# The View from the Afternoon guitar solo

> Jamie Cook's guitar solo on The View from the Afternoon by Arctic Monkeys (2006) starts at about 0:41. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear.

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Arctic Monkeys, 2006, from *Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not*. Solo by *Jamie Cook*.

The debut album opener fires off angular, urgent guitar lines that set the band's early template.

The View from the Afternoon by Arctic Monkeys is #12 in our ranking of the best Arctic Monkeys guitar solos. The solo is played by Jamie Cook and the song was released in 2006.

## In our lists

- [The Best Arctic Monkeys Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/arctic-monkeys-guitar-solos/) — #12

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on The View from the Afternoon?

Jamie Cook played the solo on Arctic Monkeys's The View from the Afternoon (2006).

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