Dangerous Woman
by Ariana Grande
  • Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: May 20, 2016
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8.4

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  1. ranoovski
    Nov 7, 2016
    7
    6,6
    The album, "Dangerous Woman" shows how Ariana Grande has grown musically. She realized that she needed as an artist. She has done a great deal of emphasis on this album to your voice and pop sound. Songs pop all, of the same type built by the scheme = start + verse + chorus + verse + chorus 2 + bridge + chorus. I fell in love with the release of the song "Be Alright", "Into You",    6,6
    The album, "Dangerous Woman" shows how Ariana Grande has grown musically. She realized that she needed as an artist. She has done a great deal of emphasis on this album to your voice and pop sound. Songs pop all, of the same type built by the scheme = start + verse + chorus + verse + chorus 2 + bridge + chorus. I fell in love with the release of the song "Be Alright", "Into You", "Touch It". Actually, this is the very pop song,    … Expand
  2. iMoonlight
    Oct 30, 2016
    10
    The best album of the year
    I'm so in proud of this girl, every song that she does are too much wonderful for me and this album is her revolution. I loved this.
  3. Vithor
    Oct 29, 2016
    5
    Ariana started the project to release a new album starting with "Focus", a completely generic single that did not please the public (and not Ariana, apparently) your team has changed the whole pro project "Dangerous Woman" not fall into the same cliff fell the predecessor single. They failed. If not be the great vocals of Ariana, anyone who could hear this work to be confused with a DemoAriana started the project to release a new album starting with "Focus", a completely generic single that did not please the public (and not Ariana, apparently) your team has changed the whole pro project "Dangerous Woman" not fall into the same cliff fell the predecessor single. They failed. If not be the great vocals of Ariana, anyone who could hear this work to be confused with a Demo of Jennifer Lopez.… Expand
  4. MiguelPerez
    Oct 22, 2016
    10
    Ariana shows a high level of her voice with not boring rhythms and exotic lyrics with great collaborations. She's amazing!
    "Dangerous Woman" is sexier and edgier. You can listen to it from start to finish and not get bored at a single track.
    Este álbum es calidad pura
  5. ayass
    Oct 21, 2016
    10
    Ohh my good ariana killed it with dangerous woman it is **** amazing, it deserves to be nominated next year grammy's album of the year, it would be the first grammy of ariana
  6. lavinniar
    Oct 15, 2016
    10
    After a not so good My Everything, Ariana kills it with Dangerous Woman. I was kind of disappointed with Focus, but she really wins the game with this album. Shes not afraid of trying new things and putting her touch on her songs. Dangerous Woman is mature, fresh and sassy. Ariana is more alive than ever and definetely this is the best album she ever made. Amazing voice, talented girl.After a not so good My Everything, Ariana kills it with Dangerous Woman. I was kind of disappointed with Focus, but she really wins the game with this album. Shes not afraid of trying new things and putting her touch on her songs. Dangerous Woman is mature, fresh and sassy. Ariana is more alive than ever and definetely this is the best album she ever made. Amazing voice, talented girl. Cant wait for the tour.… Expand
  7. Matin032
    Oct 3, 2016
    4
    It starts with Moonlight that showcases what Grande should be, it lives up within its 5 or 6 first tracks, then it flies lower and finally terribly hits the ground.
  8. andres6
    Sep 24, 2016
    1
    No es pegadizo, no tiene buenos ritmos, creo que es uno de los peores álbumes de Ariana, pero hay que aceptar que de cierta forma es bueno, pero para mí gusto, le falta un poco más a Ariana para llegar a triunfar y ser una "Diva del pop" como dicen.
  9. gabrielfobia
    Sep 10, 2016
    9
    This album is a bomb compared to its predecessor, everything that My Everything tried to be is better and more confident on Dangerous Woman, this multi-genre pop album with some electro-nuances is a phenomenal comeback.
  10. fernandalee
    Sep 9, 2016
    9
    Moonlight - 10
    Dangerous Woman -10
    Be Alright - 9
    Into You - 10
    Side To Side - 10
    Let Me Love You - 8
    Greedy - 10
    Leave Me Lonely - 10
    Everyday - 8
    Sometimes - 9
    I Don't Care - 10
    Bad Decisions - 10
    Touch It - 10
    Knew Better / Forever Boy - 8
    Thinking 'Bout You - 7
    Step On Up - 8
    Jason's Song (Gave It Away) - 10

