| Artist | Various Artists |
| Format | CD |
| Label | Bloodshot Records |
| Release Date | 2002-12-10 |
| Manufacturer | Bloodshot Records |
Making Singles Drinking Doubles does quite a few things well. As Bloodshot Records' 100th release, it serves to celebrate the indie label's survival to the century mark. As an aural overview of Bloodshot's brief but busy history, it may be the world's first danceable biography. And as a compilation of 18 rare and unreleased tracks--most of them culled from Bloodshot's catalog of long-out-of-print seven-inch singles--it's a blow to liberate a batch of cool tunes from the sole province of pencil-necked collectors and online auction hawks.
Finally, like any Bloodshot comp worth its weight in rhinestones, Making Singles Drinking Doubles offers a Chicago-scene survey (the Waco Brothers, Kelly Hogan, Neko Case) as well as a few arch covers (Moonshine Willy, the Meat Purveyors, and Rex Hobart do XTC, Madonna, and Poison, respectively).
And while Ryan Adams contributes a couple tunes, he may not be the biggest name in the liner notes: that honor goes to one Jack White, heard here howling behind Andre Williams with his pre-White Stripes outfit, 2 Star Tabernacle. --Anders Smith Lindall
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