- Artist
- Ariana Grande
- Album
- Positions
Early reviews. Based on 7 critics so far. The Breakdown will settle as more outlets weigh in.
| The gist | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Consequence | B+ | 88 | “Pop princess Ariana Grande transports us to a space filled with romantic wonder, flirtatious possibility, and the promise of more to come on Positions.” |
| PopMatters | 8/10 | 80 | “Ariana Grande's Positions is a perfect pop album in a very conservative sense of the term. The songs average under three minutes. Innovation is on hold for” |
| Clash | 8/10 | 80 | “It’s never been a question whether Ariana Grande, pop music’s ever-respected overlord trendsetter and – for at least the last five years” |
| Pitchfork | 7.4/10 | 74 | “Read Dani Blum’s review of the album” |
| Beats Per Minute | 63% | 63 | “Music News, Reviews, Interviews, Videos and MP3s” |
| Slant | 3/5 | 60 | “It might be time for pop’s reigning vocal acrobat to more fully commit to some new positions.” |
| musicOMH | 2.5/5 | 50 | “After the obligatory kiss-off to "the haters" in Shut Up, we're straight in to an hour's chat about carnal pleasure” |
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How the Breakdown works
Every outlet’s score is converted to 0–100 (2/5 is 40, 5.9/10 is 59, a B+ is 88) and averaged. Grades follow the B-Side scale: A is 90–100, B 80–89, C 70–79, D 60–69, F below 60. Critics who liked it is the share of outlets that scored it 75 or higher; the Breakdown shows green at 75 and up, red below. Divisiveness asks a different question: not whether critics liked it, but how close their scores are to each other. Five critics who all give it 50 are Unanimous, even though none of them liked it. The labels run Unanimous, Broad agreement, Some debate, Divided, and Contentious. Replay rate comes from listeners, not critics: yes counts fully, a few tracks counts half, no counts zero. The gist quotes each outlet’s own summary of its review. Scores marked est. come from reviews that publish no number.
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