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Some Lists from Various Guitar Orientated Publications.

 

See also:

 

Thanks to  Brian Currin in South Africa for these lists.
 

 

 

 

THE TOP 50 MOST INFLUENTIAL GUITAR ALBUMS OF ALL TIME EVER!

"GUITARIST" MAGAZINE, DECEMBER 1994.

LEAD GUITARIST NAME IN BRACKETS, WHERE APPLICABLE.

 

THE 50 HEAVIEST RIFFS OF ALL TIME.

Compiled in May 1995 by the editorial staff of Guitar Magazine.

Arranged in chronological order as published in magazine.

 

 

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Top 100 Guitar Solos Of All-time

 

Readers' Poll from Guitarist magazine, January 1998

  1. Hotel California - The Eagles (Joe Walsh and Don Felder)
  2. Eruption - Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
  3. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
  4. Crossroads - Cream (Eric Clapton)
  5. Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
  6. Parisienne Walkways - Gary Moore
  7. All Right Now - Free (Paul Kossoff)
  8. Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  9. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Brian May)
  10. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
  11. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
  12. Shine You Crazy Diamond - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
  13. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  14. For The Love Of God - Steve Vai
  15. Still In Love With You - Thin Lizzy (Gary Moore)
  16. Child In Time - Deep Purple (Ritchie Blackmore)
  17. Still Got the Blues (For You) - Gary Moore
  18. Goodbye To Love - The Carpenters (Tony Peluso)
  19. Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  20. Brothers In Arms - Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
  21. Need Your Love So Bad - Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green)
  22. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (Slash)
  23. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Ronnie Van Zant)
  24. Layla - Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton [and Duane Allman])
  25. White Room - Cream (Eric Clapton)
  26. Red House - Jimi Hendrix
  27. Black Magic Woman - Fleetwood Mac (Peter Green)
  28. Rosanna - Toto (Steve Lukather)
  29. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
  30. November Rain - Guns N' Roses (Slash)
  31. The Wind Cries Mary - Jimi Hendrix
  32. Ladies Nite In Buffalo - David Lee Roth (Steve Vai)
  33. Hot For Teacher - Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
  34. La Villa Strangiato - Rush (Alex Lifeson)
  35. Killer Queen - Queen (Brian May)
  36. Addicted To That Rush - Mr Big (Paul Gilbert)
  37. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  38. Brighton Rock - Queen (Brian May)
  39. Get The Funk Out - Extreme (Nuno Bettencourt)
  40. Nothing Else Matters - Metallica (James Hetfield)
  41. Inca Roads - Frank Zappa
  42. You Do Something To Me - Paul Weller
  43. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne (Randy Rhoads)
  44. Marquee Moon - Television (Tom Verlaine)
  45. Tunnel Of Love - Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
  46. Live Forever - Oasis (Noel Gallagher)
  47. Telegraph Road - Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
  48. Out In The Fields - Gary Moore
  49. The Final Countdown - Europe (John Norum)
  50. Little Wing - Stevie Ray Vaughan
  51. Bad Love - Eric Clapton
  52. The Riverboat Song - Ocean Colour Scene (Steve Cradock)
  53. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (Kurt Cobain)
  54. Cause We've Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck
  55. Beat It - Michael Jackson (Edward Van Halen)
  56. Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi (Ritchie Sambora)
  57. Another Brick In The Wall - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
  58. And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles (George Harrison)
  59. Green Tinted Sixties Mind - Mr Big (Paul Gilbert)
  60. These Are The Days Of Our Lives - Queen (Brian May)
  61. Yo Mama - Frank Zappa
  62. Rocky Mountain Way - Joe Walsh
  63. Paranoid Android - Radiohead (Johnny Greenwood)
  64. Something - The Beatles (George Harrison)
  65. Dry County - Bon Jovi (Ritchie Sambora)
  66. Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani
  67. Mr Crowley - Ozzy Osborne (Randy Rhoads)
  68. Jump - Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
  69. Love In An Elevator - Aerosmith (Joe Perry)
  70. Light My Fire - Jose Feliciano
  71. Alive - Pearl Jam (Mark McCready)
  72. The Loner - Gary Moore
  73. Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan (Larry Carlton)
  74. Summer Song - Joe Satriani
  75. Big Trouble - David Lee Roth (Steve Vai)
  76. Resurrection - Brian May
  77. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (Eric Clapton [and George Harrison])
  78. I Want It All - Queen (Brian May)
  79. Stargazer - Rainbow (Ritchie Blackmore)
  80. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream (Eric Clapton)
  81. Rough Boy - ZZ Top (Billy Gibbons)
  82. Road To Hell, part 2 - Chris Rea
  83. Tubular Bells - Mike Oldfield
  84. Paranoid - Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi)
  85. Foxy Lady - Jimi Hendrix
  86. The Forgotten: part 1 - Joe Satriani
  87. Lazy - Deep Purple (Ritchie Blackmore)
  88. The Supernatural - John Mayall's Bluesbreakers (Peter Green)
  89. Bold As Love - Jimi Hendrix
  90. Mother Knows Best - Richard Thompson
  91. Cry For The Nations - The Michael Schenker Group
  92. He Man Woman Hater - Extreme (Nuno Bettencourt)
  93. Samba Pa Ti - Santana (Carlos Santana)
  94. No-one Said It Would Be Easy - Sheryl Crow (David Baerwald)
  95. Echoes - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
  96. She's Not There - Santana (Carlos Santana)
  97. I Am The Resurrection - Stone Roses (John Squire)
  98. Song 2 - Blur (Graham Coxon)
  99. You Love Us - Manic Street Preachers (James Dean Bradfield)
  100. A Kinder Eye - Allan Holdsworth

