# Just a Shadow guitar solo > Stuart Adamson's guitar solo on Just a Shadow by Big Country (1984) starts at about 3:20. From the album Steeltown. A new wave classic from the 1980s. Canonical URL: Big Country, 1984, from *Steeltown*. Solo by *Stuart Adamson*. A brooding track where the guitar break carries a sense of loss. Adamson's sustained, singing tone does the emotional heavy lifting. Just a Shadow by Big Country is #12 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/) — #12 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Just a Shadow? Stuart Adamson played the solo on Big Country's Just a Shadow (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/)