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

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  1. Nov 8, 2020
    0
    Só o lead single Positions presta o resto é Chernobyl puro, estou decepcionado esperava muito mais
  2. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Was hoping for a lot more on her album. Very generic beats and sub par lyrics.
  3. Nov 4, 2020
    0
    Nada nuevo, más de lo mismo como siempre. Parece un álbum lleno de descartes, sweetener 3.0
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    A músicas são iguais aff, eu amo a Ari mas esse album tá muito ruim, ela errou demais!
  5. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    So disappointing after thank u, next. Really wanted to love this one but nothing stands out
  6. Apr 21, 2021
    0
    All the songs sound the same because they’re very short and have intentional poor lyrics. This is just a collection of singles.
  7. Nov 1, 2020
    0
    O pior álbum da carreira da Butera, uma mistura de descartes dos seus dois últimos álbuns, além disso ela não disfarçou que fez o álbum pra playlist de Spotify, com músicas tão curtas que nem deveriam ser chamadas de músicas completas. Além disso o álbum é cheio de letras fracas e metáforas sexuais clichês. Enfim Ariana tem uma voz ótima, mas enquanto ela fazer música pra hitar no Spotify.O pior álbum da carreira da Butera, uma mistura de descartes dos seus dois últimos álbuns, além disso ela não disfarçou que fez o álbum pra playlist de Spotify, com músicas tão curtas que nem deveriam ser chamadas de músicas completas. Além disso o álbum é cheio de letras fracas e metáforas sexuais clichês. Enfim Ariana tem uma voz ótima, mas enquanto ela fazer música pra hitar no Spotify. Ao invés de arte, é isso que vai sair: uma albúm primo do Changes do Justin Bieber, que talvez deve ter cedido descartes pra esse tmb. Expand
  8. Nov 1, 2020
    0
    A carbon copy of thank you next. Similar sounds. Nothing really new. She should take her time with the next album.
  9. Dec 14, 2020
    0
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  10. Oct 30, 2020
    3
    Es por lejos el peor álbum de ariana y vaya que me amo los 5 anteriores, la primera canción "shut up" es un completo desorden y el resto se sienten super planas creo que solo son defendibles positions pov y off the table de restos de canciones olvidables ninguna es material para sencillo
  11. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    It is the worst album i have ever heard. It likes the mess , the album from unknow artist
  12. Nov 1, 2020
    2
    Boring album. It feels like she doesn't take much time on making this album. I know she make an album every year, but quality is important than quantity. Her old albums are thousand times better than this.
  13. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    A bad album, few songs are saved, with so many good albums in his career, Ariana disappointed in this one.
  14. Nov 11, 2020
    0
    Nothing new, just sex all the time with same vibes as thank u next or sweetener
  15. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Thought it was bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad bad is that 75 characters yet
  16. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. So boring, not grow. No one enjoy, no one cry. She should keep it on the draft... no cute, no good. Expand
  17. Dec 11, 2020
    0
    this album is a shame. it can change its name to "changes wearing a skirt" bc thats what it is! trash album and dont deserve any of these green reviews. thank u, next!
  18. Feb 15, 2021
    0
    ruim. péssimo. igual ao TUN, cheio de batida trap genérica. nada novo. ariana morreu em DW, depois disso só decauiu e tá lançando qualquer merd* só pra dizer que lançou.
  19. Oct 31, 2020
    0
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  20. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Meh el álbum estuvo muy aburrido, soñaba reciclado, la verdad desde que sacó el single ya no se esperaba tanto de este regreso.
