The Best Years of Our Lives is the eighteenth studio album by Neil Diamond.

[2] The album was certified gold by the RIAA on February 16, 1989.

[3] In his review of The Best Years of Our Lives music critic Bryan Buss referred to it as "a strong entry in Diamond's oeuvre" and as "an album that is romantic and sentimental without being manipulative".

[4] Three singles from the album, the title track, "This Time", and "Baby Can I Hold You" reached numbers 7, 9, and 28, respectively on Billboard's Adult Contemporary chart.

[5] Cash Box said of the title track that it was "not a terribly inspired tune, but served up with predictable skill by Mr. D."[6] ^ Shipments figures based on certification alone.