# East of Eden guitar solo > Stuart Adamson's guitar solo on East of Eden by Big Country (1984) starts at about 1:48. From the album Steeltown. A new wave classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Big Country, 1984, from *Steeltown*. Solo by *Stuart Adamson*. A tougher, more urgent sound from the second album. The guitars trade stinging, keening lines over Mark Brzezicki's driving drums. East of Eden by Big Country is #9 in our ranking of the best Big Country guitar solos. The solo is played by Stuart Adamson and the song was released in 1984. ## In our lists - [The Best Big Country Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/big-country-guitar-solos/) — #9 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on East of Eden? Stuart Adamson played the solo on Big Country's East of Eden (1984). --- 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/)