Background and reception
The album followed a period of about ten years without a new album. After his last work, the 1988 LP Rock of Life , Springfield ceased with his music (releases as well as touring) to spend more time with his two boys and his wife. He released Karma during a popular resurgence of interest in 1980s society/culture (particularly among Generation X), which Springfield noticed. CNN reported that "There's relatively high interest in Springfield's return. Platinum Entertainment says advance orders for Karma have reached 100,000 copies." [2] Karma was initially released Japan and then an American release took place a few months later. The two versions differ in respect to three songs. [1]
Springfield made the first single, "It's Always Something", as a tribute to his father who died just before his release of Working Class Dog and breakout commercial success. He said that "My dad is a very strong figure in my life and certainly in death he's become even more meaningful" as well as that "there's still a lot of things going on in me that pertain to him and my relationship with him". [2]
After the release of Karma, Springfield resumed his touring. [2] The album hit the No. 189 spot on the Billboard 200, and none of its singles managed to chart. [1]
The album represented a continuation of Springfield's same pop rock style in his 80s albums. Stephen Thomas Erlewine wrote a mostly positive review for the All Music Guide, stating that "Karma is certainly the work of a more mature artist... a thinking man's AOR". [1] A CNN reviewer commented that the album has "a vanilla mix of 80s redolent pop tunes." [2]
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