# The Best Adrian Belew Guitar Solos > The 14 best Adrian Belew guitar solos, ranked. #1 is The Great Curve (1980), then Elephant Talk and Boys Keep Swinging. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Adrian Belew built a guitar vocabulary of animal cries, sirens and machine noises, and it made him the go-to sonic wildcard for Zappa, Bowie, Talking Heads and King Crimson. His solos treat the guitar as a sound generator as much as a melodic instrument. That approach expanded what a rock guitar solo could be. Informed by: [Guitar World - Adrian Belew's 10 greatest guitar moments](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/adrian-belew-10-greatest-guitar-moments), [Guitar Player - Adrian Belew on The Great Curve](https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/classic-tones-adrian-belew-on-the-great-curve-by-talking-heads), [Wikipedia - Adrian Belew](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adrian_Belew) 1. [The Great Curve](https://greatestsolos.com/song/talking-heads-the-great-curve/) — Talking Heads · solo by Adrian Belew · 1980 2. [Elephant Talk](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-elephant-talk/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1981 3. [Boys Keep Swinging](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-boys-keep-swinging/) — David Bowie · solo by Adrian Belew · 1979 4. [Frame by Frame](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-frame-by-frame/) — King Crimson · solo by Robert Fripp · 1981 5. [Indiscipline](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-indiscipline/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1981 6. [Thela Hun Ginjeet](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-thela-hun-ginjeet/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1981 7. [Red Sails](https://greatestsolos.com/song/david-bowie-red-sails/) — David Bowie · solo by Adrian Belew · 1979 8. [Neurotica](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-neurotica/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1982 9. [Dinosaur](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-dinosaur/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1995 10. [Big Electric Cat](https://greatestsolos.com/song/adrian-belew-big-electric-cat/) — Adrian Belew · solo by Adrian Belew · 1982 11. [Oh Daddy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/adrian-belew-oh-daddy/) — Adrian Belew · solo by Adrian Belew · 1989 12. [Three of a Perfect Pair](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-three-of-a-perfect-pair/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1984 13. [Vrooom](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-vrooom/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1995 14. [Heartbeat](https://greatestsolos.com/song/king-crimson-heartbeat/) — King Crimson · solo by Adrian Belew · 1982 --- GreatestSolos ranks the greatest guitar solos by consensus across published lists. Agent guide: [llms.txt](https://greatestsolos.com/llms.txt) · [Sitemap](https://greatestsolos.com/sitemap.xml) · [Dataset (CSV)](https://greatestsolos.com/data/greatest-guitar-solos.csv) · [How we rank](https://greatestsolos.com/method/)