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

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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!
  31. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    The album is her worst, disappointed. No art, just sex lyrics. Ariana is desperately trying to pull off a beyonce but she’s just...ariana?
  32. Oct 30, 2020
    6
    This album is lyrically the best representation of her enviable joviality and her ability to swing between genres at will gives life to everything, an aureolar invocation that so much anticipates the end of a cycle that makes it clear that she still has a lot to say to us. But the production she tries to be a polished version of Lil peep without emo rock and herself.
  33. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    love the r&b, the orchestra... this album is NOT generic and this project represents how much ari grew up in music. soundly beautiful!!!
  34. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Perfection, her last two albums she sang about wanting to heal and looking for the light, and on positions you can hear that she has found it.
  35. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    The best of 2020!!!!
    Ariana I love you The best songs: nasty, my hair, off the table, pov and Just like magic
  36. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This album shows her artistic growth Even as a person And also one of her best albums And one of the best albums of 2020 AOTY Grammy
  37. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This b*tch is a legend and y'all gotta accept this bc she's here and she will be staying for a long f*cking time. Ariana Grande queen of pop and now she's having her R&B vibes wich is just like gold.
  38. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Immaculate... the rnb album we’ve been WAITING FOR!! A grown version of Yours Truly...
  39. Oct 30, 2020
    4
    the whole album it feels like very bland for an artist in her category, at this point we can't just be impressed with her vocals, thats the bare minimum for her. The lyrics are so weak and doesn't have any depth aside from sex (witch isn't wrong if she wanna talk about it) but the lyrics felt very bland, one of her weakness works so far.
  40. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. it’s a perfect R&B album, she really did it, we love it, she deserves more! Expand
  41. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    the lyrics are magnificent, the low notes are just prejudice for the album being r&b
  42. Oct 30, 2020
    8
    Critics are on crack i swear Albeit this album isn't as good as Tun but it's 10 times better than the incorrigible **** mess that is sweetener.
  43. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. best Ari’s album ever, definitely, the music and the whistles were amazing and were accurate with her voice Expand
  44. Oct 30, 2020
    4
    Ariana’s new album is barely listenable, with “Motive, Positions, Just Like Magic, and Off the Table” being the only tracks I didn’t forget after finishing the album. The features are quite boring and predictable. It reminds me of her last album, except stripped of all the originality it had. She blacked out her social medias and her website to come back with.... just another Ariana GrandeAriana’s new album is barely listenable, with “Motive, Positions, Just Like Magic, and Off the Table” being the only tracks I didn’t forget after finishing the album. The features are quite boring and predictable. It reminds me of her last album, except stripped of all the originality it had. She blacked out her social medias and her website to come back with.... just another Ariana Grande album. Definitely the most disappointing album of this year. Expand
  45. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    eu amo o jeito que esse álbum soa, os vocais da Ari está lindo e as músicas estão perfeitas
  46. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Her best album, she literally did her best album surpassing Dangerous Woman, so cool and sweet this album!
  47. Oct 30, 2020
    7
    i was expecting better but it’s good! i love ariana so much and this album is kinda simple
  48. Oct 30, 2020
    5
    O álbum é legal, tenho um carinho enorme por Ariana, porém em grande parte se torna muito repetitivo, tem como melhor música a própria Positions.
  49. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    perfeito, inovador sem skips.
    ela deu tudo nesse álbum, cada faixa, cade feat, merece muito. amo tanto essa garota
    love language dona.
  50. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Not even the fans are enjoying this album. Positions is a completely mess, annoying and also arianators have a inflated ego, they attack other artist because they think that their fave is in a place impossible to be reach. Well, I guess Positions came to destroy a little of this ego. Because this album is pretty bad. She should have waited at least two years to come back. But power inNot even the fans are enjoying this album. Positions is a completely mess, annoying and also arianators have a inflated ego, they attack other artist because they think that their fave is in a place impossible to be reach. Well, I guess Positions came to destroy a little of this ego. Because this album is pretty bad. She should have waited at least two years to come back. But power in spotify is the only thing that she still has, for now Expand
  51. Oct 30, 2020
    5
    Álbum raso, sem musicalidade, mudei de música 5 vezes e ainda estava na mesma
  52. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    She always sounds the same she needs to get out of her comfort zone and try new things .. plus the fact that if she wants to grow as an artist doesn't mean she does it by talking about sex in her songs...
