It's a Christmas...well...not "miracle." But it's happening near the day! In the final Fab 15 (and EC episode) of 2025, your Uncle Derek and Papa Dave are counting down our favorite albums of 2025. It was a really fun talk and we hope you'll enjoy it and maybe find a few new things to listen to! Enjoy!

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Time Index:

• 0:00 - Intro
• 14:39 - The List Begins!
  • 14:39 - #15 - The Living End - I Only Trust Rock N Roll / Envy of None - Stygian Waves
  • 20:23 - #14 - Peppermint Kicks - Pop Rocks in my Chewing Gum / Alison Brown & Steve Martin - Safe Sensible and Sane
  • 27:55 - #13 - The Rumjacks - Dead Anthems / Mumford & Sons - Rushmere
  • 33:43 - #12 - Lucy Dacus - Forever is a Feeling / Neil Young - Talkin' to the Trees
  • 38:47 - #11 - John Batiste - Big Money / Elton John & Brandi Carlisle - Who Believes in Angels?
  • 45:46 - #10 - Margo Price - Hard Headed Woman / David Byrne - Who is the Sky?
  • 50:35 - #9 - Sloan - Based on the Best Seller / Los Straitjackets - Somos Los Straitjackets
  • 57:45 - #8 - Cheap Trick - All Washed Up / Bob Mould - Here We Go Crazy
  • 1:05:42 - #7 - Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow / Sloan - Based on the Best Seller
  • 1:11:37 - #6 - Dropkick Murphys - For the People / Jason Isbell - Foxes in the Snow
  • 1:18:03 - #5 - Spin Doctors - Face Full of Cake / James McMurtry - The Black Dog and the Wandering Boy
  • 1:29:06 - #4 - Dream Theater - Parasomnia / HAIM - I Quit
  • 1:38:54 - #3 - Mammoth - The End / Hayley Williams - Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party
  • 1:49:11 - #2 - Halestorm - Everest / Dream Theater - Parasomnia
  • 1:54:46 - #1 - Hayley Williams - Ego Death at a Bachelorette Party / Yungblud - Idols
• 2:00:50 - Honorable Mentions
• 2:18:07 - This is Your Christmas
• 2:18:37 - The FINAL 15 and Outro