  21. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    awful awful awful awful awful awful awful awful awful awful awful awful awful
  22. Oct 30, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O genérico , o scooter força ela a fazer a mesma coisa sempre e fica nessa sonoridade chata com a mesma batida. VAMOS INOVAR Expand
  23. Nov 1, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. like all payola grande albums, pollutions has no revolutionary content. it's just another album dated without coherence, which shows her to be a singer manufactured without talent! Expand
  24. Oct 31, 2020
    2
    ariana cqn do butter this is embarrassing i don't think this was a good album she is better than that
  25. Nov 1, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Mismo sonido, 0 innovación y canciones s in sentidos. Aunque hay 2 o 3 rescatables!!! Expand
  26. Oct 30, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Songs like Positions, Just Like Magic, Shut up are bops but the lyricism on the album is plain bad. Ariana never disappointed with production but this time she has. Hope she comes back with a better record with her 7th album. Positions was just not it. Expand
  27. Jan 7, 2022
    2
    Ariana… you are so much more talented than this. You have the vocals to make beautiful ballads, but you wasted it on an album about being a prostitute…
  28. Dec 2, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I just wanna say it's so bored I'd rather listen to elevator music before this album, I just listened once and it was a torture, I think the only song that is medium good is the lead single and that's all. Expand
  29. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Suena todo el álbum completamente igual, 0 re invención de la “Princesa del pop”
  30. Oct 31, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I love Ariana, but she needs to innovate. More of the same. The songs seem to be all the same, ir have already been realesed on other albuns. Expand
  31. Dec 11, 2020
    0
    esse álbum é muito ruim, quase um show de horrores do lixão da mãe lucinda.
  32. Nov 3, 2020
    0
    Generic and boring album. They are all sounding extremely bland and dull, nothing new here unfortunately. Just trying to cash in this year.
  33. Mar 18, 2021
    0
    O álbum parece uma versão americana dos Barões da pisadinha, extremamente genérico como tudo que ela faz. Um terror para os ouvidos. Cantores como Lana Del Rey, Weyes Blood, Clairo e Conan são a salvação da nossa geração com obras autorais e de qualidade.
  34. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    İt's so bad, the songs sounds all the same İ seriously wanted something different from her this time but she failed
  35. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    It seems like a rushed album tbh, i have only 2/3 favorites songs the rest is tragic. How can someone manage to do an album with the same sounds in 13 songs bruhhhh...... a passs for me
  36. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    I bought this album and If there was a way to get a refund I would. Biggest waste of money on an album that is generic & poorly produced. Extensive use of autotune, 15 producers per song making it incohesive, immature lyrics about apparently sex but you would never know because Ariana does not enunciate, repetitive & boring sound. But the biggest crime is that this album lacks any passionI bought this album and If there was a way to get a refund I would. Biggest waste of money on an album that is generic & poorly produced. Extensive use of autotune, 15 producers per song making it incohesive, immature lyrics about apparently sex but you would never know because Ariana does not enunciate, repetitive & boring sound. But the biggest crime is that this album lacks any passion or purpose. It doesn't feel like Ariana had any emotional connection to it. It's just a commercial product sold to her fans. They will be the only ones buying (plus me cause I was stupid enough to pay for it). Expand
  37. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    músicas iguais, letras idiotas, composições mixurucas, trap reciclado, péssima música de abertura... estética boa
  38. Oct 30, 2020
    3
    sweetener remains her best body of work. i mean like..... the collabs are great... but the solo ones... we can all agree that they were......much more of the same
  39. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    Péssimo, muito ruim, horrível, uma bomba genérica ksjdjdisiisiajsjdiajjsjssgkayxjsjdbshsiah
  40. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Thank you next is better than position. Well it will still doing good since she didn't have any competitor at this time.
  41. Oct 31, 2020
    3
    this a bad, bad album. isnt comparing to sweetner or anyother jobs by Ariana Grande. its a garbage!
  42. Nov 28, 2020
    2
    Ariana Grande is a proven vocalist. Her voice can move mountains, her high notes are breathtaking. Sadly, this girl peak at Dangerous Women. The lack of growth, repetitiveness and a stale sound makes positions her WORST album ever. The 2 score is for the 2 songs I though were remotely close to being good.
    In conclusion; Nothing new, nothing change same old sht same old f’n sht!
  43. Oct 22, 2022
    0
    Positions tanked so hard Ariana is embarrassing with her music lately I can't
  44. Dec 28, 2020
    1
    Awful lyrics and basic beats. She has done so much better in the past. She’s clearly going for quantity over quality.
  45. Nov 1, 2020
    3
    I little bit disappointed, I expected more from Ari! But there's still some good songs like 34+35, pov and positions
  46. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    One of the worst albums I've heard this year. I rated it this low because I never buy albums and this was the one of the few album I've ever bought. WASTE OF MY MONEY.