    Final Score - 9.2
  11. JulioM0618
    Sep 1, 2016
    10
    This album is a combination of my everything and yours truly, showing your best vocals with moving songs and many ballads like R'N B, also this girl have good colborations and good solo songs
  12. Local
    Aug 31, 2016
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is clearly one of the best albums of 2016, if not the best. It features different sounds and genres in each song, but all are connected with each other. It feels way more mature than every album Ariana has released.

    "Moonlight" is a sweet, feminine ballad and makes up for a great intro. But everything changes when "Dnagerous Woman" comes up. This empowering song justify the album's title; it feels dangerous. After the danger, "Be Alright" comes up and makes us relax, with it's house sounds. "Into You" follows up and with its production, it makes us want to dance non-stop to its beat. Definitely the best song on the album. At least this is what I was thinking of it, until "Side To Side" featuring Nicki Minaj came up. This song features a reggae sound which makes us want to move our head from side to side! A bop! "Let Me Love You" featuring Lil Wayne is a cool song, that works as an intermission from the dance beats. But this won't last too long, because "Greedy" is the next song. A dance-pop track, coming from the late 80's, with a catchy, but unfortunately a little boring, beat is what we need now! With "Leave Me Lonely" featuring Macy Grey, Ariana gives us a taste of what her voice can do and she delivers. "Everyday" featuring Future is a really cool song, but for some ears, the sound might seem a little "hard". For me is pure perfection! "Sometimes" follows up, a nice produced ballad that makes us want to fall asleep, even though if we listen to it a couple of times it may become our favorite. "I Don't Care" seems like a song that the album could have done without it. It's a ballad that is not catchy and boring. With "Bad Decisions" we get to know the **** version of Ariana and it actually is really impressing! "Touch It" features a really mature and different sound, that by the time I heard it, I wondered why this was not selected as the lead single of the album! Definitely worth listening. "Knew Better / Forever Boy" is a really gorgeous track, but I would rather they were two different songs. In order to close this era, Ariana chose "Thinking Bout You" a sweet vocal perfection, that really makes us hungry for new music!

    In a nutshell, "Dangerous Woman" is the best album Ariana has ever put out. Strong enough but yet not out of point, it is a perfection. Worth Buying.    … Expand
  13. Wael
    Aug 27, 2016
    10
    I always knew that Ariana had a very bright future in the music industry; I mean with a voice like hers, you could literaly conquer the world. But never ever have I ever thought that Ms Grande here would create a perfect record from the opener till the closer (AND that deluxe edition tracks!). Dangerous Woman is an album that soars and is meant to top the charts, all while keeping up itsI always knew that Ariana had a very bright future in the music industry; I mean with a voice like hers, you could literaly conquer the world. But never ever have I ever thought that Ms Grande here would create a perfect record from the opener till the closer (AND that deluxe edition tracks!). Dangerous Woman is an album that soars and is meant to top the charts, all while keeping up its sexiness, sass, and confidence. It's hard to choose favourites because basically the whole thing is pop-perfection. What hits the most is the four deluxe tracks that don't sound like they're left-overs in any way. Each track carries out a mission on its own and accomplishes it.
    Very. Well. Done.
    Bravo Ariana.
    This is definitely a solid 10.    … Expand
  14. JotaBrasil
    Aug 27, 2016
    8
    Eu serei sucinto em descrever a principal classificar o novo álbum da Ariana Grande: um dos melhores trabalhos do ano. Em Dangerous Woman, o seu terceiro álbum em apenas três anos, Ariana atinge a sua maturidade artística com uma coleção, quase, perfeita da mais fina mistura de pop/R&B.

