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{{Infobox album
| name       = Ratworld
| type       = studio
| artist     = [[Menace Beach (band)|Menace Beach]]
| cover      = Ratworld.jpg
| alt        =
| released   = {{start date|2015|01|15|df=y}}
| recorded   =
| venue      =
| studio     =
| genre      = [[Indie rock]], [[Surf punk (music genre)|surf punk]]
| length     = {{Duration|m=32|s=52}}
| label      = [[Memphis Industries|Memphis]]
| producer   =
| prev_title = [[Lowtalker|Lowtalker EP]]
| prev_year  = 2014
| next_title = [[Lemon Memory]]
| next_year  = 2017
| misc       = {{Singles
| name        = Ratworld
| type        = studio
| single1     = Come On Give Up
| single1date = September 22, 2014
}}
}}
{{Album ratings
|MC=68/100<ref name = "MC">{{cite web|url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/ratworld/menace-beach|title=Ratworld – Menace Beach|publisher=[[Metacritic]]. [[CBS Interactive]]|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
|rev1=[[Allmusic]]
|rev1Score={{rating|4|5}}<ref name = "Allmusic">{{cite web|last=Monger|first=Timothy|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/ratworld-mw0002774065|title=Ratworld – Menace Beach|publisher=[[Allmusic]]. [[Rovi Corporation]]|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
|rev2=''[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]''
|rev2Score=6/10<ref name = "Clash">{{cite web|last=Smith|first=Mat|date=13 January 2015|url=http://www.clashmusic.com/reviews/menace-beach-ratworld|title=Menace Beach – Ratworld|work=[[Clash (magazine)|Clash]]|publisher=Music Republic Ltd|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
|rev3=[[Contactmusic.com]]
|rev3Score=3.5/5<ref name = "Contactmusic">{{cite web|last=Peterson|first=Andy|date=13 January 2015|url=http://www.contactmusic.com/album-review/menace-beach-ratworld|title=Menace Beach – Ratworld Album Review|publisher=[[Contactmusic.com]]|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
|rev4=''[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]''
|rev4Score={{rating|5|5}}<ref name = "DIY">{{cite web|last=Ackroyd|first=Stephen|date=14 January 2015|url=https://diymag.com/2015/01/14/menace-beach-ratworld-album-review|title=Menace Beach – Ratworld|work=[[DIY (magazine)|DIY]]|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
|rev5=''[[Drowned in Sound]]''
|rev5Score=7/10<ref name = "DIS">{{cite web|last=Burrows|first=Marc|date=16 January 2015|url=http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18590/reviews/4148618|title=Album Review: Menace Beach – Ratworld|work=[[Drowned in Sound]]|publisher=Silentway|accessdate=19 January 2015|archive-date=16 January 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150116164535/http://drownedinsound.com/releases/18590/reviews/4148618|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|rev6=''[[The Guardian]]''
|rev6Score={{rating|3|5}}<ref name = "Guardian">{{cite web|last=Hann|first=Michael|date=8 January 2015|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jan/08/menace-beach-ratworld-review|title=Menace Beach: Ratworld review – fuzzily enthusiastic alt-rock pastiche |work=[[The Guardian]]|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
|rev7=''[[Loud and Quiet]]''
|rev7Score=6/10<ref name = "LAQ">{{cite web|last=West|first=James|date=January 2015|url=http://www.loudandquiet.com/2015/01/ratworld-by-menace-beach/|title=Ratworld by Menace World|work=[[Loud and Quiet]]|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
|rev8=[[musicOMH]]
|rev8Score={{rating|3.5|5}}<ref name = "musicOMH">{{cite web|last=Raymond |first=Max|date=18 January 2015|url=http://www.musicomh.com/reviews/albums/menace-beach-ratworld|title=Menace Beach – Ratworld|publisher=[[musicOMH]]|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
|rev9=''[[NME]]''
|rev9Score=8/10<ref name = "NME">{{cite web|last=Horner|first=Al|date=9 January 2015|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/menace-beach/15875|title=Menace Beach – 'Ratworld'|work=[[NME]]|publisher=[[Time Inc. UK#Inspire|Inspire]]|accessdate=19 January 2015}}</ref>
|rev10=[[Pitchfork Media]]
|rev10Score=7.1/10<ref name = "Pitchfork">{{cite web|last=Rytlewski|first=Evan|date=23 January 2015|url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/20157-ratworld/|title=Menace Beach: Ratworld|publisher=[[Pitchfork Media]]|accessdate=23 January 2015}}</ref>
}}
'''''Ratworld''''' is the debut studio album by Leeds-based band [[Menace Beach (band)|Menace Beach]]. The album was released through [[Memphis Industries]] on 19 January 2015.
== Critical reception ==
''Ratworld'' received generally favorable reviews from critics. On [[Metacritic]], it has been given a score of 68 out of 100 based on 13 reviews.<ref name="MC"/> Stephen Ackroyd of [[DIY (magazine)|DIY]] raved the album, saying "''Ratworld'' is that rarest of beasts&mdash;a debut album that’s got a backstory running deeper than all six seasons of ''[[Lost (2004 TV series)|Lost]]'', but still sounds like it’s delivered without any requirement for effort whatsoever." Ackroyd gave the album five out of five stars.<ref name = "DIY"/> Al Horner at [[NME]] gave the album 8/10 praising their sound and musicianship, saying that Ratland "may relish a world on the brink of chaos, but this is a band with their shit together."<ref name = "NME"/> [[Pitchfork Media]]'s Evan Rytlewski gave the album 7.1/10 complimenting the band's embracing of their influences, as well as their energy. Rytlewski wrote Menace Beach "bottles and concentrates the exuberance of [1990s] era's alterna-pop".<ref name = "Pitchfork"/>
Andy Peterson of [[Contactmusic.com]] gave the album a more mixed-review. Peterson felt that the album "their resolutely DIY aesthetic in the wrong hands could be a minefield of derivation"; however, he backpedaled and said the despite this that ''Ratworld'' " manages to bottle enough psy-kookiness in the thirteen tracks here to hold even the most wayward of attentions".<ref name = "Contactmusic"/>
== Track listing ==
{{tracklist
| total_length = 32:52
| title1 = Come On Give Up
| length1 = 2:45
| lyrics1 =
| title2 = Elastic
| length2 = 2:34
| lyrics2 =
| title3 = Dropouts
| length3 = 2:44
| lyrics3 =
| title4 = Lowtalkin'
| length4 = 1:44
| lyrics4 =
| title5 = Blue Eye
| length5 = 3:53
| lyrics5 =
| title6 = Dig It Up
| length6 = 2:31
| lyrics6 =
| title7 = Tennis Court
| length7 = 2:45
| lyrics7 =
| title8 = Ratworld
| length8 = 2:41
| lyrics8 =
| title9 = Tastes Like Medicine
| length9 = 3:03
| lyrics9 =
| title10 = Pick Out The Pieces
| length10 = 2:18
| lyrics10 =
| title11 = Infinite Donut
| length11 = 2:15
| lyrics11 =
| title12 = Fortune Teller
| length12 = 3:38
| lyrics12 =
}}
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