The Best Years of Our Lives (Neil Diamond album)

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The Best Years of Our Lives is the eighteenth studio album by Neil Diamond. It was released by Columbia Records in 1988 and reached number 46 on the Billboard 200 chart, number 42 on the UK album chart, and number 92 on the Australian chart. The album was certified gold by the RIAA on February 16, 1989. 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".

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.

Track listing

No.	Title	Writer(s)	Length
1.	"The Best Years of Our Lives"	Neil Diamond	4:00
2.	"Hard Times for Lovers"	Neil Diamond	4:25
3.	"This Time"	Neil Diamond, David Foster, Jeremy Lubbock	3:57
4.	"Everything's Gonna Be Fine"	Neil Diamond, Weldon Dean Parks	3:59
5.	"Hooked on the Memory of You"	Neil Diamond	3:53
6.	"Take Care of Me"	Neil Diamond, David Foster	3:39
7.	"Baby Can I Hold You"	Tracy Chapman	3:55
8.	"Carmelita's Eyes"	Neil Diamond, David Foster	4:05
9.	"Courtin' Disaster"	Neil Diamond, David Foster	4:32
10.	"If I Couldn't See You Again"	Neil Diamond	4:02
11.	"Long Hard Climb"	Neil Diamond, Tom Hensley, Alan Lindgren	4:42