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| Released | August 13, 2015 | |||
| Genre | Celtic punk | |||
| Length | 36:21 | |||
| Label | Fat Wreck Chords [1] | |||
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Rats in the Burlap is the ninth studio album by Canadian punk rock band The Real McKenzies. [4] It was released on Fat Wreck Chords in 2015.
"Yes" is about the Scottish independence movement. [5]
| No. | Title | Length |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Wha Saw the 42nd" | 2:00 |
| 2. | "Up on a Motorbike" | 2:02 |
| 3. | "Who'd a Thought" | 3:02 |
| 4. | "Midnight Train to Moscow" | 1:47 |
| 5. | "Lilacs in the Alleyway" | 3:29 |
| 6. | "Yes" | 2:44 |
| 7. | "You Wanna Know What" | 2:19 |
| 8. | "What Have You Done" | 2:37 |
| 9. | "Bootsy the Haggis-Eating Cat" | 2:31 |
| 10. | "Spinning Wheels" | 1:39 |
| 11. | "Stephen's Green" | 2:55 |
| 12. | "The Fields of Inverness" | 3:47 |
| 13. | "Catch Me" | 2:35 |
| 14. | "Dead or Alive" | 2:54 |
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