# Look Away guitar solo

> Stuart Adamson's guitar solo on Look Away by Big Country (1986) starts at about 2:30. From the album The Seer. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/song/big-country-look-away/>

Big Country, 1986, from *The Seer*. Solo by *Stuart Adamson*.

Their biggest UK hit pairs a pop chorus with bright, ringing lead fills. The guitar melodies carry as much of the hook as the vocal.

Look Away by Big Country is #7 in our ranking of the best Big Country guitar solos. The solo is played by Stuart Adamson and the song was released in 1986.

## In our lists

- [The Best Big Country Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/big-country-guitar-solos/) — #7

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Look Away?

Stuart Adamson played the solo on Big Country's Look Away (1986).

---

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/)