    Ainda é difícil acreditar que aquele jovem cantora/atriz que ficou conhecida devido a sua    Eu serei sucinto em descrever a principal classificar o novo álbum da Ariana Grande: um dos melhores trabalhos do ano. Em Dangerous Woman, o seu terceiro álbum em apenas três anos, Ariana atinge a sua maturidade artística com uma coleção, quase, perfeita da mais fina mistura de pop/R&B.

    Ainda é difícil acreditar que aquele jovem cantora/atriz que ficou conhecida devido a sua participação em uma série voltada ao público teen poderia se tornar em tão pouco tempo um dos maiores nomes do pop mundial. Acontece que Ariana trilhou um caminho impressionante: primeiro, veio o surpreendente muito bom debut Yours Truly em que "imitava" grandes nomes da música, logo em seguida a cantora se solidifica com a modernização da sua sonoridade com o bom My Everything e agora comprova o seu talento e evolução com essa perola pop chamada Dangerous Woman. A equação para esse resultado é até simples, mas extremamente complicada de se colocar em prática: a união do talento de Ariana com um excepcional gerenciamento de carreira. Tudo isso é visto nitidamente no novo trabalho e é o que dá o tom ao álbum.

    Em um ano com vários álbuns conceituais, Dangerous Woman segue a linha do bom velho álbum pop com faixas feitas para virarem singles e outras que estão lá apenas para "preencher" espaço. Todavia, não acredite que isso seja uma qualidade menor, pois a construção do álbum é um dos seus grandes triunfos. Existe uma fluência desde a primeira faixa até as últimas das versões especiais que transforma Dangerous Woman uma experiência agradável e cativante de se ouvir. Além disso, a produção acerta em continuar a investir na sonoridade que vem consagrando Ariana, mas com algumas adições importantes que fazem a total diferença na evolução da cantora.

    Nas mãos de relativamente poucos produtores, entre eles Max Martin, Dangerous Woman torna-se uma coleção certeira de faixas pop/R&B que trafegam entre as influências mais antigas e as contemporâneas de maneira sutil e harmônica. A atmosfera do trabalho resulta, então, em uma estética elegante, sexy sem ser vulgar e com batidas refinadas e de um amadurecimento gigantesco, mostrando o atual momento na vida de Ariana. Não imagine que por ser um álbum comercial Dangerous Woman irá conter músicas com acabamentos feitos apenas para ter apelo de vendas, pelo contrário, pois, além do cuidado visível com a instrumentalização, existe a preocupação em criar uma identidade para cada faixa. Flertando com reggae, gospel, hip hop e vários estilos de música eletrônica, a produção buscou entregar experiências novas para a sonoridade da cantora sem perder de vista o caminho percorrido pela cantora. As escolhas feitas para incrementar o álbum são outro fator de elogios.

    Ao total são quatro colaborações em Dangerous Woman e todas delas funcionam perfeitamente, apesar de não terem a mesma qualidade individual. Ao lado do rapper Future, Ariana entrega a sombria e sexy R&B/hip hop com toques de eletrônico Everyday. Em Let Me Love You, a surpresa fica por conta do R&B contemporâneo Let Me Love You com a presença de Lil Wayne que, apesar de continuar com todos os seus "tiques" irritantes, funciona muito bem. Agora, os outros momentos são dois dos melhores momentos do álbum: Side to Side com a Nicki Minaj e Leave Me Lonely com Macy Gray. Na terceira parceria com a rapper, Ariana entrega uma deliciosa mistura de pop com reggae que quebra expectativas com as escolhas inusitadas como, por exemplo, Ariana se mostrando mais sexual e Nicki não fazendo apenas um verso rap no meio, mas, na verdade, cantar uma parte da canção. Em Leave Me Lonely, uma poderosa e dramática soul music em que a participação marcante de Macy ajuda a criar uma canção avassaladora. Outra escolha importante é não dar Ariana uma "baladona" simplesmente para ela mostrar o seu poder vocal. A cantora pode fazer isso de outras maneiras como, por exemplo, mostrando a sua versatilidade em várias faixas. E nesse quesito, Ariana continua a ser a melhore cantora jovem da atualidade.

