Anouk - For Bitter Or Worse “The idea was to keep it simple and uncluttered. No overload of instruments,” Anouk says about her new album. And then she adds in a dry tone: “We didn’t quite succeed.” That must be the understatement of the year, because For Bitter Or Worse is an immensely rich and varied album, with Anouk sounding more soulful than ever before. The singer thinks this is the inevitable result of working with the producer/composer duo of Tore Johansson and Martin Gjerstad (who have worked with Franz Ferdinand, The Cardigans and New Order, amongst others).