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

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  1. Nov 6, 2020
    10
    Positions is perfect!
    Eu amei esse álbum dms e é isto.
    Achei ele bem coeso e pov é a melhor.
  2. 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
  3. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The only song that I particularly enjoyed from "Positions" (album) is pov, with "positions" (single) coming in second place. The lyrics are not her best, and the production of these songs start to get repetitive within a minute into each song. Expand
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. The album is too basic the same sounds all of the same songs too repetitive and nothing innovative this does not seem to be a good work for Ariana. It just looks like he did it in a week. BASIC! Expand
  5. 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
  6. 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.
  7. Oct 31, 2020
    8
    I think it's really good. It's better than Thank U Next for me. It's Ariana's best album (together with Sweetener), I think it's a really good album.
  8. Oct 30, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. errrrrr, eu esperava muito mais, achei bem barato e mal feito

    Saudades era Dangerous woman, beijos e boa noite
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  9. 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.
  10. 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!
  11. Oct 30, 2020
    4
    Álbum longe de ser bom, só não dou nota pior, pois tem músicas que se salvam como é o caso do Single... mas na minha opinião um dos piores álbuns da carreira da artista
  12. Dec 11, 2020
    0
    Miss grande has released so much better albums... the album just has fillers and the R&B? yikes
  13. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Es muy malo en general, no hay nada distinto i una canción que sea realmente buena
  14. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this album is truly a masterpiece. the critics are extremely tasteless and doesn’t know a good body of work when they see it.
  15. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. En este álbum podemos ver a una Ariana totalmente distinta, en discos anteriores tuvo temáticas mucho más juveniles y atractivas para los jóvenes, pero con su nuevo trabajo "Positions" tuvo una evolución tanto como artista y como ser humano, ya que el álbum da vibras de música y público más adulto además contiene instrumentales y letras sumamente preciosas.
    Si bien la mayoría de fanáticos están acostumbrados al género Pop por lo tanto este álbum les puede llegar a disgustar , Grande demuestra una vez más que ella no cambia de género al contrario los géneros se adecuan a ella.
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  16. Nov 11, 2020
    3
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Not a quite good for an album about sex. She cooked it tasty and a bit seductive but the substance and meaning of the lyrics are dry for an R&B genre. Expand
  17. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    A downgrade from TUN. I expect more on this album but it makes me disappointed .
  18. 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
  19. Oct 31, 2020
    3
    Disappointing album. After releasing the peak of Ariana's career, Thank U, Next this album felt extremely stale, bored and safe. It felt like a filler album. I expected much more from Ariana. Disliked this album....
  20. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    amazing album, no bad songs. ariana's voice sound so good in this type of music and it's soothing, 10/10
  21. Nov 1, 2020
    5
    The album showed ariana's vocal ability (esp in my hair, pov) but it didn't fit in to the trap/rnb sound. Kind of the sound is overpowering her voice. The lyrics are average too and sometimes turning me off, especially tracks like six thirty and 34+35, considering she is expected to have artistic growth and lyrical depth as it is her 6th album. She could have done better.
  22. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    Well good vocals doesn't mean the album gonna be great, this album feels like downgrade from thank,u next
  23. Oct 31, 2020
    2
    That's a dragic Album and I expected more! Ari is such a good artist and she always serve us with great álbuns like Sweetener, but now? Oh darling....
  24. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Took time to love it but its a good album. the composition of the album lets me see a much more mature Ariana.
  25. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    One of her best works!! Her vocals are incredible as always, and the production is really good on this album!!
  26. Nov 2, 2020
    6
    This new album by Ariana left me disappointed. Her last record "Thank you next" was her best yet, and "Positions" could not live up to it. There is nothing special about the production on the tracks and it seems like the team behind the record only cared about streams on this one. One of the positive things about the record is Ariana's voice, but its really the only thing about the recordThis new album by Ariana left me disappointed. Her last record "Thank you next" was her best yet, and "Positions" could not live up to it. There is nothing special about the production on the tracks and it seems like the team behind the record only cared about streams on this one. One of the positive things about the record is Ariana's voice, but its really the only thing about the record that is fantastic. Expand
  27. 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
  28. 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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  29. 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
  30. 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
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72

Generally favorable reviews - based on 24 Critic Reviews

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  1. Positive: 15 out of 24
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  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.