 

"The Guitar Magazine."

The February, 1998 issue (the one with BB King on the cover) listed its picks for the 30 best albums of 1997 in an unranked list sorted by artist name (also included among the 30 picks were 4 reissues). Here they are:

Title - Artist

Homegrown - Blue Mountain
Blur - Blur
Evergreen - Echo and the Bunnymen
Nashville - Bill Frisell
Live In Concert - G3
Earthling - David Bowie
Mr. Wizard - RL Burnside
Tellin' Stories - The Charlatans
The Colour & the Shape - Foo Fighters
The More Things Change . . .- Machinehead
Imaginary Day - Pat Metheny
Mogwai Young Team - Mogwai
Sound of Lies - The Jayhawks
Be Here Now - Oasis
Brighten the Corners - Pavement
OK Computer - Radiohead
Glow - Reef
Do It Yourself - The Seahorses
2nd Blues Album  - Mem Shannon
In It For the Money - Supergrass
Songs from Northern Britain - Teenage Fanclub
Pop - U2
The Blue Horizon Story '65-'70 Vol. 1 - Various Artists
Urban Hymns - The Verve
Great Guitars - Joe Louis Walker
I Can Hear The Heart Beating As One - Yo La Tengo

Reissues:

First Rays of the New Rising Sun - Jimi Hendrix
Those Were The Days - Cream
Direction, Reaction, Creation - The Jam
Death to the Pixies - The Pixies

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Creem magazine, end of 1984 issue.

Top Ten Metal Albums Of The...

Image for: Top Ten Metal Albums Of The...

...'60s:

Image for: ...'60s:
  1. Led Zeppelin II, 1969
  2. The Stooges, 1969
  3. Black Pearl, 1969
  4. Kick Out The Jams - MC5, 1969
  5. Disraeli Gears - Cream, 1967
  6. Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience, 1967
  7. Vanilla Fudge, 1967
  8. The Troggs, 1966
  9. The Who Sings My Generation - The Who, 1966
  10. The Yardbirds, 1966

...'70s:

