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

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  1. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Me decepciono, esperaba más, necesito que se reinvente, me aburrió el album, sinceramente su peor trabajo, yo pensaba que era sweeter pero este es su peor trabajo, sin duda me quedo con su último álbum y los primeros por que de ahí es sólo más de lo mismo, espero que me sorprenda el año que viene. Expand
  2. 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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  3. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It's fantastic!❤️
    Ariana is the best of this decade, shut up, I love it, 34 + 35 uff. The collaboration with The Wikend was great ... Doja is truly talented ... nasty is one of my favorites from this album ..

    Without a doubt one of the best albums of this year, and I fall short because this is the ALBUM OF THE YEAR
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Incredible work, Ariana Grande showing that she is versatile and a complete artist, this new album just shows how brilliant she is.
  5. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This is how you make a good album, maybe not her best but definitely not the worst
  6. Apr 2, 2021
    3
    I think this is her second worst album. It is very catchy to listen to, but very repetitive. You can make R&B music with meaning too, it doesn't need to be completely about sex. 13/19 songs are about having sex all night. Which I have no problem with a few. Positions and 34+35 are bops. But 13 songs? That all sound similar AND have the same theme? I just don't get how she thought this wasI think this is her second worst album. It is very catchy to listen to, but very repetitive. You can make R&B music with meaning too, it doesn't need to be completely about sex. 13/19 songs are about having sex all night. Which I have no problem with a few. Positions and 34+35 are bops. But 13 songs? That all sound similar AND have the same theme? I just don't get how she thought this was a complete body of work. That being said it is an AWESOME car album. Easy listening, no feelings involved and lots of car dancing! I hope she takes more time with the next one to go a deeper direction like Dangerous Woman or Ty, n had a good mix of fun and meaningful. This is surface level work for an artist who's been in the game almost a decade. Expand
  7. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It’s amazing how she includes violins and many orquesta in each song and it ends up amazingly.
  8. Oct 31, 2020
    8
    Algunas canciones son aburridas y un poco decepcionantes pero la mayoría son arte ♡
  9. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. El album es bueno y realmente me encanto, POV sin duda es la mejor canción del album, amamos a la princesa del pop Expand
  10. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    As a bts fan who used to love ari, I’m telling you this album is hands down the worst album of 2020!! It’s repetitive, lacks artistry, full of S E X and feels like the whole album is recycled for the 2000 time!
    Very bad album.
  11. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It’s an incredible album with and incredible sound and lyrics. With this album you can see that she is growing.
  12. Oct 30, 2020
    10
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  13. 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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  14. Dec 2, 2020
    0
    It is sad when an artist with a great voice has bad hearing, that was very unpleasantly
  15. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Loved thank u next but this album doesn't even come close to it. Glad some fans like it, just not my cup of tea
  16. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    it is the most mature album of Ariana Grande. She got back to her roots with R&B, this is the mixture of yours truly and sweetener, with the lyrics of Dangerous Woman. She was the main songwriter in all of the songs. The top 3 of the album for me: pov, just like magic and nasty. Congratulations Ariana, you deserve the world. I am so proud of you
  17. Oct 30, 2020
    4
    Album lacks the depth of thank u next. Songs quickly become too similar in sound and lyric. I found myself wanting more depth from Ariana lyrically. The R&B musical style was lacking as it felt like a misplaced rap album with aria light voice. Overall, too many slips. :(
  18. Nov 2, 2020
    10
    Ariana saves 2020 with this piece of art, R&B is all we need, and ariana give us it.
  19. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    ....................................................................... ....... I don't like this
  20. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Acabei de ouvir o álbum e valeu muito apena esperar para ouvir agora de madrugada. A vibe do álbum é perfeita e os vocais estão incríveis ( sem forçar) e eu amei TODAS as músicas. Tenho orgulho de ter visto essa mulher crescer na indústria.
  21. Oct 30, 2020
    5
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very repetitive,all the songs looks the same, love language is the wrost,i expected more of the collab with the weeknd Expand
  22. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view.
  23. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Resumido: Está muy bueno, para los que no les gusta es que el género es mayormente "R&B" así que como a Ariana solo la hemos escuchado en "Pop" a parte es mejor que el aburrido Folklore de Taylor Flopswift Expand
  24. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    O trabalho mais coeso e maduro da carreira de Grande. Eu amei esse álbum, seus vocais estão mais poderosos do que nunca.
  25. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    a beautiful and cohesive album that held my attention the whole way through. ariana never fails to outdo herself and it’s no different this time around. it’s everything arianators have been asking for and i’m obsessed with it. the best tracks off the project are pov, just like magic, and six thirty.
  26. Oct 30, 2020
    2
    This album is so basic, flat and repetitive. WHAT THE HELL WAS SHE THINKING.!? OMG You have to have the ovaries good seats and be so cheeky
  27. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Un álbum muy cohesivo, un gran álbum definitivamente, un Sweetener mejorado.
  28. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    She's been doing the same thing for years. This album sounds just like Sweetener, same old beat, nothing groundbreaking.
  29. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Idk i really didn't feel this album, it was very repetitive and sounded like all her previous albums, i had higher expectations than that. Maybe 0 is too harsh, but I'm very disappointed Expand
  30. Oct 30, 2020
    4
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Pop or R&B??? Tell us, Ariana Grande. We need your better album............. Expand
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.