The work was the third of four recordings released by the couple and received positive reviews from critics and commercial success on two Billboard charts.

[2] In American Songwriter, Jim Beviglia gave this album 3 out of 5 stars for the musicians "once again trading lead vocals and harmonizing behind tasteful Americana-type musical backing, finding nooks and crannies in the well-chosen songs that might otherwise have stayed hidden in solo readings" and continued that the finest parts of the music "are when the voices come together and it feels like they’re sharing the experiences in the songs".

[3] Doug Freeman of The Austin Chronicle rated this album 3.5 out of 5 stars, writing that this release finds the musicians "recapturing the magic" with "both playful [songs] and emotional, ripe ballads".

[4] Writing for Exclaim!, Stuart Henderson rated Our Year a 7 out of 10, stating that the emphasis on covers ends up "lending it a decidedly offhand feel", but also praising Robison's originals and opining that "the songs Willis and Robison have chosen to play here are all absorbing, and their close-harmony approach serves the material beautifully".

[5] Two assessments were published in No Depression: Hyperbolium wrote that "their strengths as singers and songwriters peek through at every turn, but it’s the way their emotional conversation amplifies one another that sets this apart from their solo work"[6] and Folk Villager opined that "they’re creating remarkable sounding albums bursting at the seams with impressive songs".