  53. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    She’s everything. One of the best albums in 2020. Incredible vocals and emocional lyrics!!
  54. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    I am disappointed with this album. it is repetitive and boring. I expected better.
  55. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    sou fã mas esperava mais, o álbum tá muito ruim e genérico com músicas curtas que não fazem nenhum sentido, não é porque sou fã que vou ficar fingindo! a ariana grande precisa de um hiatus da música para se encontrar, desculpe
  56. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Basic, Generic , Same as TUN. Flavorless. The rush to prepair another album in less than one year has its consequences. The Weekend and Doja are there hust to make the album sound huge, but its just anemic and fragile.
  57. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Sinto que esse álbum é uma mistura do Sweetner com Dangerous Woman. Ariana nasceu pro R&B e conseguiu executar esse gênero maravilhosamente nesse álbum. Foi inovador e deslumbrante explorando todas as melodias e composições a fundo.
  58. Oct 31, 2020
    6
    Extremely meh...was hoping for at least one obvious, instantaneous smash but alas there isn’t one.
  59. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Es horriblemente básico, suena como descartes de Tu,n. Los escritores y productores de Ariana pudieron hacer algo mejor.
  60. Oct 31, 2020
    6
    Positions has few hits and mostly misses, and it’s quite disappointing that such record that succeeds in coherence, has a unified sound and vision, fails at crafting memorable production and engaging lyricism.
  61. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this is amazing ...... holy.. im literally... in love... this is her best and most cohesive album
  62. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    ariana te amo mulher, nao deixe que as críticas te abalem! o álbum ta ótimo e foda se o resto
  63. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    pior álbum do mundo, essa cachorra nem pra fazer música de putaria serve. eu teria vergonha de ouvir um álbum como esse
  64. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Very underwhelming, lacks depth & mistakes cohesion for repetition. A miss in Ariana’s career. Expand
  65. Oct 31, 2020
    7
    Ariana is trying to find a new style of music and do it quiet successfully. However, some songs may sound almost the same and meaningless. But experiments in music often lead to occurrence of some mistakes.
  66. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    LIXO HORRIVEL, PIOR COISA QUE JÁ ESCUTEI NA MINHA VIDA. PARECE QUE ENFIARAM UMA FACA NO MEU OUVIDO ENQUANTO DERRAMAVAM ESGOTO NO OUTRO
  67. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Full of meaningless songs that doesn't offer much to our thoughts. A boring substance-less snoozefest. This album feels like eating a bowl of very slimy oatmeal. The only tracks worth listening are "my hair" and "pov". The rest is just pillow talk and porn over trap beats.
  68. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Un álbum básico y genérico como todo lo que saca, desde my everything no saca canciones buenas
  69. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Just the same old **** I love Ariana but seems like she only cares about stream and not about giving good music.
  70. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    cansativo, repetitivo parece que foi feito de qualquer jeito as pressas essa ai morreu a taylor dar soldout em tudo que essa mulher faz por deus
  71. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Justin Bieber' s Changes is so much better. First of all, Ariana' music seems so repetitive and boring. Weeknd did charity by being on this album.
  72. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. 2 decent songs, lots of good insta captions, but as an album.... one of her worst yet. Expand
  73. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    I can never understand what Ariana is saying. It ruins the listening experience.
  74. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Grande made an album full of filler songs. Very disappointed with this album.
  75. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Album genérico sem o mínimo de sal, Scooter, o empresário tenta investir em uma área trap/R&B em seus respectivos aliados e obtem falha em todas as tentativas.
  76. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Arimiados ya retirate viej4 explosiva y llévate a tus fans contigo para que dejen de pasar el Positions con trozos de Thank U Manca Expand
  77. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    From the best of 2020, it goes from the soft, to the sexy and ends with a beautiful ballad
  78. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    expected a lot more from ariana. the production is weak and let’s not even get into the lyrics. her vocals are great but that’s not enough to carry the album or even a single song. the ‘the weeknd’ and ‘doja cat’ features also disappointed big time.

