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"Hundredweight" was the first single released by Eastbourne based indie rock three piece easyworld, on Fierce Panda Records on February 19, 2001. The single was released on two separate formats, CD and orange 7" vinyl, both released in limited pressings of 500 each. The vinyl version contained the track 'U Make Me Wanna Drink Bleach', which would later appear on the band's first EP, Better Ways to Self Destruct (in the form of a stylophone mix), their first full album, This is Where I Stand (for which the track was completely re-recorded), and as a single in itself. The CD version comes with one extra song, All I Ever Had, which is not found on any other easyworld release. Musically, while the other two songs are arguably more representative of the 'earlier' easyworld, with their upbeat pop punk guitar sound, it is the more melancholy All I Ever Had which bears the most similarity to later releases. As for Hundredweight itself, it also reappeared on Better Ways to Self Destruct (though it was not re-recorded), and This is Where I Stand (as a completely re-recorded version, titled '100 Weight'). Also, the same recording which is found on this single was included on the compilation Decade: Ten Years of Fierce Panda. Both versions of the single are quite collectible, being the most rare of commercial easyworld releases, and have been known to go for anything up to £30 on eBay.
[edit] Tracklisting
- Hundredweight
- U Make Me Wanna Drink Bleach
- All I Ever Had
[edit] 7" Vinyl
- Hundredweight
- U Make Me Wanna Drink Bleach
