The Greatest Generation is the fourth studio album by American rock band the Wonder Years.

The Greatest Generation was a part of a trilogy (along with The Upsides [2010] and Suburbia I've Given You All and Now I'm Nothing) that dealt with vocalist Dan Campbell's struggles of being scared, loneliness and feeling lost.

[9] On March 6, 2013 The Greatest Generation was announced for release in May, revealing its track listing and artwork.

[20] The band played four record release shows in 24 hours in support of the album: Philadelphia at 6pm on May 10 with Modern Baseball; New York City at 12am on May 11 with A Loss for Words; Chicago at 10am on May 11 with Mixtapes; and Anaheim at 6pm on May 11 with Versus the World and the Sheds.

[24] In December, the band went on a short acoustic holiday tour with Vinnie Caruana and Young Statues.

[30] In March and April 2014 the group embarked on a North American headlining tour with support from Citizen, Real Friends and Modern Baseball.

[32] In May, the group went on a headlining European and UK tour with support from State Champs and A Loss for Words.

Scott Heisel of Alternative Press gave the album 4.5 out 5 stars saying, "It's fast, it's honest, and it'll probably make you tear up more than once."

Thomas Nassif of Absolute Punk did not even give the album a standard rating from 10 to 10, stating "It is my firm belief that The Greatest Generation has no real precedent in this community.

It was their first to crack the top 20 at Billboard 200, moving 19,673 copies on its first week and reaching the number 20 spot.

said the album "ripped up the pop-punk blueprint" pushing the genre to "new peaks of invention, both lyrically and musically".