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

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  1. Oct 30, 2020
    8
    Not his best album, but still really good.
    The best song it's definitely Off The Table
  2. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Álbum medíocre com mesma batidas de sempre soa como se ela não sai da sua zona de conforto
  3. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Tudo pra todos esse álbum está incrível! Te amo ariana grande dona da minha vida! Expand
  4. 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.
  5. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    It's Just a simples pop álbum, i didn't like cause there's nothing New, só that's it
  6. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Album genérico sem o mínimo de sal, Scooter, o empresário tenta investir em uma área trap/R&B em seus respectivos aliados e obtem falha em todas as tentativas.
  7. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    A brand new production for ariana! I love the new retro-pop style! And her normally beautifully soulful singing is balanced with breathier and lighter vocals on tracks like love language. Some of the ariana we know and love pops up on obvious, positions, and motive. The titular song is my personal favorite.
  8. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    it's one the best albums by her, i'm so proud of ariana.so good. the sound, lyrics, all the elements are so amazing.
  9. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this album and sweetener is by far one of her top tier albums. miss grande always has a different sound to her albums each era. she has grown tremendously
  10. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Absolutely incredible album. Each song has emotion and depth, and Ariana’s growth in her own well-being is shown throughout the album. It sounds beautiful and honestly this is the best thing to come out of 2020 for me.
  11. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    everything is just perfect, beats, voices, everything just everything was a perfect turn, if bby is happy and that also matters to us
  12. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. one of the most dull and lackluster albums I've heard in the last years. no personality or artistry was showcased throughout the 14 tracks. many critics have pointed out that the album feels like it's missing something, and it is, it's missing a purpose. it's unfortunate that ariana, having one of the best voices in the industry, has nothing to say or offer as an artist. not a single track that I would want to add to my playlist (there's always at least one, even kn the worst albums), not a single standout track to be claimed by the fanbase. just a very very sad attempt of an album from an artist with no vision or ambitions. Expand
  13. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This album is some of her best work! Between the vocals, songwriting, and melodies, every song brings something new to the table but they also stay cohesively tied together to the album theme and sound. This might actually be my favourite album she’s put out yet!
  14. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    i absolutely loved this album. it was such a different sound and vibe as compared to her previous music. her vocals were, as always, absolutely breathtaking. the growth from her “yours truly” era to now is so very evident and it’s a beautiful thing to see. “pov”, “just like magic” and “off the table” have such a deep meaning behind them and you can feel the emotion behind every single wordi absolutely loved this album. it was such a different sound and vibe as compared to her previous music. her vocals were, as always, absolutely breathtaking. the growth from her “yours truly” era to now is so very evident and it’s a beautiful thing to see. “pov”, “just like magic” and “off the table” have such a deep meaning behind them and you can feel the emotion behind every single word she sings. in this album, Ariana embraces sexuality, love, healing, pain and growth. i truly have never loved an album more than this one. thank you Ariana. you’ve blown me away once again Expand
  15. Oct 30, 2020
    1
    this album is sooooooo boring like every single song sounds likes the same!!
  16. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    está maravilhosoooo, um R&B de qualidade, diferente do pop, ela arriscou e está na sua aérea de conforto, maravilhosa no brazil já é #1
  17. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Não sei de que buraco estão tirando que se parece com o TuN... Enfim perfeito quem não gostou paciência
  18. Oct 30, 2020
    9
    Ariana Grande shines through with this highly R&B-influenced 14-track record. Although not as ambitious as her previous work, she still proves herself worthy of attention and listening to after leaving the power-pop hits for sultry, slow-tempo R&B - a genre Ariana had wanted to dabble in since the beginning of her career. I would consider it a marvelous musical journey.
  19. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Um dos melhores álbuns do ano !! Ela não prometeu o pop que todos esperavam mas sim um destaque no seu potencial de r&b.. É um álbum chique , com baladinhas que se conectam , nada muito punch nem muito linear. Completamente diferenciado dos ritmos que ela trouxe com outros trabalhos .. EU ADOREI PARABÉNS ARIANA !! Expand
  20. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This is one of the best album of the year, you can feel every song and her vocals are one of the best things, you are going to fall in love with them.
  21. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    o álbum é perfeito. a sonoridade maravilhosa. e mais uma vez ariana inova!!!
  22. Oct 30, 2020
    9
    Creo que es el álbum más maduro que ha hecho Ariana, tiene desde letras explícitas deliciosas y otras que te llegan a tocar el corazón. No esperaba mucho de este álbum, me dió mucho más de lo que pensé.
  23. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Pasando la posiciones completina. Urge bomba avisaría.
  24. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A complete masterpiece the perfect (((((R&B))))) Ariana served as always.All the transitions are perfect Expand
  25. Oct 30, 2020
    6
    The good part is her voice. Flawless as always!
    The bad part? You listen the entire album and it sounds like a only song. Doesn't give you a mountain of feelings.
    But I would recommend just because of her voice.
    PS: The Weeknd made a really difference in this album! Love it!
  26. Oct 30, 2020
    6
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. looks like ripped songs from the last two albums, but it has its highlights, the album should have a maximum of 8 tracks Expand
  27. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is amazing I was there the second it dropped and I listen to it nonstop from 9pm to when I fell asleep at 2am and the second I woke up I listened to it for another 3 straight hours this is definitely a true work of art and is the greatest album released this year in my opinion and please give this album a try it really is beautiful and I love this new side of Ariana and I can’t wait to see what she has next Expand
  28. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    She did that, outstanding tracks: - nasty
    - off the table - 34+35 - just like magic - my hair - pov
  29. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. the best album of the year without a doubt, The princess of pop has returned to reclaim her throne by bringing us art to have a good time with her good music, the rhythm is calm and leaves you waiting for more, the genre has changed but it is still the incredible voice that sing those notes. I love him and I hope to hear more songs of this type Expand
  30. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this album ties sweetener and is safetly her best, crtics are just tasteless
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.