Nine High a Pallet

Nine High a Pallet is the first studio album by brute., a band based in Athens, Georgia, USA, which was a collaboration band between the guitarist Vic Chesnutt and members of Widespread Panic. The album was recorded at John Keane (record producer)'s studio in Athens, Georgia.

Nine High a Pallet
Studio album by brute.
Released	September 12, 1995
Recorded	December 1993
Genre	Rock, Southern rock, jam
Label	Capricorn (1995) Velocette (2002)
Producer	Scott Stuckey
Brute. chronology
Nine High a Pallet (1995) Co-Balt (2002)

Professional ratings

Review scores
Source	Rating
AllMusic	[1]
Entertainment Weekly	A−[2]
The Rolling Stone Album Guide	[3]
The Village Voice	A−[4]

The liner notes to the album suggest that the band's name originated from a comment from Dave Schools who reportedly stated, "Play like a brute."

The liner notes also suggest that the album title derives from the safe stacking height for pallets.

The band Brute played 5 shows under that moniker, and Vic would collaborate with the band several more times before his death.^[5][6]

Several brute. songs have been covered by Widespread Panic over the years since Vic's death, including "Protein Drink/Sewing Machine" and "Bastards in Bubbles."

Track listing

All songs written by Vic Chesnutt, except as shown.

1. "Westport Ferry" – 2:56
2. "Blight" (Chesnutt, Houser, Nance, Schools) – 4:07
3. "Good Morning Mr. Hard on" – 3:46
4. "I Ain't Crazy Enough"
5. "Protein Drink/Sewing Machine" ("Sewing Machine" co-written by Tina Chesnutt)
6. "Let's Get Down to Business"
7. "George Wallace"
8. "PC"
9. "Snowblind" (Hoyt Axton)
10. "Miserable"
11. "Bastards in Bubbles"
12. "Cataclysm" – 8:36

Personnel

brute.

Vic Chesnutt – guitar, vocals, harmonica

John Bell – dobro, vocals

Michael Houser – guitar, vocals

Todd Nance – percussion, drums, vocals

Dave Schools – bass guitar, percussion, vocals

John Hermann – keyboards

Guest performers

John Hickman – harp ("Cataclysm" only)

John Keane – pedal steel guitar ("Snowblind" only)

David Lowery – guitar ("Cataclysm" only)

Production

John Keane – engineer

Scott Stuckey – producer, engineer, mixing, remastering

Don Zientara – mixing