It's our 2017 Album Of The Year Special, in which we figure out our 2017 Album Of The Year, which is Special. Beeso and Dr Yobbo count down their Top Five (ish) albums of 2017 as reviewed on BALLS After Dark, as well as their worst reviewed albums and favourite undiscovered classics. Here's the full list of the albums we reviewed this year. We also sizzle next week's Mixtape Special - in which we dial it back 20 years and put together our best 80 minute CD-R playlist. Send us your mixtapes (streaming service playlists, track listings from old C90 tapes or CD-Rs, whatever). Also this week: sliding locks, flawed but fun, great but problematic, historic prejudices, Previously On After Dark Album Of The Year, mildly interesting, drug use and big muffs, banging the under, effervescence, shouts to Salt N Pepa, truth telling, the Rowling Effect, online edits, getting into yourself, cereal killers, TWATTO, summer lovin', 2016 drivebys, don't read the comments, Album Of The Last Week Of December, Voltron records, stayaways, #susanalbumparty, different bad, getting high on your own supply, future classics, time and place, mixtapes: they're why albums matter, bangered out and born ready. 2018 new music SZN starts in a few - our album review playlist will be updated post-next-ep with new picks. Our 2017 After Dark Mixtape is finished in all its glory - check it out. Send us your 80 or 90 minute playlists for next week via the social medias or via email (ballspodcast at gmail). Bless.