Double J’s ‘Album Challenge’ Is Inspiring Some Absolutely Masterful Cover Recreations
Nothing quite as wholesome as forcing your kids to recreate a Kiss album cover.
Double J know you’ve got a bit of spare time at the moment, and is encouraging you to pay tribute to foundational albums by recreating the cover art. Its #AlbumChallenge has already given us some seriously stunning efforts.
Yesterday, the station posted up on Instagram a couple of examples from staff members to help get people inspired.
Cazz Tran grabbed some stuffed toys to pay homage to Róisín Murphy’s old band’s Moloko’s 2000 album Things To Make And Do; Tim Shiel recreated McCartney II, with art direction from his six year old daughter, Matilda; and Sarah Howells revisited Björk’s excellent album Homogenic, which you can see above. Scroll through more staff efforts below.
The challenge is picking up steam, with some pretty impressive home-made efforts.
There’s the inevitable Nevermind recreation, of course, complete with makeshift pool, as well as Ken Doll tributes to Springsteen’s Born In The USA, and perfect cosplays of Janis Joplin – In Concert. Behold.
It’s early days, but our pick for the best of the bunch has to be the family effort of re-creating Kiss’ Dynasty cover, make-up and all.
Nothing quite as wholesome as forcing your kids to pay homage to ’80s rock — except maybe making them live out Hole’s Live Through This distressed beauty queen cover, which came from the same family.
Then again, it’s hard to go past Zan Rowe’s recreation of Kylie Minogue’s 1988 album Kylie — you know, the one where her frizzy hair overwhelms her visor? As Rowe says, she was born for this: destiny has been fulfilled.
Born for this. #DoubleJAlbumChallenge @kylieminogue pic.twitter.com/OZmCGI7p5y
— Zan Rowe (@zanrowe) April 2, 2020
Follow along on Instagram at #DoubleJAlbumChallenge — it’s not super DoubleJ, but surely Billie Eilish’s possessed album cover is achievable? Alternatively, break out the lilac sheets: it’s Hounds Of Love time, baby.
Meanwhile on Triple J, Sally and Erica are recreating TikToks. The contrast really spells out each station’s intended audience.
Find some more inspiration below.