# The Best Be-Bop Deluxe Guitar Solos

> The 18 best Be-Bop Deluxe guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape (1974), then Sister Seagull and Maid in Heaven.

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Be-Bop Deluxe were the vehicle for Bill Nelson, a Yorkshire guitarist whose lyrical, sci-fi-tinged lead playing made him one of the most underrated soloists of the 1970s. Nelson fused glam swagger, jazz-inflected phrasing and a painter's ear for tone into solos that were concise, melodic and startlingly inventive.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Be-Bop Deluxe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Be-Bop_Deluxe), [Wikipedia: Axe Victim](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Axe_Victim), [Wikipedia: Futurama](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama_(Be-Bop_Deluxe_album)), [Wikipedia: Modern Music](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Music_(Be-Bop_Deluxe_album))

1. [Adventures in a Yorkshire Landscape](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-adventures-in-a-yorkshire-landscape/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1974
2. [Sister Seagull](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-sister-seagull/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1975
3. [Maid in Heaven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-maid-in-heaven/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1975
4. [Ships in the Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-ships-in-the-night/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1976
5. [Jet Silver and the Dolls of Venus](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-jet-silver-and-the-dolls-of-venus/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1974
6. [Blazing Apostles](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-blazing-apostles/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1976
7. [Crying to the Sky](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-crying-to-the-sky/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1976
8. [Axe Victim](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-axe-victim/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1974
9. [Sleep That Burns](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-sleep-that-burns/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1976
10. [Kiss of Light](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-kiss-of-light/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1976
11. [Swan Song](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-swan-song/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1975
12. [Jets at Dawn](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-jets-at-dawn/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1974
13. [Fair Exchange](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-fair-exchange/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1976
14. [Music in Dreamland](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-music-in-dreamland/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1975
15. [Modern Music](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-modern-music/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1976
16. [Life in the Air Age](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-life-in-the-air-age/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1976
17. [Bring Back the Spark](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-bring-back-the-spark/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1976
18. [Electrical Language](https://greatestsolos.com/song/be-bop-deluxe-electrical-language/) — Be-Bop Deluxe · solo by Bill Nelson · 1978

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