100 Greatest Guitar Solos: 51-100
61) “Master of Puppets”
Soloist: Kirk Hammett/Metallica
Album: Master of Puppets (Elektra, 1986)
62) “Money”
Soloist: David Gilmour/Pink Floyd
Album: Dark Side of the Moon (Capitol, 1973)
63) “Scar Tissue”
Soloist: John Frusciante/Red Hot Chili Peppers
Album: Californication (Warner Bros., 1999)
64) “Little Red Corvette”
Soloist: Dez Dickerson
Album: 1999 (Warner Brothers, 1982)
65) “Blue Sky”
Soloist: Duane Allman/Dickey Betts
Album: Eat a Peach (Mobile Fidelity, 1972)
66) "The Number of the Beast
Soloists: Dave Murray and Adrian Smith/Iron Maiden
Album: The Number of the Beast (Castle, 1982)
67) “Beat It”
Soloist: Eddie Van Halen/Michael Jackson
Album: Thriller (Epic, 1982)
68) “Starship Trooper”
Soloist: Steve Howe/Yes
Album: The Yes Album (Atlantic, 1971)
69) “And Your Bird Can Sing”
Soloist: George Harrison/The Beatles
Album: Revolver (Parlophone, 1966)
70) “Purple Haze”
Soloist: Jimi Hendrix
Album: Are You Experienced? (MCA, 1967)
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guitarladd
February 03, 2012 at 8:04pm
What morons came up with this list? Where is Duane Allman's solo on Elizabeth Reed from Live at Fillmore East? Not even on here. The greatest solo of all time and not even on the list. You've got Nirvana and Smashing Pumpkins way up above David Gilmour's Money solo. What the fuck? About half these solos need to be scratched off the list and replaced by much more deserving solos. Nirvana? WTF?
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dezoneman
May 08, 2011 at 5:31pm
Gentlemen,
Your list incorrectly credits the solo on "...Corvette" to Prince. In fact, I played the solo on the record, and am properly credited on the album. I'd greatly appreciate you making this correction.Kind regards,
Dez Dickerson
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imratherunique
November 01, 2010 at 3:00pm
Me being an overall fan of music in general, I cannot believe Ernie Isley of The Isley Brother's is not on this list, he killed it in "Summer Breeze" and "That Lady"
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tiluriso
June 22, 2010 at 6:06pm
Please check the credits for the album 'The Royal Scam'. this solo was played by Larry Carlton, not Denny Diaz. Denny plays a great lead on the very jazzy, funky track 'Green Earrings', from the same LP. PS:I understand most of the readers are rockers, but how about a Jazz/jazz-rock-fusion top 100 list? I'm new to the site and I'm not a regular buyer of your magazine, so in case you guys already published a Jazz/fusion list,my apologies and please refer me to it.Peace
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velodoug
August 20, 2009 at 1:44pm
Sterling Morrison and Lou Reed play guitar on the Velvet Underground version which doesn't have a guitar solo. If I were to take a wild guess here, I think the editors meant the version on the Lou Reed album "Rock 'n' Roll Animal" which feature Dick Wagner and Steve Hunter on guitars.














