# The Best Michael Landau Guitar Solos > The 8 best Michael Landau guitar solos, ranked. #1 is A Whole New World (1992), then How Am I Supposed to Live Without You and Why You Lie. Canonical URL: Michael Landau was one of the busiest LA session guitarists of the 1980s and 1990s, and his tasteful, singing solos graced hits by Michael Bolton, Richard Marx and many others. Outside the studio, he showed a rawer, more intense side with bands like Raging Honkies and Burning Water. Informed by: [Wikipedia: Michael Landau](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Landau), [Wikipedia: Richard Marx (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Marx_(album)), [Wikipedia: Soul Provider](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soul_Provider), [MusicRadar / Total Guitar: 30 killer pop guitar solos](https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/30-killer-pop-guitar-solos-457827), [Muse Academy: guitar solo recommendations](https://www.muse.ac.jp/news/okuyama-guitar10solo/) 1. [A Whole New World](https://greatestsolos.com/song/peabo-bryson-and-regina-belle-a-whole-new-world/) — Peabo Bryson & Regina Belle · solo by Michael Landau · 1992 2. [How Am I Supposed to Live Without You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/michael-bolton-how-am-i-supposed-to-live-without-you/) — Michael Bolton · solo by Michael Landau · 1989 3. [Why You Lie](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-raging-honkies-why-you-lie/) — The Raging Honkies · solo by Michael Landau · 1996 4. [Hold On to the Nights](https://greatestsolos.com/song/richard-marx-hold-on-to-the-nights/) — Richard Marx · solo by Michael Landau · 1987 5. [Heaven Only Knows](https://greatestsolos.com/song/richard-marx-heaven-only-knows/) — Richard Marx · solo by Michael Landau · 1987 6. [Have Mercy](https://greatestsolos.com/song/richard-marx-have-mercy/) — Richard Marx · solo by Michael Landau · 1987 7. [You Wouldn't Know Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/michael-bolton-you-wouldn-t-know-love/) — Michael Bolton · solo by Michael Landau · 1989 8. [Two Hearts](https://greatestsolos.com/song/phil-collins-two-hearts/) — Phil Collins · solo by Michael Landau · 1988 --- 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/)