• Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Oct 30, 2020
User Score
7.3

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5940 Ratings

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  1. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Demasiado básico, lo mismo de siempre. Lastimosamente Ariana no se sale de su zona de confort y ya aburre, es una sobrevalorada Expand
  2. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Are the same songs?? Is so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so so boring
  3. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    clean, sexy and perfect. ariana release one of the your best albums, thank u ari.
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    8
    It's not bad, a lot of the tracks are very much like her old work and the lyrics aren't very good. But there are some great highlights, Love Language, My Hair, West Side
  5. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Literally a waste of time, everything is better than positions, I don't know how people can say it's a great album when it's not.
  6. Oct 30, 2020
    5
    Its not a bad album, just not arianas best.Feels rushed and no track in particular caught my attention.
  7. Oct 30, 2020
    7
    this isn't her best album but it doesn't deserve to be trashed by critics like it is right now. stream off the table
  8. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    To be honest, this album is so boring, Ariana Grande is the worst songwriter ever, so disappointment of this.
  9. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Underwhelming. Not her best work. Stream TUN and Sweetner to cleanse your ear drums. So sorry
  10. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Worst of what she has done so far. Lyrics are so cheap. She only stays in her comfort zone. No risks taken. It's lik
  11. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    sounds the same, ringtone album, she needs to do something else or she is gonna tank, the lyrics are all about sex and like a conversation with friends, she has 6-10 co writers and producers per song and it stills sounds bad
  12. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    I only hear discards from other albums, it seems that Ariana only did it out of commitment
  13. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    definetely her worst album i am disapointed and there was very much repeating the same things...
  14. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    the whole album was rushed, and shes just not all that, that everyone says she is
  15. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    it’s a masterpiece. the amount of growth she shows on this album is nothing short of amazing and exquisite. this is her best work to date, regardless of what you tasteless h0es say. the songs are all cohesive and the entire thing flows like water. this is a MASTERPIECE.
  16. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Perfeito como sempre!! Vocais impecáveis e talento puro. Ela é realmente digna da coroa de rainhas do pop
  17. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    An amazing experience, Ariana Grande bring the rnb and blues in your new album to us. Your ears would feel blessed on tracks like my hair, just like magic and pov.
  18. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    As músicas estão perfeitas do início ao fim. Os feats não tenho nem palavras pra descrever, é um melhor que o outro.
  19. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    I'm so much grateful for this album. Ariana always doing good musics, i love her.
  20. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this is easily on of her best albums and its not like the others she’s grown like on the dangerous woman era and i love it
  21. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    One of Ariana's best works. Very mature, cohesive, has her essence and the best of all is that she is happy for this work, which for sure, is already in my top 3 of her albums.
    Sweetener's younger brother.
  22. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    KKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK incapaz de escrever um álbum com menos de 30 compositores né mô? pelo menos a justiça tá sendo feita e eu sei que o AOTY de 2022 não vai ser dela (mais uma vez)
  23. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    El mejor disco de toda su carrera, un disco maduro, sexy y explícito sin duda el mejor trabajo de la diva pop.
  24. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Incredible vocals. Incredible lyrics. Incredible RnB. She deserves so much!
  25. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Podre e básico! A garota não consegue sair da mesmice. Tudo que ela faz é por spotify e charts. quem aguenta?
  26. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Uno de sus mejores álbumes. Vocalmente es buenísimo y el R&B le queda verg4s. nasty, pov, jlm, y motive son de las mejores.
  27. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This album is amazing. R&B perfection and sounds so good, thanks Ariana for this, and love you so much.
  28. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Ariana + R&B = perfect combination! This has to be one of my favorite albums of the year, the grown she is showing this era is amazing, great job!
  29. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    her best album! it sounds so fresh and clean. and ALL the collabs are amazing which i was really scared for. can't believe it but she topped swt&tun with this one.
  30. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Her best and more honest album. The vocals are perfect, the lyrics are perfect... A very beautiful and healing moment for Ariana!
Metascore
72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 15 out of 24
  2. Negative: 0 out of 24
  1. Dec 2, 2020
    72
    Grande is making no effort to be discreet, instead explicitly owning her sexuality—the album is called Positions, after all. The juxtaposition of beautiful violin sounds and risqué lyrics has become one of Grande’s signature sounds, and it suits her well.
  2. 80
    Grande laid bare may well be seen as a stopgap in her canon, using taboo to checkmate her past trauma, but it does pull off the rare feat of at least sounding effortless.
  3. Nov 5, 2020
    80
    With little conflict and few psychological insights, Positions zeroes in on the enviable confidence that only pop stars on top of the world and with nothing to lose can afford. It's easy to write it off as empty calories, but pop has always been described in such terms: cake, candy, chocolate, confection. Positions isn't a "sweetener" but pure sugar.