• Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Oct 30, 2020
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  1. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This is one of her best albums. She is moving away from pop and trying r&b and she slayed on these tracks. I suggest you "critics" re-listen to this masterpiece and try again please. This is her true self and this is one of her best work. I love this mature sound and I hope she keeps it in the future.
  2. Oct 30, 2020
    4
    I get the intention of going a more flowy and chill way with her music, I just don’t think she’s there yet. This is not r&b, it’s pop. It sometimes got too simple and repetitive. I think she’s going the right way. The lyrics are REALLY bad
  3. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    I love it, I wasn't expecting something like that and it's her best album so far
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Even if there is no potential instant hits at all, Grande's new album is carefully produced, having the knowledge of how to be simple or over-produced when necessary.
    Beautiful harmonies and vocals, showing an impressive result of Ariana's maturity.
    Even that some songs are not her best works (just like magic, as an example), she shows brute and harmonically estable production. In this
    Even if there is no potential instant hits at all, Grande's new album is carefully produced, having the knowledge of how to be simple or over-produced when necessary.
    Beautiful harmonies and vocals, showing an impressive result of Ariana's maturity.
    Even that some songs are not her best works (just like magic, as an example), she shows brute and harmonically estable production.
    In this project, we are surprised with incredible vocal habilities, like the beautiful track 'My Hair', presenting nothing less than intire verses of beautiful whistles or even an impressive instrumental production, like 'Love Language'.
    Definitly a grower, being better everytime we listen to it!
    Best tracks: pov, my hair and love language.
    Recommend it!
    Overall Score: 9.6
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  5. Oct 30, 2020
    6
    Embora seja um trabalho bem produzido, a maioria das faixas soam semelhantes na sonoridade. Seus vocais estão bastante agradáveis, como sempre. Ariana é incrível, mas sinto que "Positions" não conseguiu demostrar o quão talentosa ela é como artista.
  6. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    in "positions" we can see the evolution of ariana. one of my favorites of 2020
  7. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    positions give us a new sound from ariana with great colabs, and top steller performances with one of her best music to date pov.
  8. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Amazing and refreshing and beautiful and different, I've been waiting for the longest time for Ariana to make an r&b album
  9. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    O álbum e perfeito e impecável O poblema e que muita gente não soube receber ele.
    E também só quem acompanha a Ariana desdo início sabe o quanto ela evoluiu.
  10. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It is the best album that Ari has been able to make all the songs are amazing
  11. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    The album shows the real Ariana, it is one of her best works, in R&B genre is present everywhere on this album and when you listen to it you feel a good vibe of satisfaction and happiness, this in a nut words is the best album of Grande.
  12. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Postions is like a sweet candy but too have a strong beats, is like a Sweetener's youger brother, and I love it
  13. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Positions talks love, sexuality, mental health and feelings in general. It’s by far Ariana Grande’s most impressive body of work. It blends R&B with Pop abs Trap elements at moments, which was a very requested by the fans musical choice. The critics are only bashing this album because it’s a woman openly talking about her sexuality and her desires and feelings when involved with her lover.Positions talks love, sexuality, mental health and feelings in general. It’s by far Ariana Grande’s most impressive body of work. It blends R&B with Pop abs Trap elements at moments, which was a very requested by the fans musical choice. The critics are only bashing this album because it’s a woman openly talking about her sexuality and her desires and feelings when involved with her lover. Vocally, it is also her best album... loads of whistling and low registers, definitely my favorite! It is a very cohesive album too. It deserves a 10. Check it out if you haven’t yet. Genres I noticed she experimented with: R&B, Pop, Blues, Neo-Soul, Soul. Expand
  14. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this album is a cultural reset. it is a masterpiece, a reason to breathe. ariana outsold all your faves! anyone who disagrees is delusional and tasteless. stream positions! love u ari xoxo. Expand
  15. 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.
  16. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Com certeza um dos melhores álbuns dela, e principalmente um dos melhores do ano, coeso, letras impecáveis, e os vocais incríveis, ela serviu!
  17. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Truly terrible, a mundane slog of songs slapped together under the label of r&b which it most definitely isn’t. The only redeeming quality is The Weeknd’s contribution which soars.
  18. Oct 30, 2020
    8
    it’s such an sensual and honest experience! this album makes you move! it’s a true bop, i love it!
  19. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    I liked. Pov is the best track but I'm in love with Off The Table. She have an amazing voice.
