# A New Decade guitar solo > Nick McCabe's guitar solo on A New Decade by The Verve (1995) starts at about 2:30. From the album A Northern Soul. A alternative classic from the 1990s. Canonical URL: The Verve, 1995, from *A Northern Soul*. Solo by *Nick McCabe*. An urgent opener where McCabe's snarling leads and heavy distortion power the band's turn toward rock. A New Decade by The Verve is #5 in our ranking of the best The Verve guitar solos. The solo is played by Nick McCabe and the song was released in 1995. ## In our lists - [The Best The Verve Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/the-verve-guitar-solos/) — #5 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on A New Decade? Nick McCabe played the solo on The Verve's A New Decade (1995). --- 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/)