  47. Oct 30, 2020
    3
    Se nota que ha sido complicado el proceso de reinvención, Grande nos entrega más de lo mismo, hasta cierto punto se torna un álbum aburrido y difícil de escuchar...
  48. Nov 2, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Generic, all tracks identical.................................................... Expand
  49. Oct 31, 2020
    3
    Extremely disappointed the lyrics are so cringey and the beat is basic...hope she will take her time and comes back with a better record
  50. Oct 30, 2020
    2
    This album is definitely not what I expected. From being at the top one day with Sweetener and TU’N release she hit the bottom with this poor album. Positions feels like a recycled 8th year old music project. Poor lyrics and same beats out-stand in this album.
  51. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Mds bomba do ano, era melhor nem ter lançado. Uma música parece a outra, porra não foi isso que pediram
  52. Mar 20, 2021
    0
    lit rally trash f word scooter for making that rat faced girl famous smh .....
  53. Mar 20, 2021
    0
    enak bgt udah ini album tentang ngew3 terus ya nakal ya ariana sekarangg uhh
  54. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    It sounds loke drops from Sweetener and TUN, bored album, basic sounds and basic lyrics. Ariana need to evolve musically
  55. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    I usually like ariana but this albumn is so disappointing and sound the same. POV is the only good song
  56. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Truly awful worst than sweetener lmao ....………………
  57. Apr 9, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Colocando comentarios de ustedes en nuestros favs
    de longe um dos piores álbuns dessa mulher, n desejo nada de ruim só o álbum msm q é péssimo kkkkkkkk
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  58. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Another ringtone album, just like Justin Bieber Changes, all sounded so boring and nothing new from her previous
  59. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Don’t like !!!!! :( sorry but ari is beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  60. Oct 30, 2020
    3
    i love Ariana.... but this just wasn't it. i really hope she can't mature musically and show us some growth in her next works. we've been hearing her do the same thing for the last 4 years
  61. Mar 12, 2021
    0
    It is soooooo bad idk why she keep making the same music over and over
  62. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This album looks like a bonus from thank u, next, nothing new, absolutely the same trash trap
  63. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    All the songs is the same, kinda boring. Maybe her worst album so far
    Disappointed.
  64. Mar 20, 2021
    0
    This album is her worst work yet. It’s boring, the production is just bland trap tone and the lyrics are generic. Her voice is the only good thing on this album.
  65. Oct 30, 2020
    3
    The album is basic. All of her albums are better than this one. Ariana has a lot of talent so I'm surprised with these results. Shoutout to ”Nasty” the song that shines the most. Sadly, the album ended being the female version of ”Changes”. Hope the next one is more like Dangerous Woman, Thank u next or Sweetener, better albums.
  66. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    generic, boring and nothing new. it looks like a playlist containing just one song that talks about sex
  67. Oct 30, 2020
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is not ariana's best work at all ,is far to get it;it's sound some basic and something like we've been hear it before, nothing new and kind of boring !I'm sorry but I expected something better Expand
  68. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    After her third album, it seems that Ariana has nothing new, since the sweetener she only delivers mediocre works. Always more of the same.
  69. Dec 11, 2020
    0
    14 songs about just sex. There's so much banging but no bangers. Ariana shows no artistic growth at all through this album.
  70. Oct 31, 2020
    1
    It's average, and every song kinda sounds the same to me :/ I still really like her voice.
  71. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    So monotonous and clearly an album to make some extra money without trying to create decent music..
  72. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Ariana looks absolutely stunning in the album promo pics and Positions is an album to show her maturing into her sexuality. However, this album doesn't hit as hard as her previous albums. Now that she has hit it big as an artist, we all have high expectations for any project she puts out. Positions doesn't meet a lot of our expectation, and is a meh effort on her part.
  73. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Mediocre, full of ringtone sounds, worst album that any artist could make, and poor song writing.
  74. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Parece una canción interminable, pues todo suena igual. Sonidos ya reciclados y canciones sin sentido.
