# The Best Manic Street Preachers Guitar Solos

> The 16 best Manic Street Preachers guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Motorcycle Emptiness (1992), then Slash 'n' Burn and La Tristesse Durera.

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In the Britpop era, when guitar heroics were out of fashion, James Dean Bradfield proudly kept the classic-rock solo alive and wrapped it in the Manics' political, literary anthems. His melodic, Slash-inspired leads run through everything from Generation Terrorists to their mature stadium singles.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Manic Street Preachers discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manic_Street_Preachers_discography), [Wikipedia: James Dean Bradfield](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Dean_Bradfield)

1. [Motorcycle Emptiness](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-motorcycle-emptiness/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1992
2. [Slash 'n' Burn](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-slash-n-burn/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1992
3. [La Tristesse Durera](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-la-tristesse-durera/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1993
4. [Faster](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-faster/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1994
5. [From Despair to Where](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-from-despair-to-where/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1993
6. [If You Tolerate This Your Children Will Be Next](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-if-you-tolerate-this-your-children-will-be-next/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1998
7. [You Love Us](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-you-love-us/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1992
8. [Stay Beautiful](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-stay-beautiful/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1991
9. [Little Baby Nothing](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-little-baby-nothing/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1992
10. [Roses in the Hospital](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-roses-in-the-hospital/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1993
11. [Revol](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-revol/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1994
12. [Australia](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-australia/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1996
13. [Everything Must Go](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-everything-must-go/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1996
14. [Life Becoming a Landslide](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-life-becoming-a-landslide/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1993
15. [Sleepflower](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-sleepflower/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1993
16. [Your Love Alone Is Not Enough](https://greatestsolos.com/song/manic-street-preachers-your-love-alone-is-not-enough/) — Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 2007

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