Ruminations is the seventh solo studio album by American musician Conor Oberst, released on October 14, 2016 on Nonesuch Records.

[13] On October 28, 2015, in the midst of Desaparecidos' tour for their second studio album Payola, it was announced that Conor Oberst had been hospitalized due to "laryngitis, anxiety, and exhaustion," according to a press release.

The entirety of Desaparecidos' remaining tour dates were cancelled and Oberst returned to his hometown of Omaha to recuperate.

The album was engineered by Ben Brodin, mixed by Mike Mogis and mastered by Bob Ludwig.

In a press release, Oberst described Ruminations' inception: I wasn't expecting to write a record.