    she stepped up with thank u, next and fell down flat with positions.
  79. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I'm truly disappointed, this is not a growth to the past albums, I still thinking dw is her best album to date but she can do better... Expand
  80. Nov 1, 2020
    5
    There’s just no artistic evolution with this project. There was a mood she was going for that was heavily inspired by SZA, H.E.R., Ravyn Lenae and Rihanna, but the excessiveness of her vocals and harmonies on every song really hides the mood and makes each song sound the same. If she made a ‘Positions EP’ with a less is more approach, less songs, less vocals, more time for instrumental, itThere’s just no artistic evolution with this project. There was a mood she was going for that was heavily inspired by SZA, H.E.R., Ravyn Lenae and Rihanna, but the excessiveness of her vocals and harmonies on every song really hides the mood and makes each song sound the same. If she made a ‘Positions EP’ with a less is more approach, less songs, less vocals, more time for instrumental, it might actually be interesting. She could’ve kept the strong songs like ‘my hair’ for her next full album, having more time with it and figuring out what her creative direction is going to be. For those reasons, I have to give it a 5/10. Expand
  81. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    a vey bad album. idk where to start. you're not the black woman you think you are ariana grande please retire and do us all a favour.
  82. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. todas as faixas iguais parece que tá passando de bosta pra merda, tudo curto com explicito apelo pro spotify, mesma sonoridade de sempre, essa mulher tá cada dia mais desesperada o número de compositores de cada faixa deve ser a população de um pequeno país, terminei a última faixa achando que tava na primeira Expand
  83. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Her best album, she ate the R&B vibes.
    She grows in every album she release!
  84. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Sorry, but this is her worst work. Is she living in a bubble where only sex exists? Doesn’t she has nothing to write about? Why talk about only one topic on an entire album? I hope that only she does that stupid approach. Please, musicians, don’t inspire on her. Improve, Ariana. Improve.
  85. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    the worst album of the year along with changes by justin bieber. what was she thinking? i miss her good old days with dangerous woman.
  86. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Her worst album ever............................................................................................... Expand
  87. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As an arianator, this album’s extremely disappointing. Hopefully the next one would be better :( Expand
  88. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Is sgfddssssss baddddd soooooooo baddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
  89. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    El peor álbum de Ariana, es sumamente repetitivo no le suma nada nuevo a la industria, parece ser un álbum que no se termino de hacer
  90. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Her worst album ever , the only good see i heard was the one with the weekend.
  91. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As posições? Deram câimbra, álbum podre que precisa de 10 compositores para escrever esse lixo sonoro que a gente encontrar letras melhores até no wattpad, se eu transar algum dia ouvindo esse álbum eu nunca mais gozo na minha vida Expand
  92. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    As a Justin stan, this album is horrible and Changes outperforms it by miles.
  93. Oct 31, 2020
    10
    the growth!!!! this is an amazing record. the harmonies are perfect.
    shut up: a great intro for this album
    pov: an amazing song, an amazing closing track.
  94. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    really bad album, really bad and insensitive decision to release it during elections week, experted way more from the doja collab, sounds very similar and a lot like sweetner
  95. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. We need a break from Miss Grande. Although there voice is unique and amazing, her songs are boring and lack creativity Expand
  96. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    The way she used whistle tones throughout this album should be enough to give this masterpiece of an album a 10
  97. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Is a bop
    Maybe you don't like it the first time but as you listen to it you like it, it is the perfect album for Ariana, with this she proclaims herself a pop princess.
  98. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Um album tedioso e mediocre, mas pra uma artista do nível da Ariana Grande, é de se esperar.
  99. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. An album that is the same sound that the old Ariana, nothing new.
    Is boring
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  100. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este album se cagó en lovaca flopera y en selelimon ¡AMAMOS A UNA REINA! Ariana talento grande deja de cagarte en cierta perro pordiosero y en una vaca criko AMAMOS A UNA REINA QUE SE ARRIESGA EN TODO Expand
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.