Image for: ...'70s:
  1. Paranoid - Black Sabbath, 1970
  2. Raw Power - Iggy And The Stooges, 1973
  3. Master Of Reality - Black Sabbath, 1971
  4. The Blue Oyster Cult Bootleg EP - Blue Oyster Cult, 1972
  5. Blue Oyster Cult - Blue Oyster Cult, 1972
  6. Killer - Alice Cooper, 1971
  7. Live Album - Grand Funk Railroad, 1970
  8. 30 Seconds Over Tokyo/Heart Of Darkness +
    Final Solution/Cloud 149 (2 back-to-back 45s) - Pere Ubu, c.1976
  9. Destroyer - Kiss, 1976
  10. Nothing Is Sacred - The Godz, 1979

...'80s:

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  1. Ace Of Spades - Motorhead, 1980
  2. The Lords Of The New Church, 1982
  3. Eliminator - ZZ Top, 1983
  4. Back In Black - AC/DC, 1980
  5. Balls To The Wall - Accept, 1984
  6. Back To Mystery City - Hanoi Rocks, 1983
  7. Black Metal - Venom, 1982
  8. New Hope For The Wretched - Plasmatics, 1980
  9. You Can't Stop Rock And Roll - Twisted Sister, 1983
  10. Too Fast For Love - Motley Crue, 1981 

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10 Famous Guitar Intros

The Editor's Choice from Guitar One magazine, June 1998.
Arranged in alphabetical order.

 

100 Greatest Solos Of All-time

Readers' Choice from Guitar World magazine, September 1998

  1. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  2. Eruption - Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
  3. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington)
  4. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
  5. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
  6. November Rain - Guns N' Roses (Slash)
  7. One - Metallica (Kirk Hammett)
  8. Hotel California - The Eagles (Joe Walsh and Don Felder)
  9. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne (Randy Rhoads)
  10. Crossroads - Cream (Eric Clapton)
  11. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
  12. Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
  13. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
  14. Layla - Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton and Duane Allman)
  15. Floods - Pantera (Dimebag Darrell)
  16. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  17. Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson
  18. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
  19. Highway Star - Deep Purple (Ritchie Blackmore)
  20. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Brian May)
  21. Time - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
  22. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
  23. Bulls On Parade - Rage Against The Machine (Tom Morello)
  24. Fade To Black - Metallica (Kirk Hammett)
  25. Aqualung - Jethro Tull (Martin Barre)
  26. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (Kurt Cobain)
  27. Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
  28. Mr Crowley - Ozzy Osborne (Randy Rhoads)
  29. For The Love Of God - Steve Vai
  30. Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani
  31. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
  32. Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix
  33. The Thrill Is Gone - BB King
  34. Paranoid Android - Radiohead (Johnny Greenwood)
  35. Cemetery Gates - Pantera (Dimebag Darrell)
  36. Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen
  37. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (Slash)
  38. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  39. Cortez The Killer - Neil Young
  40. Reeling In The Years - Steely Dan (Elliot Randall)
  41. Brighton Rock - Queen (Brian May)
  42. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (Eric Clapton and George Harrison)
  43. Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top (Billy Gibbons)
  44. Alive - Pearl Jam (Mark McCready)
  45. Light My Fire - The Doors (Robbie Krieger)
  46. Hot For Teacher - Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
  47. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band (Dicky Betts)
  48. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones (Keith Richards)
  49. Europa - Santana (Carlos Santana)
  50. Shock Me - Kiss (Ace Frehley)
  51. Master of Puppets - Metallica (Kirk Hammett)
  52. The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
  53. Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  54. Geek USA - The Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan)
  55. Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani
  56. War Pigs - Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi)
  57. Walk - Pantera (Dimebag Darrell)
  58. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
  59. You Really Got Me - The Kinks (Dave Davies)
  60. Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa
  61. No More Tears - Ozzy Osborne (Zakk Wylde)
  62. Money - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
  63. Black Hole Sun - Soundgarden (Kim Thayil)
  64. Little Red Corvette - Prince
  65. In Bloom - Nirvana (Kurt Cobain)
  66. Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers Band (Duane Allman & Dickey Betts)
  67. Beat It - Michael Jackson (Edward Van Halen)
  68. Starship Trooper - Yes (Steve Howe)
  69. And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles (George Harrison)
  70. Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  71. Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (Eddie Hazel)
  72. Walk This Way - Aerosmith (Joe Perry)
  73. Stash - Phish (Trey Anastasio)
  74. Lazy - Deep Purple (Ritchie Blackmore)
  75. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Pete Townshend)
  76. Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
  77. Man In The Box - Alice In Chains (Jerry Cantrell)
  78. Truckin' - The Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia)
  79. Mean Street - Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
  80. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC (Angus Young)
  81. Sweet Jane - Lou Reed (Steve Hunter & Dick Wagner)
  82. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson (Robert Fripp)
  83. Scuttle Buttin - Steve Ray Vaughan
  84. Santeria - Sublime (Brad Nowell)
  85. Moonage Daydream - David Bowie (Mick Ronson)
  86. Whipping Post - The Allman Brothers Band (Duane Allman & Dickey Betts)
  87. Cult Of Personality - Living Color (Vernon Reid)
  88. Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan (Denny Dias)
  89. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine (Tom Morello)
  90. Let It Rain - Eric Clapton
  91. Heard It Through The Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival (John Fogerty)
  92. Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats (Brian Setzer)
  93. The End - The Doors (Robbie Krieger)
  94. Working Man - Rush (Alex Lifeson)
  95. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam (Mike McCready)
  96. Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones (Keith Richards)
  97. Cherub Rock - The Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan)
  98. Under A Glass Moon - Dream Theatre (John Petrucci)
  99. Cause We've Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck
  100. Three Days - Jane's Addiction (Dave Navarro)
     

