Roxette - Good Karma (2016)

Good Karma is built on contrasts: old and new, serious and frivolous, male and female. The band says it's their best album yet.

75 million records sold, countless world tours and chart-topping hits - just a few of the successes Roxette has achieved in their 30-year career. And while the band is proud of their achievements, the duo are still looking ahead - and that's what their new album, Good Karma, is all about.

Good Karma is the Swedish band's tenth studio album since their debut album "Pearls of Passion" in 1986. The new material combines the well-established Roxette ballads with a more modern, electronic musical style, giving them a renewed, unified sound.

They worked with a new producer, Addeboy vs Cliff, on the album. The songs “You Make It Sound So Simple” and “From A Distance” are the result of a collaboration with the Swedish duo, which transports the well-known vocals into an electronic milieu and creates a familiar yet unfamiliar sound. “It Just Happens”, which has been available since March, brings back the atmosphere of classic Roxette ballads, which is also evoked by the track “This One”.

The next song on the album, “Some Other Summer”, is a summer hit to the core, while “Why Don’t You Bring Me Flowers?” is a more serious, clean production that focuses on the singer’s voice. The modern influence of the producer duo is again felt on the penultimate track of the album: “20 BPM” is an electro-pop song, and then the band closes with the line “I wish you the best” from the melancholic track “April Clouds”, and with this wish they say goodbye to their fans, until the next release.

Good Karma is built on opposites: the meeting of old and new, serious and frivolous, man and woman. The result? According to the band, it is the best Roxette album to date.