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

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  1. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    A mulher serviu tudo ohhh
    She served everything ohhh
    Ella servió todo ohhh
  2. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Este album se cagó en lovaca flopera y en selelimon ¡AMAMOS A UNA REINA! Ariana talento grande deja de cagarte en cierta perro pordiosero y en una vaca criko AMAMOS A UNA REINA QUE SE ARRIESGA EN TODO Expand
  3. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this album is a r&b masterpiece. there’s no skips here. i’m so amazed to see how much she’ve grown as an artist and with her sound. this is so mature, sexy yet funny.
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I really really really love it so much Expand
  5. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    hay que recordar que es un album R&B y que estamos en medio de una pandemia. Es maravilloso el album me encanto.
  6. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Este album es una versión mucho más madura de su antecesor, Ariana no tiene miedo a expresar su sexualidad a pesar de las críticas
  7. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This is a really great album of her it really looks that this girl has been working so hard and here results are great we all love this album her voice is so sweet
  8. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    The way Ari is so happy in creating this album! She's free to do whatever she wants and that makes me smile. She deserves all the success! Keep on making bops Ari!
  9. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Such a good album, not the best, but it’s part of the transition pop to pop/R&B. The best songs ‘motive’ (with Doja Cat) and ‘my hair’.
  10. May 30, 2021
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Perfeito, harmonioso e com toques de R&B.
    Ariana cumpriu seu dever com sua paixão pelo R&B e entregou tudo.
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  11. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this is amazing, she was perceptive on this new record!
    your collaborations really were what i expected, i loved them all and i'm addicted to each one of them..
  12. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Cohesive album, a completely different sound, a Pop-Trap, Soul/R&B but smooth and completely cohesive. Smooth vocals and without being overly screaming. Although Ariana Grande is in her comfort zone, it is a well-built album with layers of orchestra and simply adding notes from Wistle de Grande.
  13. Nov 1, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I was waiting for Ariana to make an album that completely her, and this is it. Unlike “Thank U, Next”, she seems genuinely happy and I love that. In my opinion, “pov” and “my hair” are standout tracks but “obvious” and “west side” have really grown on me. I hope she releases more music like this, because I can really get used to this side of Ariana. All in all, I would say this is her best or second best album, I still can’t decide. Expand
  14. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Não tenho nem palavras para descrever o quanto estou apaixonado pela sonoridade deste álbum! Expand
  15. Oct 31, 2020
    10
    Ariana has done it again! Fave tracks are motive, my hair, pov and love language
  16. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    She ate this one, the strings through the album perfectly combined with those harmonies ugh one of the best in 2020
  17. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Um dos melhores álbuns e mais maduro da Ari, aqui ela se reinventa de forma polida maestral diferente de TUN, os violinos e toda as orquestras misturada com trap e o tom do R&B mostra o quanto ela é evoluída e se arrisca na música. As parcerias de longe são as melhores faixas do álbum.
  18. Jan 2, 2021
    10
    Huhwieiwiwwikwwjwjwhh2owoehh3jeieiieiej2jh3jeoeiejejwwhjeosososisujewh2hhwioepseoi3j3j
  19. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Estou sem palavras para expressar tamanha grandeza e perspicacia que Ariana nos proporcionou com este álbum. De uma musicalidade tão bem trabalhada, juntamente de letras e colaborações tão espertamente organizadas que é difícil expressar elogios suficientes para esta obra. Divino.
  20. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    I'm so much grateful for this album. Ariana always doing good musics, i love her.
  21. Nov 1, 2020
    10
    Love it! Great album with a spectacular voice and vocals only the incredible princess of pop Ari!
  22. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    A personal album, written and executed with mastery, shows how much Ariana Grande has matured in the industry. Showing his voice technique, the background vocals and harmonies are well performed, which makes the album even better. There is a lot of cohesion on the album, the songs fit together and form the perfect structure for a well made album.
  23. Oct 31, 2020
    10
    arrasou parabéns araiana maravilhosa pwrfeita entregou babado grito no ** e gritaria amey
  24. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    it's amazing, one of your best albums so far and of the year too! she plunged deep into r & b which results in her voice more mature and beautiful than ever!
  25. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Supera a todas las otras canciones escritas por otros cantante en este año, y nos da melodías y ritmos tranquilos con letras muy personales.
  26. Oct 31, 2020
    10
    Just iconic omg "my hair" is the best one YOU. BETTER. SERVE. MISS. ARIANA.
  27. Nov 2, 2020
    10
    Tell me what's ur motive! Def, one of her bests works, im so so happy for her to bring back some Sweetener (my fav album) vibes...
  28. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It has an incredible structure, all the al I’m feel like the same way, you can feel that the vocal power grow up when the album goes on, all songs are amazing but especially POV is a beautiful song with an incredible production
  29. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    One of Ariana's best works. Very mature, cohesive, has her essence and the best of all is that she is happy for this work, which for sure, is already in my top 3 of her albums.
    Sweetener's younger brother.
  30. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Tiene una excelente lista de canciones que están muy bien producidas.
    Quizá tendrá varios escritores que estén en el álbum pero este álbum, es mucho más maduro que cualquiera que haya hecho Ariana.
    Te hace bailar, te hace cantar y te hace llorar
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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.