Ariana Grande finishes first on her new album 'Positions'

Ariana Grande, 27, is a Grammy-winning singer-songwriter.Dave Meyers

• Ariana Grande released her sixth studio album, "Positions," on Friday.
• We listened straight through the 14-song tracklist and wrote down our first impressions of each one.
• Overall, we loved how free Grande sounds. The album manages to stay consistently fun and breezy without ever feeling shallow or trite.
• The best tracks on the album are "34+35," "Nasty," and "POV."

Ariana Grande unveiled her sixth studio album, "Positions," on Friday.

Fans received less than a month's notice for the release, which follows Grande's wildly successful "Thank U, Next," a nominee for album of the year at the 2020 Grammy Awards.

Insider's music team (reporter Callie Ahlgrim and celebrity and music editor Courteney Larocca) listened to the new album on our own, jotting down our initial thoughts track by track.

Overall, we loved how free Grande sounds. The 14-song collection veers more intentionally into R&B and '90s rhythmic pop than Grande's most recent releases, and the result is a delightfully cohesive — though almost too-short — jaunt through the pop star's domestic bliss.

Here is what we thought of each song on "Positions" upon first listen. (Skip to the end to see the only songs worth listening to and the album's final score.)