# Take It So Hard guitar solo > The guitar solo on Take It So Hard by Keith Richards (1988) starts at about 2:10. From the album Talk Is Cheap. Watch from the solo, plus the story and gear. Canonical URL: Keith Richards, 1988, from *Talk Is Cheap*. Solo by *Keith Richards*. The solo debut's lead single rides crisp Telecaster riffs and gritty, concise lead fills with the X-Pensive Winos. Take It So Hard by Keith Richards is #14 in our ranking of the best Keith Richards guitar solos. The solo is played by Keith Richards and the song was released in 1988. ## In our lists - [The Best Keith Richards Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/keith-richards-guitar-solos/) — #14 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Take It So Hard? Keith Richards played the solo on Keith Richards's Take It So Hard (1988). --- 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/)