    Ao saber usar todo o seu poder vocal nos momentos certos, Ariana abre portas para explorar todas as nuances que a sua voz possui. Em Dangerous Woman, a cantora encarna uma mulher poderosa que, dona de si, sensual e, principalmente, completamente ciente do seu instrumento e como usa-lo seja ao mostrar o seu lado delicado ou nos que precisam de todo o seu alcance vocal. Essa vibe de empoderamento feminino é uma das temáticas do álbum que contém as melhores letras da carreira da cantora, refletindo o momento da cantora sem perder o apelo radiofônico. O exemplo de tudo é uma faixa que, não apenas se transformou na melhor da carreira de Ariana, mas, até o momento, uma das melhores de 2016: a genial dance pop Into You que merece se transformar no sucesso do ano. Além das faixas já citadas outros momentos de destaque do álbum são o single homônimo Dangerous Woman, a soul/eletrônica Be Alright, a divertida Greedy e o seu toque de anos noventa, a pop Touch It, a dois em uma Knew Better/Forever Boy com um recado claro para algum ex-namorado e a "old school" Jason's Song (Gave It Away). Dangerous Woman ajuda a transformar Ariana Grande na artista que ela prometeu ser quando surgiu e vai além ao a colocar com uma das maiores forças femininas do pop. E isso tudo em apenas três anos.    … Expand
  15. Leon_Istratiy
    Aug 27, 2016
    10
    This is the best Ariana's album and one the best albums this year! Dangerous lyrics, dangerous vocals, dangerous rhythms, dangerous songs, dangerous woman .Favorite songs: Touch it, Bad Decisions, Knew Better / Forever Boy, Everyday, Side To Side, Greedy. 10 donuts/10
  16. pcopelosb
    Aug 25, 2016
    8
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Best Ariana Grande album by date, and show she is now a grow woman.
    Best tracks:
    1 - Be Alright
    2 - Greedy
    3 - Side to Side (ft. Nicki Minaj)
    4 - Into You
    5 - Be Alright    … Expand
  17. isthatbrandon
    Aug 22, 2016
    10
    Ariana delivered the best album of her career. Dangerous Woman feels like it's more of what Ariana wants to release, rather than songs like Problem. There are no songs on the album which are unbearable or even bad, they're all pretty great.
  18. Iamluanmoon
    Aug 15, 2016
    10
    This album is first-rate, Ariana is more focus on her career, her vocals is **** good, whoever said her is at worst? Congratulations Ariana, you're incredible. Don't forget, come back to Brasil.
  19. cocorlt98
    Jul 31, 2016
    9
    I am literally in love with this album ! All song are unique, catchy, we can easily dance with this album ! A real great work from Ariana ! Moonlight is a great intro then there is a powerfull trend thanks to Dangerous Woman, Greedy, Bad Decisions... ! And the featuring with Nicki Minaj on Side to Side is amazing !
  20. fallouts
    Jul 30, 2016
    0
    Terrible music made in a factory where they strap her face to a machine to change her voices while she sing in it. I heard his single or two and it had very trashy… super annoying voice which is a first class torture device in itself.
  21. ruancmc
    Jul 17, 2016
    9
    Grande's third LP sucessfully delivers a woman whose main purpose it's to have fun, delivering slow (and sexy as hell) jams and club bangers, fillers asided.
  22. lukeparkes26
    Jul 16, 2016
    9
    "Dangerous Woman" is sexier and edgier than any of Ariana Grande's previous releases. It starts with the beautiful ballad "Moonlight," which is one of my personal favourites from the album. The lead single "Dangerous Woman" shows her transformation into a more daring person. "Into You," the second single from the album, is a fun, bouncy track, which is one of the biggest highlights. Songs"Dangerous Woman" is sexier and edgier than any of Ariana Grande's previous releases. It starts with the beautiful ballad "Moonlight," which is one of my personal favourites from the album. The lead single "Dangerous Woman" shows her transformation into a more daring person. "Into You," the second single from the album, is a fun, bouncy track, which is one of the biggest highlights. Songs I believe that would make potential hits as a single include "Side To Side," "Greedy," "Leave Me Lonely," and "Thinking 'Bout You." I am glad she decided not to go in the direction of "Focus." Don't get me wrong: I enjoyed "Focus," but it seemed like it would've been a better fit if she'd included it on a repackaged version of "My Everything." Overall, "Dangerous Woman" is her strongest release so far.… Expand