  20. 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
  21. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Apesar do sweetener ter meu coração, amei esse demais. Ela é perfeita em tudo que se propõe a fazer, POV a melhor do album!
  22. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Her best album her vocals are impressive, its awesome, the violins. POV is the best one. Expand
  23. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Ariana just showed how much she’s grown these last few years, its just a masterpiece. Every song has its own feeling and that just makes everything better. It became one of my favorites for sure!
  24. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    the slander on this rating
  25. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    people were expecting the same old pop album but miss grande served vocals with an RnB masterpiece. we stan
  26. Oct 30, 2020
    8
    Here Ariana’s dreamy vocals intertwine perfectly with the string-influenced instrumentals. The songs perpetuate the feeling of being in love and I get emotional just listening to them. Though a few of these songs are not her greatest feats of lyricism, the good greatly outweighs the bad, and the lyrics that aren’t as complex are often wonderfully playful and affectionate.
  27. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A coesão e coragem da ariana grande para mudar de estilo é muito grande kkkkkkkkk Expand
  28. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este Álbum es muy bueno, con ritmos relajantes, La producción vocal de este álbum es excelente,
    Ariana se enfoco en darnos R&B, en lugar de darnos Pop como acostumbrabamos de ella;
    Este álbum es como la versión Adulta de Yours Truly
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  29. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    To be honest, this album is so boring, Ariana Grande is the worst songwriter ever, so disappointment of this.
  30. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    it is a new direction for her, but done flawlessly. she continues to make amazing art. so proud of her growth as an artist.
  31. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Terrible album, lyrics are blank, melody is the same in every song, flop of a album. Mariah wanna be.. its a no from me
  32. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    best album from 2020, she saved us from the pandemic. the whistles, the vocals. thanks ariana for blessing us one more time.
  33. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    ariana's worst album. pls ariana you will do better. i don't like because album is so boring.
  34. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Its her best work so far :) ILL ALWAYS SUPPRT MY QUEEN NO SKIPS ALBUM OF THE CENTURY NASTY JUST LIKE MAGIC POSITIONS MOTIVATE EVERYTHING OMG THE ALBUM IS A MASTERPIECE LOVE LANGUAGE OFF THE TABLE SHUT UP Expand
  35. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I loveeee ❤️ wow i don't like Ariana , but this álbum , ufffff , really she saved the 2020 Expand
  36. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Un excelente álbum, la voz de Ariana Grande como siempre impecable, el R&B es algo nuevo para ella pero le queda genial, unas muy buenas letras, es diferente y fresco en la discografía de Ariana. ✨
    Los silbidos de su voz bien usados, y con algunas canciones balada como pov, o my hair.
    Bailables como motive, se nota su madurez en este nuevo disco.
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  37. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Álbum Genérico e patético desesperada por charts, Ariana Grande em seu pior trabalho
  38. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This album is amazing. It’s truly something special when you’ve been a fan since her debut album and to watch her grow and tap into something completely different. I love R&B Ari
  39. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Un álbum que no destaca ninguna de sus canciones, además de que sus ritmos son repetitivos y no destaca ninguna ya que todas se parecen
  40. Oct 30, 2020
    3
    Same Trash.......................... Ariana is over...............................
  41. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    risking a great job and doing his best as always. one of the best r & b projects of the year without a doubt!
  42. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album it's really good, deserves the whole world. Ariana is always giving ur what we want. Expand
  43. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    her best album y’all who aren’t rating it a ten are tasteless i said what i said
  44. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is amazing. Ariana really worked hard on this album and it shows. Her talent is unbelievable! Especially her whistle notes (for a while chorus!) in ‘my hair’. Ariana put so much love and thought into this album, to its cover to its well thought out collabs, she really hit it out of the park for me :)) Expand
  45. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    ariana te amo mulher, nao deixe que as críticas te abalem! o álbum ta ótimo e foda se o resto
  46. Oct 30, 2020
    5
    En si el álbum no es malo, pero cuando sale un álbum tan rapido esperas algo diferente y no algo que parezca lo mismo que antes has lanzado, deberia esforzarse un poco mas en hacer cosas nuevas aunque se tarde mas.
  47. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    O álbum soa repetitivo tanto em algumas letras quanto no próprio desenho dos arranjos. Além disso, é como se você estivesse ouvindo uma continuação dos dois últimos álbuns da artista, sem muito expansionismo criativo. Ariana precisa sair de uma aparente zona de conforto.
  48. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Posiciones is not just an album, it is a culture reboot, a reason to breathe. an escape from this cruel world of thieves. It's art, the first gift you open at christmas, a hug from a loved one, everything you've always wanted, positions in everything you need.
