• Record Label: Republic
  • Release Date: Oct 30, 2020
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  1. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Is sgfddssssss baddddd soooooooo baddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddddd
  2. Mar 20, 2021
    0
    enak bgt udah ini album tentang ngew3 terus ya nakal ya ariana sekarangg uhh
  3. 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
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Her worst album ever , the only good see i heard was the one with the weekend.
  5. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Truly awful worst than sweetener lmao ....………………
  6. Apr 9, 2021
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    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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  7. 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
  8. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    I loved Ariana's last two albums those are inmaculate, but Positions dissapointed me a lot and not because it wasn't as poppy as her other projects but because, it seemed to me that this album was rushed no big production moments, her worst album lyrically, and many of the songs sound the same, she didn't take a risk which is something all the other pop girls have done before at this stageI loved Ariana's last two albums those are inmaculate, but Positions dissapointed me a lot and not because it wasn't as poppy as her other projects but because, it seemed to me that this album was rushed no big production moments, her worst album lyrically, and many of the songs sound the same, she didn't take a risk which is something all the other pop girls have done before at this stage of their careers. She is not setting a trend with her music, she is not that influential like Gaga or Bey on their sixth albums just a streaming force which is great for singles, but the album fails horribly in every aspect. Expand
  9. 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...
  10. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Another ringtone album, just like Justin Bieber Changes, all sounded so boring and nothing new from her previous
  11. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Don’t like !!!!! :( sorry but ari is beautiful !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  12. Mar 12, 2021
    0
    It is soooooo bad idk why she keep making the same music over and over
  13. 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.
  14. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This album looks like a bonus from thank u, next, nothing new, absolutely the same trash trap
  15. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Muy aburrido, es lo mismo que viene haciendo desde sweetener, se esperaba mucho, no nos dio anda bueno.
  16. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    As a Justin stan, this album is horrible and Changes outperforms it by miles.
  17. 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
  18. 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
  19. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    All the songs is the same, kinda boring. Maybe her worst album so far
    Disappointed.
  20. 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.
  21. Apr 3, 2021
    0
    generic, boring and nothing new. it looks like a playlist containing just one song that talks about sex
  22. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Um album tedioso e mediocre, mas pra uma artista do nível da Ariana Grande, é de se esperar.
  23. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    To be honest, this album is so boring, Ariana Grande is the worst songwriter ever, so disappointment of this.
  24. 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.
  25. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Underwhelming. Not her best work. Stream TUN and Sweetner to cleanse your ear drums. So sorry
  26. 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.
  27. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Mediocre, full of ringtone sounds, worst album that any artist could make, and poor song writing.
  28. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Parece una canción interminable, pues todo suena igual. Sonidos ya reciclados y canciones sin sentido.
  29. 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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  30. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Lleganda de secta popa a decir las verdades de arimaldicion pobre manca urge reinvencion

    XOXO
  31. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Flop, i didn't like it, so flat, nothing new, awful,........................
  32. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Pasando la posiciones completina. Urge bomba avisaría.
  33. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    She wants to recreate what Rihanna did a few years ago, one album per year, only in a basic way, you can see the maturity in the sound but it seems to me that I listen to a song of almost 50 minutes because the whole album sounds like a RnB cliche from the beginning from 00's

    sorry ariana
  34. Jan 24, 2021
    0
    same old trap ****
    she better start improving artistically because this album is so not interesting
  35. Nov 30, 2020
    0
    horrible, 0 growth, sounds the same as 7 years ago, she is the definition of 0 artistic growth
  36. Nov 29, 2020
    0
    "Positions" is her worst album, she is staying in a comfort zone, it sounds like a discard from her previous albums...
  37. 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.