  23. Gabochax33
    Jul 5, 2016
    10
    Great, varied sounds and comparison with the album varied she looks more mature Ariana, except that it shows that been improving her vocal technique in general it to state outdoing itself, for example, on the first album had written 3 of 5 songs while now composed 11 of 15.
  24. moonlightt
    Jun 25, 2016
    10
    I am a huge fan of Ariana since the beginning and this album is so amazing and left me speechless.This album is on repeat everyday and it deserves to pay for it!Every song is amazing there.My favorite is Moonlight that it is a very underrated song but it gives me chills every time I hear it.But all the songs are amazing af.And each song is very special for me.
  25. lUcOzAdExx
    Jun 23, 2016
    10
    a really great album, with great production and vocals. Grande proves that she is capable to sing in a lot of differents genres, AND be good in them. Plus the album featured artist are amazing, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Macy Gray & Future. Favorites songs are Touch It, Knew Better/Forever Boy & Leave Me Lonely. GOOD JOB ARIANA!
  26. dangerouswoman
    Jun 20, 2016
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El Abum Es Perfecto Cada Cancion Es Genial En Especia (Let Me Love You,Leave Me Lonely , Dangerous Woman Y Touch It)
    Sin Pensarlo Hubo Un Cambio Perfecto De Los Otros Dos Discos    … Expand
  27. screamforstydia
    Jun 18, 2016
    10
    This is by far the best album of 2016. Also, Ariana's biggest album yet. The tracks flow one by one perfectly, the enunciation, whistle notes, lyrics all combine into one overwhelming work of art. Dangerous Woman is definetly a Grammy award-worthy masterpiece.
  28. virajshankar
    Jun 15, 2016
    9
    Ariana Grande has obviously grown since her previous album. This album shows a lot of maturity and artistic growth, wit many catchy hits provided. Although it may not have the same irresistible as My Everything, it still by far surpasses it. Best Songs: DW, Into You, Side to Side, Greedy, Bad Decisions. Worst Songs: Let Me Love You, Leave Me Lonely
  29. BlogCritic123
    Jun 14, 2016
    8
    Solid pop album. I love Ariana's Voice. And she has some pretty decent music.
    Not very original or creative but it's a solid pop album that is well worth your time.
  30. Monsholepala
    Jun 6, 2016
    0
    This girl is dangerous only for my ears .
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Generally favorable reviews - based on 14 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 11 out of 14
  2. Mixed: 3 out of 14
  3. Negative: 0 out of 14
  1. Sputnikmusic
    Jun 14, 2016
    70
    She appears to be in the right place creatively, but she just needs to take her own advice and break free.
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  2. Spin
    May 31, 2016
    60
    These songs [“Greedy,” “Into You” and “Touch It”], which unite a strong persona--haughty, insatiable, a little manic, really into you--with a vivid pocket version of one style or another, are the core of a swift, heedless pop album, albeit one struggling to emerge from the false notes (“Dangerous Woman”) and rote 2016 obligations (Future) of what’s probably an executive-mandated bagginess.
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  3. Consequence
    May 25, 2016
    50
    The pop star is putting out fine records, but it’s hard to escape the feeling that her ludicrous potential remains unfulfilled.
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