TEN OF THE BEST... SONGS EVER!

Classic Rock magazine, September/ October 1999 (Readers' votes)

1)'STAIRWAY TO HEAVEN' - Led Zeppelin
2)'BOHEMIAN RHAPSODY' - Queen
3)'FREEBIRD' - Lynyrd Skynyrd
4)'SMOKE ON THE WATER' - Deep Purple
5)'ALL RIGHT NOW' - Free
6)'SUPPER'S READY' - Genesis
7)'HOTEL CALIFORNIA' - The Eagles
8)'DON'T BELIEVE A WORD' - Thin Lizzy
9)'ROCK BOTTOM' - UFO
10)'BAT OUT OF HELL - Meat Loaf

Bubbling Under...
11)'ACE OF SPADES' - Motorhead
12)'2112' - Rush
I3)'WHOLE LOTTA ROSIE' - AC/DC
14)'FEEL LIKE MAKING LOVE' - Bad Company
15)'CRAZY TRAIN' - Ozzy Osbourne
16)'MORE THAN A FEELING' - Boston
17)'(DON'T FEAR) THE REAPER' - Blue Oyster Cult
18)'PARANOID' - Black Sabbath
19)'STARGA2ER' - Rainbow
20)'HALLOWED BE THY NAME' - Iron Maiden
2I)'LAYLA' - Derek &The Dominoes
22)'HERE I GO AGAIN' - Whitesnake
23)'KASHMIR' - Led Zeppelin
24)'THE CARPET CRAWL' - Genesis
25)'THE BOYS ARE BACK IN TOWN' -Thin Lizzy
26)'COMFORTABLY NUMB' - Pink Floyd
27)'MR BIG' - Free
28)'WONDROUS STORIES' - Yes
29)'DON'T STOP BELIEVING' - Journey
30)'WHOLE LOTTA LOVE' - Led Zeppelin
31)'RUN TO THE HILLS' - Iron Maiden
32)'WON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN' - The Who
33)'ENTER SANDMAN' - Metallica
34)'DREAM ON' - Aerosmith
35)'TARKUS' - Emerson, Lake & Palmer
36)'CARRY ON WAYWARD SON' - Kansas
37)'SABBATH BLOODY SABBATH' - Black Sabbath
38)'XANADU' - Rush
39)'VOODOO CHILE (SLIGHT RETURN)' - Jimi Hendrix Experience
40)'SWEET CHILD O' MINE' - Guns N' Roses
41)'WISHING WELL - Free
42)'OWNER OF A LONELY HEART' - Yes
43)'GIMME SHELTER' - The Rolling Stones
44)'TIME' - Pink Floyd
45)'IN THE COURT OF THE CRIMSON KING' - King Crimson
46)'HIGHWAY SONG' - Blackfoot
47)'HEAT OF THE MOMENT' - Asia
48)'SWEET HOME ALABAMA' - Lynyrd Skynyrd
49)'LIGHTS OUT' - UFO
50)'COLD AS ICE' - Foreigner

