., a collaboration between guitarist Vic Chesnutt and the members of Widespread Panic.{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8AiEx07v-8QC&q=Co-Balt+brute+2002&pg=PA231 |title=Jambands: The Complete Guide to the Players, Music, & Scene - Dean Budnick - Google Books |isbn=9780879307455 |accessdate=2020-06-09|last1=Budnick |first1=Dean |year=2003 |publisher=Hal Leonard Corporation }} It was released seven years after the band's debut release, Nine High a Pallet, on April 9, 2002.{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NpeXdthXFHQC&q=Co-Balt+brute+2002&pg=PT9 |title=Reviews|work=CMJ New Music Report - Google Books |date=2002-04-15 |accessdate=2020-06-09}} The night of the release, the band played their final live concert (though they would play a radio show a few weeks later) at the Tabernacle in Atlanta, Georgia.