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

Generally favorable reviews- based on 5940 Ratings

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  1. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It's a very bad album, an album6without rhythm, without feelings, especially it's an album that bores me Expand
  2. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Worst album this year, I was hoping for some bop but instead the whole album sounds the same.
  3. Nov 17, 2020
    0
    En qué momento de su carrera dará algo nuevo? Parece un descarte de TUN pero peor.
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    I love ariana so much, but this album is disappointing - I loved her other albums ‘Dangerous Woman’ and ‘thank u, next’ so much, and they are one of my favorite albums of all time, but this album is really weak... the lyrics nor the production are good.
  5. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. No me gusto mucho, lo siento aburrido no es lo que ari nos tiene acostumbrados Expand
  6. Nov 1, 2020
    0
    this was so bad. smile and chromatica was so much better. zero artistic growth. featured relevant artists in hopes of album success.
  7. Nov 3, 2020
    0
    Um fracasso, um horror anunciado, sinceramente quem colocou na cabeça dessa Mc Mirella estadunidense lançar uma bomba atômica dessas? quando eu penso que ela pode fracassar mais ela fracassa, sinceramente. sem palavras pro baixo escalão de artista que essa fungo varginal tem!
  8. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Same old trap pop. Looks like part 2 from tnx u next. Ahh but it’s R&B too, but the songs are too sort to enjoy the album.
  9. Nov 1, 2020
    0
    Sooo boring, the same as always, not even the vocals save how bad it is... Ugh!
  10. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Honestly do disappointed as this was my most anticipated album this yr after the announcement. The songs are meant to sexy yet if like a kid trying to tell us they're having sex
  11. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It’s disrespectful the number of songwriters, what are you an artist or a product? Expand
  12. Nov 1, 2020
    0
    I expected much more from Ariana. This album is the definition of generic. collabs are there just because the artist are popular. there is no depth in song writing . the only I am not giving it zero is because Ariana continues to be the vocal master
  13. Dec 11, 2020
    0
    boring af, i only like positions and pov, rest of the songs sound exactly the same, thank u next
  14. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Annoying album, that just want to be commercial. All short musics that are made just to get streams easier. The same style of musics that her recents albuns. Just not worth the time spend on listening
  15. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    I couldn't even listening from start to finish, sounded the same repetitive boring.
  16. 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
  17. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    Its the worst album this year. Its next to Changes. Probably coming for Changes neck.
  18. 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.
  19. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Meu Deus, ariana vc prometeu... o q aconteceu com vc, vc lanca albuns maginifucos e agora ta assim Expand
  20. Dec 2, 2020
    0
    It is sad when an artist with a great voice has bad hearing, that was very unpleasantly
  21. 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
  22. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    ....................................................................... ....... I don't like this
  23. 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 like another pandemic during Covid-19.
  24. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    Disappointing work from Ms. Grande. Honestly expected more from the pop powerhouse.
  25. Dec 11, 2020
    0
    Another mediocre album. Still my favs are my hair , pov and safety net. She didn't show any artistic growth but her voice remains flawless as before. Would love for her to try something risky
  26. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    She's been doing the same thing for years. This album sounds just like Sweetener, same old beat, nothing groundbreaking.
  27. 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
  28. Oct 30, 2020
    0
    very boring album, if she wants to be a queen of pop, she should do something different. if ariana is reading this, pls stop trying to be mixed, ur fathers are white and you are white too, stop soing blackfishing, thanks :)
  29. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    So I heard many Arianators rated Folklore 0 because positions flop
  30. Oct 31, 2020
    0
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. very bad :/ i'm sorry ari, but thank you next was so much better. i hope ag7 will be your true comeback. 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.