writer Hannah McKee said Good Karma plays like a "jumbled archive of pop music from the '80s, '90s and '00s, jam-packed with as many different pop trends as possible", but went on to compliment Fredriksson's vocals, saying her voice is at times reminiscent of her performance on "It Must Have Been Love" (1990). She described "April Clouds" as "the most emotionally invested" song on the record. Although the staff of Göteborgs-Posten also gave the record a mixed review, they too praised Fredriksson's performance, saying the album is best when the tempo "slows down" and she takes "center-stage" on the ballads such as "April Clouds". They dubbed the song the "finest" track on the album, describing it as what "in perfect balance manages to combine Per and Marie's love for the early American and Swedish 70's sound that made Roxette something out of the ordinary [in the first place]." Other publications that commented on "April Clouds" included Expressen, with Anders Nunstedt dubbing it one of the album's best tracks, while Markus Larsson of Sweden's biggest newspaper Aftonbladet said the song acts as a "beautiful goodbye" if this is their final record. Commercial performance Good Karma peaked at number two in the duo's native Sweden, held off the top spot by Volbeat's Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie. The album debuted atop the Czech Albums Chart, standing as their first number one in the country since Charm School in 2011. Good Karma debuted at number two in Switzerland, where it was held off the top spot by Seal the Deal & Let's Boogie. It also made the top 10 in Austria, Hungary and Spain. In Germany, Good Karma debuted at number 11, making it Roxette's first release since their second studio album Look Sharp! (1988) in 1989 to peak outside the top 10 of the German Albums Chart. The album performed poorly in Denmark, where it debuted at number 52 with sales of just 168 copies. Good Karma 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 on the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of 1,682 copies. It attained a higher peak position on the Scottish Albums Chart, debuting at number 44. In Australia, the album entered and peaked at number 25, the duo's highest placement there for a studio album since Crash! Boom!