Good Karma

Good Karma is the tenth and final studio album by Swedish pop rock duo Roxette. The album was released on 3 June 2016 by Parlophone and Roxette Recordings. It is the first and only album under a new international recording contract with Parlophone's parent company, Warner Music Group, as well as the last studio album to feature lead singer Marie Fredriksson before her death in 2019 prior to the duo's break-up right near the end of the 2010's decade.[2] "It Just Happens" was released as the album's first single on 8 April 2016. Per Gessle said of the album: "For the new record, we wanted to combine our classic Roxette sound with a modern and slightly unpredictable production to create a soundscape where you would both recognise our sound and find something new."[2]

For the spiritual principle of causality, see good karma.
Good Karma
Studio album by
Roxette
Released3 June 2016 (2016-06-03)
RecordedNovember 2015-March 2016
GenrePop, electronic
Length38:09
LabelParlophone, Roxette
ProducerChristoffer Lundquist, Clarence Öfwerman, Per Gessle
Roxette chronology
The RoxBox!: A Collection of Roxette's Greatest Songs
(2015)		 Good Karma
(2016)
Singles from Good Karma
  1. "It Just Happens"
    Released: 8 April 2016 (2016-04-08)
  2. "Some Other Summer[1]"
    Released: 17 June 2016 (2016-06-17)
  3. "Why Don't You Bring Me Flowers?"
    Released: 4 November 2016 (2016-11-04)

The duo were scheduled to support the album with the final leg of the RoXXXette 30th Anniversary Tour, beginning on 3 June 2016, but it was cancelled as lead singer Marie Fredriksson was advised by doctors to refrain for touring due to her health and died three years later before the end of the 2010's decade. Marie has since sent a thank you to fans for their kind wishes and that she "simply isn't strong enough" for the touring life but looks forward to releasing the new album".[3]

Critical reception
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
Aftonbladet[4]
AllMusic[5]
Dagens Nyheter[6]
laut.de[7]
Renowned for Sound[8]
The Music[9]
Stuff.co.nz[10]
Sputnikmusic2.5/5[11]

German news site Mittelbayerische Zeitung rated the album "impressive", praising the album opener "Why Don'tcha?" and "From a Distance".[12]

Markus Larsson of Sweden's biggest newspaper Aftonbladet praised the album and said the closing track "April Clouds" would be a "beautiful goodbye" should this be the duo's final album.[4]

Commercial performance

The album was a commercial success upon release. It debuted at number 1 in the Czech Republic, number 2 in Switzerland and the duo's native Sweden, and made the top 10 in Austria, Hungary, Brazil, Russia and Spain. It became the first Roxette studio album to enter the top 100 in the United Kingdom since 1999's Have a Nice Day, debuting at number 61 in its first week with sales of 1,682 units.[13] In Australia, it entered and peaked at number 25, the duo's highest placement there since Crash! Boom! Bang! in 1994.[14]

Track listing

All lyrics are written by Per Gessle; all music is composed by Gessle, except where noted.

No.TitleMusicProducer(s)Length
1."Why Dontcha?" 
2:46
2."It Just Happens" 
  • Lundquist
  • Öfwerman
  • Gessle
3:46
3."Good Karma"
  • Andreas Broberger
  • Gessle
  • Hannes Lindgren
  • Lundquist
  • Öfwerman
  • Gessle
3:19
4."This One" 
  • Lundquist
  • Öfwerman
  • Gessle
3:12
5."You Make It Sound So Simple"
  • Broberger
  • Gessle
  • Lindgren
  • Lundquist
  • Öfwerman
  • Gessle
  • Addeboy vs. Cliff[a]
3:42
6."From a Distance" 
  • Addeboy vs. Cliff
  • Lundquist[b]
  • Gessle[b]
3:31
7."Some Other Summer" 
  • Lundquist
  • Öfwerman
  • Gessle
3:09
8."Why Don't You Bring Me Flowers?" 
  • Lundquist
  • Öfwerman
  • Gessle
3:32
9."You Can't Do This to Me Anymore"
  • Gessle
  • Mats Persson
  • Lundquist
  • Öfwerman
  • Gessle
  • Addeboy vs. Cliff[a]
3:50
10."20 BPM"
  • Broberger
  • Gessle
  • Lindgren
  • Lundquist
  • Öfwerman
  • Gessle
  • Addeboy vs. Cliff[a]
3:48
11."April Clouds" 
  • Lundquist
  • Öfwerman
  • Gessle
3:30

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies backing track production
  • ^[b] signifies a co-producer

Personnel

Credits adapted from the liner notes of Good Karma.[15]

Musicians and technical personnel

  • Addeboy vs. Cliff – engineering (at GB17), programming and production (tracks 5, 6, 9 and 10 only)
  • Emmelie Åslin – photography
  • Marie Dimberg – management
  • Viktor Flumé – photography
  • Wickholm Formavd – design
  • Marie Fredriksson – lead and background vocals
  • Per Gessle – lead and background vocals and production
  • Christoffer Lundquist – background vocals, engineering (at Aerosol Grey Machine and Studio Vinden), programming, production and mixing
  • Helena Josefsson – background vocals
  • Clarence Öfwerman – production
  • Mats "M.P." Persson – engineering (at Tits & Ass Studio)

Charts
Chart (2016) Peak
position
Australian Albums (ARIA)[16] 25
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)[17] 10
Brazilian Albums (ABPD)[18] 8
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)[19] 18
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)[20] 50
Czech Albums (ČNS IFPI)[21] 1
Danish Albums (Hitlisten)[22] 52
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)[23] 36
Finnish Albums (Suomen virallinen lista)[24] 20
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)[25] 11
Greek Albums (IFPI)[26] 69
Hungarian Albums (MAHASZ)[27] 6
Italian Albums (FIMI)[28] 90
Norwegian Albums (VG-lista)[29] 29
Polish Albums (ZPAV)[30] 36
Russian Albums (2M)[31] 4
Scottish Albums (OCC)[32] 44
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)[33] 10
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)[34] 2
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)[35] 2
UK Albums (OCC)[36] 61

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