• 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
    10
    The album is perfect for something unexpected. Ariana ventured to bring one of her favorite styles despite being highly acclaimed in the pop trap. With powerful vocals, Ariana brings songs like "My hair" to confirm her position as queen of contemporary music.
  2. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this is album of the year and everyone knows it and stream positions and don’t forget dangerous woman period
  3. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It’s a good album! From start to finish. I love the parallel lyrics from thank u next. And the pov is one of the best closers for an album! She has done it again.
  4. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Positions is a very cohesive project, contrary to popular belief, this is one of her best albums lyrically and sonically. A lot of reviews are not fond of the sexual themes of this album, it seems like they want the pop star to be depressed every album and not have fun. Ariana explores more of her lower register and showcases her whistle register on this record. I believe people are notPositions is a very cohesive project, contrary to popular belief, this is one of her best albums lyrically and sonically. A lot of reviews are not fond of the sexual themes of this album, it seems like they want the pop star to be depressed every album and not have fun. Ariana explores more of her lower register and showcases her whistle register on this record. I believe people are not fond of this project because it’s “too slow” and they expect all of her songs to have high energy and crazy belts all the time. The album is definitely a grower and isn’t necessarily targeted for a mainstream/pop audience. It is a very R&B influenced project with hints of jazz and blues in tracks such as “My Hair”, or the sultry “Off the Table”, I guess people expected another love me harder 2.0 with this track. To conclude this review, Positions is not for everyone, but the good quality, production of the album can’t be denied even if you’re a fan or not. Expand
  5. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It’s an amazing album. A completely new sound from her. It’s gonna be on repeat.
  6. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. This album is a masterpiece. She’s the moment her voice is everything and she just demonstrate that she here to stay she isn’t going nowhere Expand
  7. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    The best thing I’ve ever heard in my entire life. Sis was right, God is a woman, duh.
  8. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    such an amazing album, a masterpiece from beginning to end. anyone who says otherwise is full of **** :)
  9. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Simplemente uno de los mejores álbumes R&B, en donde Ariana muestra una faceta diferente alejándose del Pop y, lo muestra claramente en Positions.
  10. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. A delicious and tasty expression of empowering. The vocals along with the melody it’s just a masterpiece, the sound of r&b was made for Ariana’s vocals. Expand
  11. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Ariana nunca decepciona, ela aqui, entrega um album totalmente despreocupado e maduro.
  12. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    It's just like we need in this quarantine i love it, the sounds, the collaboration, her voice, omg that whistle tone
  13. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Her best album!! So soft and dreamy. She snapped with this one and it is a fact.
  14. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    El mejor álbum profesional de Ariana No solo se trata de sacar canciones con ritmo si no también tener canciones que sobre salgan de su area de confort, estoy satisfecho con el álbum me gusta y no solo por el simple hecho de ser fan de ella, se reconocer el trabajó de demás artistas tanto de nueva generación y generaciones antiguas ❤️
  15. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    her best album! aaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa
  16. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. ari does a lot well but her music about reconciling with past traumas and her mental health hits me best. when I think about how many lives this young woman has lived, i’m in awe. she describes love as experienced by a flawed, imperfect person in such a special way. amazing Expand
  17. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    arte es un buen álbum, con ritmo tranquilo (: mis fav las 14 lloro dmsd
  18. Oct 31, 2020
    10
    um album extremamente completo e maduro, vocais extremamente maduros, e obviamente o destaque para pov e my hair, as maiores do álbum, só esperava um pouco mais da colaboração com a doja, mas tirando isso, achei um trabalho muito bom!
  19. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This is an amazing album, bitc3es check this well, she made differents things in this, love language is an example, and the voice, man, is everything
  20. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. By far biggest growth, the production, the vocals, the features, she killed this. Expand
  21. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Ariana's voice is very clearly meant for R&B and this record shows just that. Her melodious harmonies combined with the consistent usage of strings make this one of her most cohesive and sonically pleasing albums ever.
  22. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    This album is such an divine production. I love the aesthetic and the vibe in every music. She is so talent and her vocals are imensurally perfect.
  23. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Grande continues to show her growth and healing through her music, and specially in this album. Her vocals and harmonies sound heavenly and her lyrics tell a deeper story, this is the album we have been expecting from her for so long. She seems as she has finally found herself artistically.
  24. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    El mejor album que pudo haber hecho simplemente perfecto cualquier persona que lo escuché quedará impresionado
  25. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    34+35, motive, just like magic, off the table, safety net, My hair, nasty, love lenguaje y pov>>>>>>>>>>>
  26. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    muito bommm melhor album, as musicas sao bem calmas e os vocais impecaveis. Ela nunca falha
  27. Nov 25, 2020
    10
    phenomenal, amazing, magical, she did the damn thing. if you don't like this album you're a pop stan it you have HORRIBLE taste in music, sorry !! i sajd what i said
  28. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    this album is so magical. i'm in love. the lyrics, the melodies, the vocals... everything is so good. i'm so proud of ari!
  29. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    ok, é impossível não gostar de algo que essa mulher lança, o feats, os vocais, as melodias, os instrumentais, as letras, tá tudo incrível, ela nunca erra!
  30. Oct 30, 2020
    10
    Not on Ariana's comfort zone, that's why it's different from her whole discography, getting closer to a completely R&B sound that fits her voice very softly.
    Amazed by the collaborations on the album, the way The Weeknd and Ty Dolla $ign fits on the song with Grande's voice is out of this world.
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.