Rick Springfield's new album, "Karma," has gotten a descent share of media attention, thanks to a solid musical effort replete with hooks and up-to-date pop/rock instrumentation. This second release from the project is an appealing, acoustic-based jaunt, co-penned and co-produced by the artist. In it, he yearns to be a better man via a lyric that's almost inspirational in its high-spirited tone: "All I can do is not enough/My Rome is burning, and I'm standing at the deep abyss/But every passion started with an act of love/And every act of love started with a single kiss." The chorus here is satisfying and will please longtime fans to no end. Hot ACs and gold-heavy adult top 40s with well-meaning intentions of taking listeners on a journey back may find this of particular interest.

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