Curious Ruminant

Curious Ruminant
Curious Ruminant
Studio album by Jethro Tull
Released	7 March 2025
Genre	Progressive rock, Folk rock
Length	50:31
Label	InsideOut
Producer	Ian Anderson
Jethro Tull chronology
Singles from Curious Ruminant
	"Curious Ruminant"; Released: 10 January 2025; "The Tipu House"; Released: 6 February 2025;

Curious Ruminant is the twenty-fourth studio album by the British progressive rock band Jethro Tull, released on 7 March 2025.^[1]

Track listing

All music and lyrics by Ian Anderson.

*Curious Ruminant* track listing
No.	Title	Length
1.	"Puppet and the Puppet Master"	4:00
2.	"Curious Ruminant"	5:56
3.	"Dunsinane Hill"	4:14
4.	"The Tipu House"	3:29
5.	"Savannah of Paddington Green"	3:11
6.	"Stygian Hand"	4:13
7.	"Over Jerusalem"	5:54
8.	"Drink from the Same Well"	16:39
9.	"Interim Sleep"	2:27

Personnel

Jethro Tull

Ian Anderson – flutes, vocals, acoustic guitar, tenor guitar, mandolin, production, mixing, artwork photography, artwork concept
David Goodier – bass guitar
John O'Hara – piano, keyboards, accordion
Jack Clark – electric guitar
Scott Hammond – drums

Guest musicians

James Duncan – drums, cajón, percussion
Andrew Giddings – piano, keyboards, accordion

Additional contributors

Nick Watson – mastering
Bruce Soord – surround mixing, alternative stereo mixing
Steve Kitch – surround mastering
Mike Downs – engineering (tracks 1–3, 7)
James Anderson – engineering (tracks 4–6)
Thomas Ewerhard – artwork layout, design

Charts

Chart performance for *Curious Ruminant*
Chart (2025)	Peak position
Austrian Albums (Ö3 Austria)^[2]	4
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Flanders)^[3]	38
Belgian Albums (Ultratop Wallonia)^[4]	38
Croatian International Albums (HDU)^[5]	6
Dutch Albums (Album Top 100)^[6]	42
French Albums (SNEP)^[7]	135
German Albums (Offizielle Top 100)^[8]	2
Portuguese Albums (AFP)^[9]	40
Spanish Albums (PROMUSICAE)^[10]	31
Swedish Albums (Sverigetopplistan)^[11]	58
Swiss Albums (Schweizer Hitparade)^[12]	5
UK Albums (OCC)^[13]	25

References

^ admin (10 January 2025). "New Jethro Tull album Curious Ruminant coming 7 March 2025". Jethro Tull. Retrieved 10 January 2025.
^ "Austriancharts.at – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Ultratop.be – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Ultratop.be – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Lista prodaje 11. tjedan 2025" [Sales list Week 11 2025] (in Croatian). HDU. 16 March 2025. Archived from the original on 26 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
^ "Dutchcharts.nl – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Top Albums (Week 11, 2025)". SNEP. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Offiziellecharts.de – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Top AFP/Audiogest Top 200 Álbuns: Semana 11 de 2025 – 7/3/2025 até 13/3/2025" (PDF) (in European Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Retrieved 23 March 2025.
^ "Spanishcharts.com – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Veckolista Album, vecka 11, 2025". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Swisscharts.com – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.
^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[:0-1] (10 January 2025). "New Jethro Tull album Curious Ruminant coming 7 March 2025". Jethro Tull. Retrieved 10 January 2025.

[ac_Austria_Jethro_Tull-2] "Austriancharts.at – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant" (in German). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[ac_Flanders_Jethro_Tull-3] "Ultratop.be – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[ac_Wallonia_Jethro_Tull-4] "Ultratop.be – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant" (in French). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[5] "Lista prodaje 11. tjedan 2025" [Sales list Week 11 2025] (in Croatian). HDU. 16 March 2025. Archived from the original on 26 March 2025. Retrieved 29 March 2025.

[ac_Netherlands_Jethro_Tull-6] "Dutchcharts.nl – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant" (in Dutch). Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[7] "Top Albums (Week 11, 2025)". SNEP. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[ac_Germany_Jethro_Tull-8] "Offiziellecharts.de – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant" (in German). GfK Entertainment Charts. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[9] "Top AFP/Audiogest Top 200 Álbuns: Semana 11 de 2025 – 7/3/2025 até 13/3/2025" (PDF) (in European Portuguese). Associação Fonográfica Portuguesa. Retrieved 23 March 2025.

[ac_Spain_Jethro_Tull-10] "Spanishcharts.com – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[swedishpeak-11] "Veckolista Album, vecka 11, 2025". Sverigetopplistan. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[ac_Switzerland_Jethro_Tull-12] "Swisscharts.com – Jethro Tull – Curious Ruminant". Hung Medien. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

[ac_UK2_-13] "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 30 March 2025.

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v t e Jethro Tull
Ian Anderson David Goodier John O'Hara Scott Hammond Jack Clark Mick Abrahams Clive Bunker Glenn Cornick Tony Iommi Martin Barre John Evan Jeffrey Hammond Barriemore Barlow John Glascock Dee Palmer Dave Pegg Mark Craney Eddie Jobson Gerry Conway Peter-John Vettese Paul Burgess Doane Perry Don Airey Maartin Allcock Andrew Giddings Dave Mattacks Jonathan Noyce Florian Opahle Joe Parrish
Studio albums	This Was Stand Up Benefit Aqualung Thick as a Brick A Passion Play War Child Minstrel in the Gallery Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die! Songs from the Wood Heavy Horses Stormwatch A The Broadsword and the Beast Under Wraps Crest of a Knave Rock Island Catfish Rising Roots to Branches J-Tull Dot Com The Jethro Tull Christmas Album The Zealot Gene RökFlöte Curious Ruminant
Live albums	Bursting Out Live at Hammersmith '84 A Little Light Music Jethro Tull in Concert Living with the Past Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Aqualung Live Live at Montreux 2003 Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at Carnegie Hall 1970
Compilations	Living in the Past M.U. – The Best of Jethro Tull Repeat – The Best of Jethro Tull – Vol II Original Masters 20 Years of Jethro Tull: Highlights Nightcap The Best of Jethro Tull – The Anniversary Collection Through the Years The Very Best Of The Best of Acoustic Jethro Tull The Essential 50 for 50
Boxed sets	20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Box Set
Videos	Slipstream 20 Years of Jethro Tull 25th Anniversary Video Living with the Past A New Day Yesterday Nothing Is Easy: Live at the Isle of Wight 1970 Live at Montreux 2003 Jack in the Green Live at Madison Square Garden 1978 Live at AVO Session Basel Around the World Live
Songs	"Sunshine Day" "A Song for Jeffrey" "Love Story" "Living in the Past" "Bourée" "Sweet Dream" "The Witch's Promise" "Teacher" "Aqualung" "Cross-Eyed Mary" "Mother Goose" "Hymn 43" "Locomotive Breath" "Life Is a Long Song" "Bungle in the Jungle" "Skating Away on the Thin Ice of the New Day" "Too Old to Rock 'n' Roll: Too Young to Die" "The Whistler" "Songs from the Wood" "Heavy Horses" "Dun Ringill"
Related	Discography Members A Billion Hands Concert The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus A Classic Case Thick as a Brick 2 Jethro Tull – The String Quartets
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