  49. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Is the bigger vocal evolution of all your history on the pop world, is amazing, i can't believe that the R&B is so good with her voice!!!!

    The shape at sing is so hard, she really open her heart for us, if this have not exit was not because is a bad album
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  50. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Her best album! Haters hate to admit it!!! Plus I recommend just like magic and pov to new fans!!! Expand
  51. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    positions ta muito bom deem outra notaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa nao aceito essaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  52. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is so good its r&b and pop and also a little bit trap its perfect Expand
  53. Oct 30, 2020
    3
    The album is as disappointing as starting sex without foreplay and ending without climax.
  54. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    So good! Sngs are meaningful, I love this album and you can tell her work put into it and the lyrics are just really creative!!
  55. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Excelente álbum, me encanta, me encanta los ritmos, se siente especial, Nasty es una obra de arte, omg!!! ❤️
  56. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    I was amazed by the r&b influence in the album. You have recorded like 'my hair' which is a jazz and r&b song. Pov a blues song.
  57. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Truly a cultural reset and a must-listen for ANYONE and EVERYONE wherever you are!!! Thank you Ari
  58. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Ariana really did a clean job with her album. Love the lyrics and this kind of R/B with soul vibes. Loveit. My favs: nasty, my hair, pov and 34+35. KEEPING KILLING IT.
  59. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    The way Ariana harmonizes any song is a treat for the ears and her high notes are from another planet.
  60. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. sem palavras pra tamanha perfeição ariana vc é uma lenda parabéns pelo álbum do ano Expand
  61. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. O álbum de Ariana Grande é genérico e podre. Claramente é um dos piores álbuns que foram lançados no ano de 2020. Expand
  62. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    the RnB soul album is so perfectly strung together with its harmonies and vocals. each song has its own elements that make its different but cohesive to the album. i’m so pleased with the outcome i was very cautious when i found out it would be RnB. my top picks are shut up, my hair, safety net and pov
  63. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Arte, lo mejor de Ariana este álbum fue demasiado, la crítica NO sirve y no deberían d darle importancia
  64. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's by far the worst album she has released. It's boring, generic and sound just like her previous records. Expand
  65. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this album shows great at the height of his career. taking a risk in a new "R&B" style was a good decision for the singer.
  66. Oct 30, 2020
    5
    It's a strong album overall, but it lacks innovation. The lyricism can be kind of redundant sometimes. Compared to her past three albums, 'positions' is definitely the weakest.
  67. 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
  68. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    From the best of 2020, it goes from the soft, to the sexy and ends with a beautiful ballad
  69. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    a very mature and sincere album great songs. I'm loving POV like no other.
    Certainly one of Ariana's best albums
  70. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Um album tedioso e mediocre, mas pra uma artista do nível da Ariana Grande, é de se esperar.
  71. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    a masterpiece. a masterpiece. a masterpiece. a masterpiece. a masterpiece. a masterpiece.
  72. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Si álbum 0 inovador, 0 lírica buena, 0 buen ritmo, se ve que esto es como un producto forzadl
  73. Oct 30, 2020
    3
    Dangerous Woman will forever be her best album, and while I know it isn't necessarily fair to compare, there was something so new and exciting about DW that positions just doesn't have. positions is predictable, many of the songs sound similar and very few stand out. the lyrics are downright cringe-worthy at times. overall, very disappointed.
  74. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Lo sentí demasiado básico, lo mismo de siempre que hace ella, en lugar de explorar otros ritmos diferentes, siempre es lo mismo con Ari, y bueno ni que hablar de la letra:(
  75. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It’s nothing like her former albums and her sound is developing. Some like metadummies don’t understand that and wants another pop only album. Anyways it ate unlike this outdated site.
  76. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This is an incredible album, sensual and great vibes, i believe it's one of the best of this year
  77. Oct 30, 2020
    7
    Positions es un álbum que me funciona como un todo, hay una correlación, y es armónico. Para ser su primera disco donde el R&B es el sonido principal está bien, está aprendiendo de este género (supongo). Pero me falla al momento de ver las canciones individualmente, no son recordables ni memorables.
  78. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Aquém do que a princesa do trap pode entregar, mas os fãs vão engolir qualquer coisa que ela faça
  79. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    "Positions" é um ótimo sucessor de Thank U next, da pra notar a mudança de sonoridade e o jeito que as músicas se encaixam uma com as outras deixa tudo amarradinho e agradável de ser escutado.
