GUNS N' ROSES, VAN HALEN, LED ZEPPELIN Tracks Have Best Guitar Solos Of All Time

28 August 2006

News.com.au reports that GUNS N' ROSES' "Sweet Child O' Mine" and VAN HALEN's "Eruption" were selected as two of the tracks with the best guitar solos of all time.

PINK FLOYD's "Comfortably Numb" topped the list, with "Sweet Child O' Mine" following in second place.

Third was "Freebird" by LYNYRD SKYNYRD, while "Eruption" by VAN HALEN was fourth and GUNS N' ROSES' "November Rain" fifth.

LED ZEPPELIN classic "Stairway to Heaven" was in sixth place.

British radio station Planet Rock asked listeners to come up with a top 40.

Top 20 best guitar solos, according to Planet Rock listeners:

01. PINK FLOYD - "Comfortably Numb"
02. GUNS N' ROSES - "Sweet Child O' Mine"
03. LYNYRD SKYNYRD - "Freebird"
04. VAN HALEN - "Eruption"
05. GUNS N' ROSES - "November Rain"
06. LED ZEPPELIN - "Stairway to Heaven"
07. DIRE STRAITS - "Sultans of Swing"
08. JETHRO TULL - "Aqualung"
09. THE EAGLES - "Hotel California"
10. DEEP PURPLE - "Child In Time"
11. QUEEN - "Brighton Rock"
12. JIMI HENDRIX - "All Along The Watchtower"
13. DEEP PURPLE - "Highway Star"
14. WISHBONE ASH - "Throw Down The Sword"
15. OZZY OSBOURNE - "No More Tears"
16. CREAM - "Crossroads"
17. GUNS N' ROSES - "Paradise City"
18. LED ZEPPELIN - "Since I've Been Loving You"
19. TEN YEARS AFTER - "I'm Going Home (Woodstock)"
20. JIMI HENDRIX - "Voodoo Chile"

Source: blabbermouth.net

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