  75. Nov 2, 2020
    1
    Very boring bland and repetitive. Stream folklore to develop more taste. Bye
  76. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    There's no reinvention, there's no outstanding stuff, there's no memorable and inspiring songs. I can't believe it’s her SIXTH era and it's the same thing over and over again, sadly, it feels like she got stuck in her fourth album and even you know it's a real project starting with a good and decent cover and the songwriting from start to the end. ——————
    I used to love her, I'm not hating,
    There's no reinvention, there's no outstanding stuff, there's no memorable and inspiring songs. I can't believe it’s her SIXTH era and it's the same thing over and over again, sadly, it feels like she got stuck in her fourth album and even you know it's a real project starting with a good and decent cover and the songwriting from start to the end. ——————
    I used to love her, I'm not hating, it's just facts! THE TRUTH HURTS, there’s a lot of underrated artists putting so much efford in their works by their own instead of an army of songwriters and producers on every song. QUALITY IS BETTER THAN QUANTITY
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  77. Jan 24, 2021
    0
    same old trap ****
    she better start improving artistically because this album is so not interesting
  78. Nov 30, 2020
    0
    horrible, 0 growth, sounds the same as 7 years ago, she is the definition of 0 artistic growth
  79. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    I just did not vibe with it whatsoever, lacking on absolutely everything - lyricism, exciting vocals and beats just weren't there for me.
  80. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Toda su música suena igual, nada nuevo
    Cuando llegara el día en que escriba sus propias canciones
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  81. Nov 28, 2020
    0
    Asc0000000000000000000 mas de lo mismo urge reinvencion para esa cagad4 asquer0sa
  82. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    Reppetive and bored. I think it is her worst album to date. It seems the songs are demos from her last 2 albums.
  83. Aug 21, 2022
    0
    Flop flop flop Flop flop flop Flop flop flop Flop flop flop Flop flop flop Flop flop
  84. Nov 11, 2020
    0
    It’s so sexual. Not everyone wants to hear that kind of stuff especially if your under the age of 18. Every song doesn’t go well with the album and it has a different taste. I don’t see signs of improvement.
  85. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    Ariana Grande should take her time with her music and feel inspired instead of just releasing quick little burnt out singles with basic lyrics.
  86. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Horrible album. Todos las canciones suenan iguales. Y así criticaban a otros albumes
  87. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    Recycled songs and no growth from her previous 2 albums. Her fans hype her too much to the point where she feels the need to release a new album every year. It’s mediocre.
  88. Nov 2, 2020
    3
    I don't like it. Thank you next is much better than Positions. It's my opinion and i love you Ariana sorry
  89. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Ohhhhhh baby ohhhh baby all the songs of Ariana Grande this is really bored
  90. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is horrible, this album is in repeat, all the songs are the same, i just like POV, but the others songs are terrible!! Expand
  91. Nov 13, 2020
    0
    álbum totalmente preguiçoso, e mais uma vez Ariana repetindo batidas e instrumentais do Sweetener e Thank u next, será que veremos um álbum fora dessas batidas e traps como o Dangerous Woman ?
  92. Oct 31, 2020
    3
    Ariana is one of the best vocalist of this century but she doesn't show her talent in this album. İt is boring, same beats, basic lyrics, nothing new...
    İt is barely listenable. Howe she tries new things and stops playing "safe" . Even "safe" things is bad now. 2nd worst album of 2020
  93. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    I'm sorry, I love Ariana and her previous album is amazing, but this is just awful to me.
  94. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    No growth at all, sounded alot like changes by justin Bieber, I think she can do better than that
  95. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This was a huge disappointment, feels like you're listening to Samsung ringtones.
  96. Oct 31, 2020
    1
    It astonishes me that a song with The Weeknd could be boring. This album follows that same trap beat, and it feels like more of the same. Also, she really needs so many songwriters on such short and simple songs? It makes the album feel less personal
  97. Oct 31, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It feels like the album was rush made. It didn’t pass the hype of her two previous albums. The tracks sounds like I already heard them. Expand
  98. Nov 4, 2020
    0
    Positions is another forgettable pop album with facile lyricism. Grande hasn't shown an evolution in her sound as opposed to her peers — Lipa with 80s Disco, Swift with indie-pop, etc. It is a compilation of mundane, midtempo trap-pop songs that can already be heard in her previous records as though she's afraid of leaving this "comfort zone."
  99. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Repetitivo! Este álbum vio la luz muy forzadamente, no hay reinvención de la artista, todos las canciones suenan igual. Nada Nuevo.
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.