  80. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This album is such a bop id love to see you critics try and SOUND LIKE AN ANGEL BYEEEEEEEE
  81. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    To all the person who give this album bad review :
    Yall are just HYPOCRITE !
    For years people as been telling that Ariana music sound all the same and that she is just doing pop generic commercial music. NOW That she is trying something NEW with a full R&B album with a completly different sound that she has made before, yall gave her her worst review album and tear her down ??? BUT you
    To all the person who give this album bad review :
    Yall are just HYPOCRITE !
    For years people as been telling that Ariana music sound all the same and that she is just doing pop generic commercial music. NOW That she is trying something NEW with a full R&B album with a completly different sound that she has made before, yall gave her her worst review album and tear her down ???
    BUT you giving taylor swift Folklore the best review above all her previous album ??? That folklore album was the most BORING album EVER of the YEAR
    ALL song soung the SAME !!
    We DONT CARE about poetry or good lyrics .
    We want VOCALS AND MELODY !
    So taylor can change her register by leaving pop music for slow boring song like in folklore and get critical acclaim but when ariana dose the SAME yall destroy her album with bad review ??
    Let me tell you that critics : THIS IS WAY BETTER THAN FOLKLORE CAUSE AT LEAST THERE IS VOCALS AND YALL ARE JUST HYPOCRITE F..K YALL
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  82. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Ariana trouxe neste novo álbum uma perspectiva mais sexy, mas ao mesmo tempo delicada. Sim, concordemos com as críticas das quais dizem não ser sua melhor produção, mas também concordemos que Ariana, em nenhum momento, deixou de lado a sua Grande criatividade. My hair e Six Thirty, de longe, são as músicas mais expressivas do trabalho. Uma intro foi muito bem selecionada com shut up.Ariana trouxe neste novo álbum uma perspectiva mais sexy, mas ao mesmo tempo delicada. Sim, concordemos com as críticas das quais dizem não ser sua melhor produção, mas também concordemos que Ariana, em nenhum momento, deixou de lado a sua Grande criatividade. My hair e Six Thirty, de longe, são as músicas mais expressivas do trabalho. Uma intro foi muito bem selecionada com shut up. Enfim, me remeteu algumas coisas de Yours Truly.
    No geral, achei ótimo.
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  83. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    the execution of album is so great and i think this is one of the best albums of 2020 so far
  84. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    É o típico álbum mágico, que nos faz relaxar, enquanto viajamos nas melodias perfeccionistas do álbum.
  85. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Talented, Brilliant, Incredible, Amazing, Showstopping, Spectacular, Never The Same, Totally Unique, Completely Not Ever Been Done Before. I love r&biana.
  86. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this is one of the best albums i’ve heard. 10/10 would recommend listening to it
  87. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. this album is the moment and the girlys are mad that she left pop behind and if you are mad you ain’t ready for growth Expand
  88. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This is one of her best works, these songs are so amazing and if you think otherwise wash your ears please. My favourite Album of hers was Sweetener but now it might be Positions, thank you Ariana for making my year better.
  89. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    ICÔNICO MEMORAVEL E ATEMPORAL, BARRANDO TPDAS AS BARREIRAS DO UNIVERSO VAMOS POSITIONS DECOLE NA VELOCIDADE DA LUZ
  90. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    ariana's best album. y'all can stay mad that it's about sex or that its r&b but that doesn't deny the talent she displays ARE YOU KIDDING ME SHE LITERALLY TALKS IN WHISTLES IN THE MY HAIR CHORUS
  91. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Muy buen álbum, sin duda uno de sus mejores trabajos.
    Destacan canciones como POV, position o off the tablet.
  92. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    incrível trabalho de ariana, maduro e responsável, espero que continue assim
  93. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    r&b excellence. ariana grande gave me everything i needed and more. this is one of her best projects to date
  94. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    the usual rubbish of a boring,overrated "artist"......literally nothing new under the song
  95. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    I love the album, her vocals and everything is perfect, it’s not her best album but it’s an excellent work and she deserves everything because she has worked too hard
  96. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Flop, i didn't like it, so flat, nothing new, awful,........................
  97. 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.
  98. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    No me gusto siento los ritmos algo planos o no se y pues las canciones no duran mucho
  99. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This album deserves a 20, disappointed but not surprised, honestly a total waste of time.
    Terrible, it doesn't like me
  100. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this album ia totally unique, there's no album like this. it's just unbelievable. a masterpiece.
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.