 

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Best Album Of The Millennium

Readers' Poll from Guitar World magazine, March 2000

 

  1. Are You Experienced? - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  2. Led Zeppelin IV - Led Zeppelin
  3. Metallica - Metallica
  4. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
  5. Van Halen - Van Halen

 

Best Solo Of The Millennium

Readers' Poll from Guitar World magazine, March 2000

  1. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  2. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
  3. Eruption - Van Halen (Eddie Van Halen)
  4. One - Metallica (Kirk Hammett)
  5. Freebird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Ronnie Van Zant)

 

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Riff Of The Millennium

Readers' Poll from The Guitar Magazine, December 1999

  1. Layla - Eric Clapton
  2. Purple Haze - Jimi Hendrix
  3. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin
  4. Smoke On The Water - Deep Purple
  5. Voodoo Chile - Jimi Hendrix
  6. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana
  7. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin
  8. Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
  9. Day Tripper - The Beatles
  10. Enter Sandman - Metallica
  11. Jumping Jack Flash - The Rolling Stones
  12. Dust My Broom - Elmore James
  13. Come As You Are - Nirvana
  14. Walk This Way - Aerosmith
  15. Satisfaction - The Rolling Stones
  16. Don't Fear The Reaper - Blue Oyster Cult
  17. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
  18. Brown Sugar - The Rolling Stones
  19. You Really Got Me - The Kinks
  20. Money For Nothing - Dire Straits

 

Album Of The Millennium

Readers' Poll from The Guitar Magazine, December 1999

 

  1. Nevermind - Nirvana
  2. Dark Side Of The Moon - Pink Floyd
  3. Electric Ladyland - Jimi Hendrix
  4. Are You Experienced? - Jimi Hendrix
  5. Sgt Pepper - The Beatles
  6. Led Zeppelin II - Led Zeppelin
  7. What's The Story... - Oasis
  8. The White Album - The Beatles
  9. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
  10. Physical Graffiti - Led Zeppelin
  11. The Bends - Radiohead
  12. Abbey Road - The Beatles
  13. In Utero - Nirvana
  14. Ziggy Stardust - David Bowie
  15. Revolver - The Beatles
  16. OK Computer - Radiohead
  17. Beggars Banquet - The Rolling Stones
  18. Automatic For The People - REM
  19. Highway To Hell - AC/DC
  20. Bring It On - Gomez

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10 Songs That Changed The Face Of Rock

Classic Rock March 2000

 

  1. Sunshine Of Your Love - Cream
  2. Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  3. Helter Skelter - The Beatles
  4. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin
  5. Supper's Ready - Genesis
  6. Hotel California - The Eagles
  7. Walk This Way - Run DMC with Steve Tyler and Joe Perry
  8. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses
  9. One - Metallica
  10. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana

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THE TOP FIFTY CLASSIC ROCK SONGS OF ALL TIME

According to Jacobs Media, a research firm. Published in "Classic Rock" book in 1995.

 

