( Rolling Stone ) -- Early one morning the sun was shining and she was lying in bed , wondering why he had her cash and if her hair was still red . An idea for a song bubbled , and she was n't sure if this one should be about heartbreak , revenge or the old get-into-the-groove thing . And then -- light bulb ! -- why not multitask it ? That was her therapy , after all . Failure ? Not an option . Resistance to her will ? Futile . The husband who was no longer there ? Well , it was nice sometimes to imagine his head popping like a melon . Till death and all that . Now -- where did she put her phone ? Yup , `` MDNA '' is our lady 's divorce album . Seven out of 16 songs address her split directly , and that 's low-balling if you think the chick with `` fake t*** and a nasty mood '' in `` Some Girls '' could be the lingerie model who became Guy Ritchie 's new baby mama . Revealing herself has always been part of her art , and this is hardly her first album that 's dark , messy and conflicted . But `` MDNA '' stands as Madonna 's most explicit work . Only who would have expected her to be this explicit with her ... feelings ? How explicit ? `` Wake up , ex-wife/This is your life . '' `` I tried to be your wife/Diminished myself , I swallowed my light . '' `` Lawyers/Suck it up/Did n't have a prenup . '' `` Every man that walks through that door will be compared to you for evermore . '' She 's been personal , but never this detailed before . In part , it 's an old punk-rock impulse : Show the world no one can hurt you more than you hurt yourself . Except she has cross-wired exposure and pain , which gives this set of confessions their discomforting immediacy . As the beats swirl , Madonna pursues release , vows to rise above and wishes things had turned out differently . She also sings about new love ( fits like a glove ) , and asks for someone to lick the frosting off her cake on `` B-Day Song . '' The music chases the latest articulations of club-land ecstasy , but often returns to the blend of synth-driven electro and Sixties-pop classicism she 's staked out since `` Like a Prayer . '' Back after a 12-year layoff is William Orbit , who handles the most pained tracks ( including `` Gang Bang , '' which b*tch-slaps Ritchie 's shoot-'em-up aesthetic with a nod to `` Kill Bill '' ) . New in town is Martin Solveig , the French producer behind the cheerleader fantasy of `` Give Me All Your Luvin ' '' who is forced to curb his love of Prince , in service of sounding like William Orbit . Handling the big dance-floor tracks are Italian duo Benny and Alle Benassi , who put the empty boom of the club into songs like `` Girl Gone Wild . '' Hooks emerge quickly ; there 's lots of naughtiness for the DJ to bring back , and the music has depth that rewards repeated listening . The first impression is a desperation most people will mistake for Madonna 's old impulse for commercial connection . That 's never far away , but this is something far more personal . There 's something remarkable about Madonna 's decision to share her suffering the way she once shared her pleasure . Her music has always been about liberation from oppression , but for the first time the oppression is internal : loss and sadness . Stars -- they really are just like us . See the full article at RollingStone.com . Copyright © 2011 Rolling Stone .
` ` MDNA '' stands as Madonna 's most explicit song . She 's been personal , but never this detailed before . As the lyrics swirl , Madonna seeks release , trying to rise above .