GentleDance Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 On Metacritic : 1. Fetch the Bolt Cutters 98 5. Punisher 90 9. Sawayama 89 11. Women in Music, Part lll 89 13. folklore 88 15. Future Nostalgia 88 45. Good News 85 50. evermore 85 72. What's Your Pleasure 84 79. Petals for Armor 83 212. Chromatica 79 213. Dedicated Side B 79 233. Miss Anthropocene 79 275. Alicia 77 312. Rare 76 341. Plastic Hearts 75 382. High Road 73 .. ... 403. Positions 72 It's ranked 403 out of 465 entries on Metacritic's 2020 list, thoughts? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suburbannature Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Not when Nasty exists Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonedIvy Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 (edited) I’m sure there’s something worse (Heaven & Hell, Smile) but yea it’s pretty bad. It’s in the bottom 10 for sure. It reminds me so much of Bieber’s “Changes” album. God so uninspired, reductive, flavorless, and bland, and such step downs from their previous albums Edited September 22, 2022 by WeFoundTrouble Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue Rose Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 It’s definitely a strong contender. Sidenote: I didn’t realize Fiona had lost her perfect score. Good. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Holiday Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 No, y’all just have a weird hate boner for it. Love Language, Nasty, Obvious, Safety Net, Positions, West Side, Off the Table, etc are career highlights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roman Holiday Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 22 minutes ago, WeFoundTrouble said: I’m sure there’s something worse (Heaven & Hell, Smile) but yea it’s pretty bad. It’s in the bottom 10 for sure. It reminds me so much of Bieber’s “Changes” album. God so uninspired, reductive, flavorless, and bland, and such step downs from their previous albums A Swifties talking about flavorless… chyuh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thetea Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 am I the only one who really loved this album. sure it has some filler tracks (a great 10 track album is in there), but I really enjoyed this album and it brings back good memories of 2020 for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Feather Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 I feel like she was in a rush to put out an album for 2020 and that’s the result we got. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gerardo Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 No, it is at least better than Chromatica and Rare 3 minutes ago, Roman Holiday said: No, y’all just have a weird hate boner for it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lostcause Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Not when evermore and rare exist. Those are albums I’d have to be forced to listen through a second time. plastic hearts being so low just proves how pointless metacritic can be. West Side alone makes the album wonderful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Noodles Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Chromatica is right there Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
liam13 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 its cute but its aged pretty fast. maybe some antioxidant, sunscreen and new producers are needed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonedIvy Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 9 minutes ago, Roman Holiday said: A Swifties talking about flavorless… chyuh Defend the album without deflecting babe. Positions is flavorless and if you think Taylor’s music is too that’s fine I’m not here to try and change your mind. It doesn’t change what I said about Positions. Now TUN and sweetener, those albums have heart and soul and flavor in them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RihFenty20 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 (edited) 35 minutes ago, WeFoundTrouble said: I’m sure there’s something worse (Heaven & Hell, Smile) but yea it’s pretty bad. It’s in the bottom 10 for sure. It reminds me so much of Bieber’s “Changes” album. God so uninspired, reductive, flavorless, and bland, and such step downs from their previous albums You literally stan Taylor Swift. Pls get some self awareness and look in the mirror before you call anyone’s music “uninspired, reductive, flavorless, and bland” OT: I personally don’t like the album outside of a few songs. But, I don’t think it was judged fairly. Like how is Rare rated higher than it for example. Either way, critics don’t matter. It outstreamed most of the albums in this list. So, it won in the end, regardless of what those old losers think. Edited September 22, 2022 by RihFenty20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonedIvy Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Just now, RihFenty20 said: You literally stan Taylor Swift. Pls get some self awareness and look in the mirror before you call anyone’s music “uninspired, reductive, flavorless, and bland” OT: I personally don’t like the album outside of a few songs. But, I don’t think it was judged fairly. Like how is Rare rated higher than it for example. Either way, critics don’t matter. It streamed most of the albums in this list so it won in the end regardless of what those old losers think. & You literally stan Rihanna, please get some self awareness and look in the mirror before you continue to parade around that Taylor’s music is “uninspired, reductive, flavorless, and bland” Y’all can’t even defend Positions without deflecting to Taylor because, as the rest of your post said, the album is not good outside of a very select few songs. The album was uninspired and bland and flavorless and no amount of deflection can change that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RihFenty20 Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 (edited) 7 minutes ago, WeFoundTrouble said: & You literally stan Rihanna, please get some self awareness and look in the mirror before you continue to parade around that Taylor’s music is “uninspired, reductive, flavorless, and bland” Y’all can’t even defend Positions without deflecting to Taylor because, as the rest of your post said, the album is not good outside of a very select few songs. The album was uninspired and bland and flavorless and no amount of deflection can change that. That’s not the drag you think it is. Rihanna’s music is anything but those adjectives, but you already knew that. Either way, you should be the last person speaking on anyone’s music when your fav has been making the same song since 2006. That’s the point. Stick to pretending her music is good and stop speaking on people who are actually talented Edited September 22, 2022 by RihFenty20 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Felipesf Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 (edited) No. It's actually the best album on this list Edited September 22, 2022 by Felipesf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FightDragonsWithMe Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Wasn't Positions just TUN tracks that didn't make TUN? It's definitely Ariana's most uninspired Album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoisonedIvy Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 1 minute ago, RihFenty20 said: That’s not the drag you think it is. Rihanna’s music is anything but those adjectives, but you already knew that. Either way, you should be the last person speaking on anyone’s music when your fav has been making the same song since 2006. That’s the point. Stick to pretending her music is good and keep talented singers’ out of your mouth. Keep saying it, keep trying, maybe just maybe you’ll convince somebody other than yourself. I don’t have to pretend anything. Music is subjective & I love music from many different artists, Rih included, Ari included. The subject of this thread is Positions, so I said what I had to say about the album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cloröx Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Yes. It reminds me so much of Bieber’s “Changes” album. God so uninspired, reductive, flavorless, and bland, and such step downs from their previous albums Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LosingHimWasBlue Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Yes. and also Chomatica. but at least Positions not Dead on Arrival unlike Chromatica. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nadiamendell Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 It's definitely the most forgotten about. I actually forgot it was released in 2020. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solaria Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Yes. Turrible album Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cruel Summer Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 Oh, no, not by a long shot. I prefer it over like 13 other albums on that list alone. Positions has been unfairly maligned since release when it’s really an excellent album. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Relampago. Posted September 22, 2022 Share Posted September 22, 2022 No, but I also see that list places What’s Your Pleasure behind Good News so I’m inclined to believe it’s inaccurate Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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