  1. Stairway to Heaven - Led Zeppelin

  2. Dream On - Aerosmith

  3. In the Air Tonight - Phil Collins

  4. Turn the Page - Bob Seger

  5. You Can't Always Get What you Want - Rolling Stones

  6. Hotel California - Eagles

  7. Time - Pink Floyd

  8. Sweet Emotion - Aerosmith

  9. Wonderful Tonight - Eric Clapton

  10. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd

  11. Carry On Wayward Son - Kansas

  12. Over the Hills and Far Away - Led Zeppelin

  13. Your Song - Elton John

  14. Brain Damage/Eclipse - Pink Floyd

  15. Magic Carpet Ride - Steppenwolf

  16. Imagine - John Lennon

  17. Foreplay/Long Time - Boston

  18. Black Dog - Led Zeppelin

  19. Bad Company - Bad Company

  20. Kashmir - Led Zeppelin

  21. Candle in the Wind - Elton John

  22. Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2 ) - Pink Floyd

  23. Brown eyed Girl - Van Morrison

  24. Sweet home Alabama - Lynyrd Skynyrd

  25. Maybe I'm Amazed - Paul McCartney

  26. I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For - U2 

  27. Maggie May - Rod Stwart

  28. Bad to the Bone - George Thorogood

  29. Beast of Burden - Rolling Stones

  30. Behind Blue Eyes - Who

  31. Tiny Dancer - Elton John

  32. Money - Pink Floyd

  33. For What It's Worth - Buffalo Springfield

  34. Hey You - Pink Floyd

  35. White Room - Cream

  36. Cocaine - Eric Clapton

  37. Rocket Man - Elton John

  38. More Than a Feeling - Boston

  39. Satisfaction - Rolling Stones

  40. Ramble On - Led Zeppelin

  41. (Sittin on ) The Dock of the Bay - Otis Redding

  42. Faithfully - Journey

  43. Comfortably Numb - Pink floyd

  44. Have You Ever Seen the Rain - Creedence Clearwater Revival

  45. Born to Be Wild - Steppenwolf

  46. Wish You Were Here - Pink Floyd

  47. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC / DC

  48. Already Gone - Eagles

  49. Blinded by the Light - Manfred Mann’s Earthband

  50. Layla - Derek and the Dominoes

 

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100 Greatest Solos Of All-time

