# The Best Arctic Monkeys Guitar Solos

> The 15 best Arctic Monkeys guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Arabella (2013), then Crying Lightning and Dance Little Liar. Every video starts at the solo.

Canonical URL: <https://greatestsolos.com/list/arctic-monkeys-guitar-solos/>

Arctic Monkeys rose on frantic post-punk riffs, then grew into a heavier, desert-rock inflected band after working with Josh Homme. Alex Turner and Jamie Cook favour concise, characterful solos that serve songs rather than show off.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Arctic Monkeys discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arctic_Monkeys_discography), [Wikipedia: Humbug (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Humbug_(album))

1. [Arabella](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-arabella/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Alex Turner · 2013
2. [Crying Lightning](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-crying-lightning/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Alex Turner · 2009
3. [Dance Little Liar](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-dance-little-liar/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Alex Turner · 2009
4. [Brianstorm](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-brianstorm/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Jamie Cook · 2007
5. [Pretty Visitors](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-pretty-visitors/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Jamie Cook · 2009
6. [Library Pictures](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-library-pictures/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Alex Turner · 2011
7. [Body Paint](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-body-paint/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Alex Turner · 2022
8. [I Want It All](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-i-want-it-all/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Alex Turner · 2013
9. [R U Mine?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-r-u-mine/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Alex Turner · 2012
10. [Potion Approaching](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-potion-approaching/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Jamie Cook · 2009
11. [Don't Sit Down 'Cause I've Moved Your Chair](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-don-t-sit-down-cause-i-ve-moved-your-chair/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Alex Turner · 2011
12. [The View from the Afternoon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-the-view-from-the-afternoon/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Jamie Cook · 2006
13. [If You Were There, Beware](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-if-you-were-there-beware/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Jamie Cook · 2007
14. [Brick by Brick](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-brick-by-brick/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Jamie Cook · 2011
15. [My Propeller](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arctic-monkeys-my-propeller/) — Arctic Monkeys · solo by Alex Turner · 2009

---

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/)