Madonna has finally released her new album Confessions 2, with critics lauding the record for its blistering take on some of the challenges in her life.

Confessions II is a sequel to 2005's Confessions On A Dance Floor, which sold ten million copies and is regarded as a career high-point.

After years spent chasing trends like trap and Latin pop, Madonna settles back nicely into old-school dance music to tell vivid vignettes of life in 80s New York