  38. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Álbum incoeso e extremamente preguiçoso. está longe dos pés de Dangerous Woman ou Sweetner. Parece que foi feito em um dia e num dia de preguiça Expand
  39. 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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  40. Nov 28, 2020
    0
    Asc0000000000000000000 mas de lo mismo urge reinvencion para esa cagad4 asquer0sa
  41. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Really bad, people love to sh*t on Katy Perry but acclaim this?? Pathetic. No artistic growth, vulgar lyrics, trendy and generic beats, all songs sound the same. Ariana is a talented nice girl but she's been going downhill this year, first she collaborated with fading artists and now this. Expand
  42. Aug 21, 2022
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    Flop flop flop Flop flop flop Flop flop flop Flop flop flop Flop flop flop Flop flop
  43. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Pasando la mismísima positions. Horror con Ariproducto y sus álbumes ped0rr0s. Urge que le den un rojo a esa b4sura de álbum y que de una vez por todas esta mojon4 se retire de la industria musical.
  44. 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.
  45. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s a boring ringtone album, nothing new! It’s boring and sounds exactly like her old albums “sweetner” and “thank you, next”! The album cover is also super boring and old! I would recommend “Rare” by Selena Gomez or “Folklore” by Taylor Swift instead Expand
  46. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Horrible album. Todos las canciones suenan iguales. Y así criticaban a otros albumes
  47. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    It’s not good, it has 1 or 2 good tracks, nasty and pov (those are excellent though), thank u, next is one of my favorite albums of all time, this ones not it, but it’s nothing against Ari, she has a lot of potential and she’s proven she’s one of the best artists right now, it hurts me to have to rate it that low.
  48. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Ohhhhhh baby ohhhh baby all the songs of Ariana Grande this is really bored
  49. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Definetely her worst album so far, the entire album sounds the same and it's really boring. Lyrics are mediocre (of course we can't expect that much from her, she is not a googd lyricist), and her album is the worst disappointment of 2020. Sweetener and Dangerous Woman are her best albums.
  50. 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)
  51. 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
  52. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    14 songs that sound exactly the same way, this album is trash, she needs take a break and reinvent herself
  53. 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
  54. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Selena Gomez is the queen of pop and Rare outsold by miles it feels like you don’t care why don’t you recognize I’m so Rare?
  55. 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 ?
  56. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    lmao wtf is this **** i can't handle it .... the lyrics are corny as **** lmao
  57. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ariana medíocre, album medíocre NOTA 0 kkkkkkkkajhzhdjsjskjsjdjjdirirdjdkdkdksjejsjjsjeejsjdjdjdjdjdjdjdidididididiidiri Expand
  58. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    I'm sorry, I love Ariana and her previous album is amazing, but this is just awful to me.
  59. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    No growth at all, sounded alot like changes by justin Bieber, I think she can do better than that
  60. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Boring, generic and like always talking about sex! Is the only thing this woman can sing? And with 1234567 Songwriters Expand
  61. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. not her best album
    she has much better albums disappointed.. no good lyrics either
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  62. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    It's a bad album overall! The concepts goof but the execution is **** and she clearly didn't live up to the hype her fans created for her 6th album!
  63. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This was a huge disappointment, feels like you're listening to Samsung ringtones.
  64. 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
  65. 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."
  66. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    I expected something more from Ariana Grande, the album may be a good thing, but it can do more
  67. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Jamás pensé que diría esto, pero este ha sido el peor álbum genérico de su carrera, después del impacto de thank u next, se esperaba algo igual de fuerte con sonidos acordé a su voz, pero ha sido una completa decepción.
  68. 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.
  69. Dec 11, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. HER WORST ALBUM. kinda sad but true. i'm an arianators and disappointed by this album. It looks like Ariana always in her comfort and wanna stay safe. Hey, Ariana you need to make a different album next time. Expand
  70. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    The album is so bad , it’s literally her worst album. The production isn’t good , the lyrics are trashy , she released the worst album of 2020
  71. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    I only hear discards from other albums, it seems that Ariana only did it out of commitment
  72. 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:(
  73. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    It's literally the same than sweetener and thank u next. The same formula for each song, it's just too monotonic.
  74. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    I cant believe that Ariana's becomes with The same music at her thirty album.
  75. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    definetely her worst album i am disapointed and there was very much repeating the same things...
  76. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Es un asco, todo suena igual. Simplemente deja en claro que siempre saca la misma basura hablando de sexo.
