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

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  1. Oct 30, 2020
    9
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ojalá y bastaran las palabras para describir lo que el álbum que por muchos fue tan simple, logra provocar, solo hace falta que sepas apreciar el R&B para que te des cuenta que este álbum abraza el género y juega con él de una forma muy buena. Expand
  2. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. incrível, perfeito, maravilhoso, coeso, coerente, enfim ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ Expand
  3. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Es realmente genial, un total cambio a su estilo. Los artistas de las colaboraciones se adaptan al estilo de Ariana y lo hace interesante, porque son nuevos sonidos.
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is one of the best I've heard, Ariana surprised me with her beautiful vocals and harmonies, it was everything I needed for this year Expand
  5. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    R&B perfection. Ariana has again reinvented her sound and made a beautiful cohesive album. She proves she doesn’t need to showcase her amazing vocal ability in order to make a hit album, yet she also shows us how amazing her ability is (having a whole verse in her whistle register). Positions is such an mature heartfelt album and you can really see so much growth from her last album to this.
  6. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    imagine being in the sky? there is no way to describe how good this album is the melodies, lyrics and production made with great care so that everyone can feel what Ariana wants to transmit,
    simply everything
  7. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Very personal, we can see her growth, the best od her.
    I love ariana, thank you so much!!!!!
    Pov is my favorite in the whole album.
    Safety net made me cry a lot too.
    The beggining with shut up was very intelligent
    Amd the single is memorable.
  8. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    **** everyone! This album is gold. ARIANA MI AMOR TE AMO DIOSA!!! WAITING FOR YOUR NEXT ALBUM
  9. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Positions is a album that relaxing the mind with a topic very important that is the sex and the satisfaction human, is an album for relaxing with your couple, or relax only. VERY GOOD ALBUM ARIANA
  10. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It’s very fanstastic, the songs are very aswesome ande her voice ufff I love it
  11. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Her BEST album, a 10/10. Is so different compared to thank u next or sweetener !!!
  12. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It's an album that you have to listen to a second time to fall in love I liked too much the fact of seeing how Ariana has been growing and evolving I loved that she will experience in a different genre than what she usually gives us
  13. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Um álbum que para mim é muito semelhante ao Sweetener em termos de sonoridade e melodias,por isso a estranheza por parte de alguns!!A crítica é um pouco estranha,pois enquanto aclama algumas bizarrices,critica uma obra como esta .Enfim,atribuo nota dez,pois é um álbum belíssimo e coeso,além de delicado!Derreter foi lançado numa época muito difícil da minha vida é o ouvia para meUm álbum que para mim é muito semelhante ao Sweetener em termos de sonoridade e melodias,por isso a estranheza por parte de alguns!!A crítica é um pouco estranha,pois enquanto aclama algumas bizarrices,critica uma obra como esta .Enfim,atribuo nota dez,pois é um álbum belíssimo e coeso,além de delicado!Derreter foi lançado numa época muito difícil da minha vida é o ouvia para me acalmar!Por isso amei positions!Se off the table não for single Ari,pelo amor de Deus!Obs:infantil é quem acha Smile da Katy Perry infantil,outro hino injustiçado!Bjs Ari vem pro Brasil nós te amamos! Expand
  14. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    o album está absolutamente perfeito, é um álbum R&B obviamente como varios outros R&B não agrada logo de cara, porém poucas semanas já será suficiente para todos mudarem seu conceito a respeito do álbum, Ariana Grande certamente é a princesa do pop, respeitem a lenda
  15. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This is a beautiful album. Better than all the rest. The vocals are gorgeous and she sounds so much more happy than ever before. It really shows her growth from Thank U, Next to now. Her colabs with Doja Cat, the Weeknd and Ty$ are all amazing. Her R&B era has really paid off.
  16. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    O álbum é uma bíblia, e pra quem não gostou vai toma no cú, é isso. Obrigado, o próximo!
  17. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    i was really scared of this album tbh. i will miss her pop eras, don't get me wrong. however, it turned out to be one of my favorite albums ever. ariana found her style and this album just feels like heaven. there's something about it that makes me feel so comfortable. 10/10 !
  18. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This is her most mature, honest, vocally gorgeous album. Every song sounds fresh and different from each other while also cohesively telling her story.
  19. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    it's so unique and harmonic, the pov orchestra literally killed me it was like a drug
    I really loved it
  20. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Ariana’s newest album shows impeccable growth blending all that was perfect about sweetener and thank u next into the PERFECT album! She saved 2020!!
  21. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    A cada novo trabalho que ela faz, ela se mostra uma artista de qualidade, com albúns impécaveis,além de mostrar sua evolução sonora e seu amadurecimento tanto como artista, como pessoa. Seus albúns trazem sentimentos diferentes, e mostram uma "fase" de vivência e experiências suas, com "Positions" não foi diferente,realmente ela é uma artista completa, e seus sons estão longe de serA cada novo trabalho que ela faz, ela se mostra uma artista de qualidade, com albúns impécaveis,além de mostrar sua evolução sonora e seu amadurecimento tanto como artista, como pessoa. Seus albúns trazem sentimentos diferentes, e mostram uma "fase" de vivência e experiências suas, com "Positions" não foi diferente,realmente ela é uma artista completa, e seus sons estão longe de ser genéricos, e esse albúm assim como seus outros comprovaram isso! Amei um álbum com identidade sonora e sentimentos reais. Expand
  22. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Cada una de sus canciones es perfecta, un nuevo estilo para Ari y le quedó Perfecto. Expand
  23. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    The songs on this album are very peaceful since it is R&B But without a doubt the lyrics of each song are so artistic
  24. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    HER BEST ALBUM. love the concept, the vocals, and the production is incredible. a masterpiece. her growth and happiness is deserved. very different from her past music and so unique.
  25. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Good Album. Love it! Kinda Similar to her recent album, Sweetener and Thank U, Next Expand
  26. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    it's honestly a really good album. i looooooveeeeee this album sm. it sounds cute and powerfull
  27. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Sound a the same and like a unfinished thing, she need to work more, the lyrics are cheap.
  28. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This is a gentle and truly magical album that captured me from the first track and didn’t let go until the last one. My favorites are POV, off the table, my hair, safety net. From now on, this is one of the most beloved albums in Ariana’s career on a level with Dangerous Woman 10/10 Awesome
  29. Oct 30, 2020
    6
    Still powerful voice for Ariana and I love her but I believe in such Thank u ,next supremacy
  30. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Es un discazo de los pies a la cabeza, tiene cada bopazo que te cagas las bragas
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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.