# Stop This Game guitar solo

> The guitar solo on Stop This Game by Cheap Trick (1980) starts at about 2:00. From the album All Shook Up. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear.

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Cheap Trick, 1980, from *All Shook Up*. Solo by *Rick Nielsen*.

George Martin's production gives Nielsen's lead a lush, Beatlesque sheen on this ambitious opener.

Stop This Game by Cheap Trick is #15 in our ranking of the best Cheap Trick guitar solos. The solo is played by Rick Nielsen and the song was released in 1980.

## In our lists

- [The Best Cheap Trick Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/cheap-trick-guitar-solos/) — #15

## Sources

### Who played the guitar solo on Stop This Game?

Rick Nielsen played the solo on Cheap Trick's Stop This Game (1980).

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