  77. Dec 11, 2020
    0
    Miss grande has released so much better albums... the album just has fillers and the R&B? yikes
  78. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Es muy malo en general, no hay nada distinto i una canción que sea realmente buena
  79. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    O karma vem pra todos! A mesma bomba, 0 inovação, até que os vocais estão impecáveis.
  80. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    It's Just a simples pop álbum, i didn't like cause there's nothing New, só that's it
  81. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    A downgrade from TUN. I expect more on this album but it makes me disappointed .
  82. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A good album, but mediocre in Miss Grande’s standards. The whole album feels like the sane song divided into 14 parts. Though there some stand outs: pov, nasty, off the table. Expand
  83. Apr 10, 2021
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Album for the tiktokers lmao. Lyrics are damn weak. (Can we stay up all night? F me till the daylight? 69) she's just all **** Middle finger and thumb snap what? She had so many songwriters on each song for nothing. Expand
  84. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    the most boring thing i ever listen! any of these songs could be a discard from her previous albums, irritating and forgettable.
  85. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Its a Sweetener + Thank U Next vibes. Ariana newds to reinvent herself! The album is cohesive but others aint it ugh
  86. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Gobble me, swallow me, drip down inside of me
    Quick jump out 'fore you let it get inside of me
    I tell him where to put it, never tell him where I'm 'bout to be I run down on him 'fore I have a **** running me Talk your **** bite your lip Ask for a car while you ride that dick (while you ride that dick) You really ain't never gotta **** him for a thang He already made his mind up 'fore he
    Gobble me, swallow me, drip down inside of me
    Quick jump out 'fore you let it get inside of me
    I tell him where to put it, never tell him where I'm 'bout to be
    I run down on him 'fore I have a **** running me
    Talk your **** bite your lip
    Ask for a car while you ride that dick (while you ride that dick)
    You really ain't never gotta **** him for a thang
    He already made his mind up 'fore he came
    Now get your boots and your coat
    For this wet ass ****
    He bought a phone just for pictures
    Of this wet ass ****
    Pay my tuition just to kiss me
    On this wet ass ****
    Now make it rain if you wanna
    See some wet ass ****
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  87. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Terrible album horrible horrendous absolutely nightmare I puked when I listened to it Expand
  88. Nov 1, 2020
    0
    It’s so bad,I don’t like it. Ewww,trash sound and lyrics. I really expected more from her,it’s anticipation was for that!???? Ewww,she is overrated now
  89. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Worst album of 2020. Lyrics were so cheesy and the whole album was boring sounded like a ringtones album.
  90. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Sweetener, is that you? Too many skips for me. It seems like she’s making the same album but slapping a new name on it each time with several different bundles to help boost sales.
  91. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Uma grande espectativa e uma grande decepção. Ariana Grande fez 14 músicas muito parecidas, sem inovação nem uma de sua era passada. Essas músicas parecem demos descartadas de um álbum seu já lançado.
  92. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    An awful album. It is not her best work for sure. I did not like it very much.
  93. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Is a totally generic album with nothing innovative and that encourages people to listen until the end.
  94. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    es muuuuuy repetitivo, además su voz es tan monótona que solo le sirve para cantar pop por que en otros géneros como en el R&B su voz suena mal y las harmonizaciones que trató de hacer suenan bastante caseras. En conclusión: la producción es muy mala
  95. 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
  96. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    I can safely say this one is one of the worst albums released in 2020. Ariana we're TIRED of you if you bring us the same sound you've been doing for 3 albums now, you're boring, r&b is not for you. Only admirable track is pov and partly because the 40-minute-long songs seems to finally end.
  97. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    De lo peor que ha salido, enserio es un asco este álbum, mejor vayan a darle Stream a la poderosisima Gaga con Chromatica
  98. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    There is no other word to best describe this album than boring. The lack of excitement motivates the listener to sleep and skip a considerable part of the tracks, which signs its completely tragic and bad content.
  99. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Well that was not it. I thought she would make a better album it was a bad copy of tun
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.