Guitar Legends - a special edition from Guitar World magazine, September 2001

Based on readers votes

  1. Stairway To Heaven - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  2. Eruption - Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
  3. Free Bird - Lynyrd Skynyrd (Allen Collins, Gary Rossington)
  4. Comfortably Numb - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
  5. All Along The Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
  6. November Rain - Guns N' Roses (Slash)
  7. One - Metallica (Kirk Hammett)
  8. Hotel California - The Eagles (Joe Walsh and Don Felder)
  9. Crazy Train - Ozzy Osborne (Randy Rhoads)
  10. Crossroads - Cream (Eric Clapton)
  11. Voodoo Child (Slight Return) - Jimi Hendrix
  12. Johnny B Goode - Chuck Berry
  13. Texas Flood - Stevie Ray Vaughan
  14. Layla - Derek and the Dominos (Eric Clapton and Duane Allman)
  15. Highway Star - Deep Purple (Ritchie Blackmore)
  16. Heartbreaker - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  17. Cliffs Of Dover - Eric Johnson
  18. Little Wing - Jimi Hendrix
  19. Floods - Pantera (Dimebag Darrell)
  20. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen (Brian May)
  21. Time - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
  22. Sultans Of Swing - Dire Straits (Mark Knopfler)
  23. Bulls On Parade - Rage Against The Machine (Tom Morello)
  24. Fade To Black - Metallica (Kirk Hammett)
  25. Aqualung - Jethro Tull (Martin Barre)
  26. Smells Like Teen Spirit - Nirvana (Kurt Cobain)
  27. Pride And Joy - Stevie Ray Vaughan
  28. Mr Crowley - Ozzy Osborne (Randy Rhoads)
  29. For The Love Of God - Steve Vai
  30. Surfing With The Alien - Joe Satriani
  31. Stranglehold - Ted Nugent
  32. Machine Gun - Jimi Hendrix
  33. The Thrill Is Gone - BB King
  34. Paranoid Android - Radiohead (Johnny Greenwood)
  35. Cemetery Gates - Pantera (Dimebag Darrell)
  36. Black Star - Yngwie Malmsteen
  37. Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses (Slash)
  38. Whole Lotta Love - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  39. Cortez The Killer - Neil Young
  40. Reeling In The Years - Steely Dan (Elliot Randall)
  41. Brighton Rock - Queen (Brian May)
  42. While My Guitar Gently Weeps - The Beatles (Eric Clapton and George Harrison)
  43. Sharp Dressed Man - ZZ Top (Billy Gibbons)
  44. Alive - Pearl Jam (Mark McCready)
  45. Light My Fire - The Doors (Robbie Krieger)
  46. Hot For Teacher - Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
  47. Jessica - The Allman Brothers Band (Dicky Betts)
  48. Sympathy For The Devil - The Rolling Stones (Keith Richards)
  49. Europa - Santana (Carlos Santana)
  50. Shock Me - Kiss (Ace Frehley)
  51. No More Tears - Ozzy Osborne (Zakk Wylde)
  52. The Star Spangled Banner - Jimi Hendrix
  53. Since I've Been Loving You - Led Zeppelin (Jimmy Page)
  54. Geek USA - The Smashing Pumpkins (Billy Corgan)
  55. Satch Boogie - Joe Satriani
  56. War Pigs - Black Sabbath (Tony Iommi)
  57. Walk - Pantera (Dimebag Darrell)
  58. Cocaine - Eric Clapton
  59. You Really Got Me - The Kinks (Dave Davies)
  60. Zoot Allures - Frank Zappa
  61. Master of Puppets - Metallica (Kirk Hammett)
  62. Money - Pink Floyd (David Gilmour)
  63. Scar Tissue - Red Hot Chilli Peppers (John Frusciante)
  64. Little Red Corvette - Prince
  65. Blue Sky - The Allman Brothers Band (Duane Allman & Dickey Betts)
  66. The Number Of The Beast - Iron Maiden (Dave Murray and Adrian Smith)
  67. Beat It - Michael Jackson (Edward Van Halen)
  68. Starship Trooper - Yes (Steve Howe)
  69. And Your Bird Can Sing - The Beatles (George Harrison)
  70. Purple Haze - The Jimi Hendrix Experience
  71. Maggot Brain - Funkadelic (Eddie Hazel)
  72. Walk This Way - Aerosmith (Joe Perry)
  73. Stash - Phish (Trey Anastasio)
  74. Lazy - Deep Purple (Ritchie Blackmore)
  75. Won't Get Fooled Again - The Who (Pete Townshend)
  76. Cinnamon Girl - Neil Young
  77. Man In The Box - Alice In Chains (Jerry Cantrell)
  78. Truckin' - The Grateful Dead (Jerry Garcia)
  79. Mean Street - Van Halen (Edward Van Halen)
  80. You Shook Me All Night Long - AC/DC (Angus Young)
  81. Sweet Jane - Lou Reed (Steve Hunter & Dick Wagner)
  82. 21st Century Schizoid Man - King Crimson (Robert Fripp)
  83. Scuttle Buttin - Steve Ray Vaughan
  84. Lights Out - UFO (Michael Schenker)
  85. Moonage Daydream - David Bowie (Mick Ronson)
  86. Whipping Post - The Allman Brothers Band (Duane Allman & Dickey Betts)
  87. Highway 61 Revisited - Johnny Winter (Johnny Winter)
  88. Kid Charlemagne - Steely Dan (Denny Dias)
  89. Killing In The Name - Rage Against The Machine (Tom Morello)
  90. Let It Rain - Eric Clapton
  91. Heard It Through The Grapevine - Creedence Clearwater Revival (John Fogerty)
  92. Stray Cat Strut - Stray Cats (Brian Setzer)
  93. The End - The Doors (Robbie Krieger)
  94. Working Man - Rush (Alex Lifeson)
  95. Yellow Ledbetter - Pearl Jam (Mike McCready)
  96. Honky Tonk Woman - The Rolling Stones (Keith Richards)
  97. Beyond The Realms Of Death - Judas Priest (Glenn Tipton)
  98. Under A Glass Moon - Dream Theatre (John Petrucci)
  99. Cause We've Ended As Lovers - Jeff Beck
  100. Wanted Dead Or Alive - Bon Jovi (Richie Sambora)
     

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25 December 2001