# The Best Allan Holdsworth Guitar Solos

> The 16 best Allan Holdsworth guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Devil Take the Hindmost (1985), then Letters of Marque and Road Games.

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Allan Holdsworth rethought the electric guitar as a horn-like, legato voice, gliding through wide-interval scales with barely a picked note. Players from Eddie Van Halen to Tosin Abasi named him the most advanced soloist they had heard, and his harmonic language still sounds like it comes from somewhere else.

Informed by: [ClassicRockHistory - 10 Essential Allan Holdsworth Songs](https://www.classicrockhistory.com/10-essential-allan-holdsworth-songs/), [Guitar World - Allan Holdsworth final interview](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/allan-holdsworth-final-interview), [Wikipedia - The Best of Allan Holdsworth: Against the Clock](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Best_of_Allan_Holdsworth:_Against_the_Clock)

1. [Devil Take the Hindmost](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allan-holdsworth-devil-take-the-hindmost/) — Allan Holdsworth · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1985
2. [Letters of Marque](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allan-holdsworth-letters-of-marque/) — Allan Holdsworth · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1982
3. [Road Games](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allan-holdsworth-road-games/) — Allan Holdsworth · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1983
4. [Fred](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-new-tony-williams-lifetime-fred/) — The New Tony Williams Lifetime · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1975
5. [In the Dead of Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u-k-in-the-dead-of-night/) — U.K. · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1978
6. [Metal Fatigue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allan-holdsworth-metal-fatigue/) — Allan Holdsworth · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1985
7. [The Sixteen Men of Tain](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allan-holdsworth-the-sixteen-men-of-tain/) — Allan Holdsworth · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 2000
8. [Proto-Cosmos](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-new-tony-williams-lifetime-proto-cosmos/) — The New Tony Williams Lifetime · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1975
9. [Nevermore](https://greatestsolos.com/song/u-k-nevermore/) — U.K. · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1978
10. [Tokyo Dream](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allan-holdsworth-tokyo-dream/) — Allan Holdsworth · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1983
11. [Water on the Brain - Part II](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allan-holdsworth-water-on-the-brain-part-ii/) — Allan Holdsworth · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1983
12. [Home](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allan-holdsworth-home/) — Allan Holdsworth · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1985
13. [Non-Brewed Condiment](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allan-holdsworth-non-brewed-condiment/) — Allan Holdsworth · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1986
14. [The Things You See](https://greatestsolos.com/song/allan-holdsworth-the-things-you-see/) — Allan Holdsworth · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1982
15. [Beelzebub](https://greatestsolos.com/song/bruford-beelzebub/) — Bruford · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1978
16. [Hazard Profile Part One](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soft-machine-hazard-profile-part-one/) — Soft Machine · solo by Allan Holdsworth · 1975

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