Ariana Grande - Positions

[wjr15]

Ariana Grande's sixth studio album, Positions, was released on October 30, 2020. Positions is a pop album with R&B influences. The album peaked at #1 on the Billboard 200 and spawned 3 singles (positions, 34+35, pov). A deluxe version of the album was eventually released with 5 additional songs.

Tracklist:
1. shut up
2. 34+35
3. motive (with Doja Cat)
4. just like magic
5. off the table (with The Weeknd)
6. six thirty
7. safety net (with Ty Dolla $ign)
8. my hair
9. nasty
10. west side
11. love language
12. positions
13. obvious
14. pov

Deluxe edition:
15. someone like u - interlude
16. test drive
17. 34+35 Remix (feat. Doja Cat and Megan Thee Stallion)
18. worst behavior
19. main thing

positions (Hot 100: #1 / CHR: #1)


34+35 (Hot 100: #2 / CHR: #1)


pov (Hot 100: #27 / CHR: #3)

[God]

The way I didn't even care until six, maybe seven, songs in

I maintain that "West Side" is one of the best she's ever recorded.

[Ling-Ling]

I'm just not crazy about the R&B lite sound she (and Justin Bieber) keeps trying to deliver. If you're gonna do R&B, then do freaking R&B, not this watered down mess. Not to mention, her vocals shine in more traditional R&B arrangements. It's why "My Hair" and "Love Language" are the only songs I really revisit on this. Everything else is perfectly mid and pleasant (and quite frankly uninspired and soulless). In terms of the singles, "Positions" definitely holds up the best.