# The Best Guitar Solos of 2005

> The best guitar solos of 2005, ranked. #1 is Let's Call It Love by Sleater-Kinney, then Bat Country and Nottingham Lace. Every video starts at the solo.

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The 20 greatest guitar solos released in 2005, ranked: solos our consensus of published lists rates highest come first, then our genre and artist rankings, with no more than three per artist. Led by Let's Call It Love by Sleater-Kinney, Bat Country by Avenged Sevenfold and Nottingham Lace by Buckethead.

1. [Let's Call It Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/sleater-kinney-let-s-call-it-love/) — Sleater-Kinney · solo by Carrie Brownstein · 2005
2. [Bat Country](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-bat-country/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2005
3. [Nottingham Lace](https://greatestsolos.com/song/buckethead-nottingham-lace/) — Buckethead · solo by Buckethead · 2005
4. [Little Sister](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queens-of-the-stone-age-little-sister/) — Queens of the Stone Age · solo by Josh Homme · 2005
5. [The Importance of Being Idle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/oasis-the-importance-of-being-idle/) — Oasis · solo by Noel Gallagher · 2005
6. [Joker and the Thief](https://greatestsolos.com/song/wolfmother-joker-and-the-thief/) — Wolfmother · solo by Andrew Stockdale · 2005
7. [Beast and the Harlot](https://greatestsolos.com/song/avenged-sevenfold-beast-and-the-harlot/) — Avenged Sevenfold · solo by Synyster Gates · 2005
8. [L'Via L'Viaquez](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-mars-volta-lvia-lviaquez/) — The Mars Volta · solo by Omar Rodríguez-López, John Frusciante · 2005
9. [Damage Control](https://greatestsolos.com/song/john-petrucci-damage-control/) — John Petrucci · solo by John Petrucci · 2005
10. [Nemesis](https://greatestsolos.com/song/arch-enemy-nemesis/) — Arch Enemy · solo by Michael Amott and Christopher Amott · 2005
11. [Welcome Home](https://greatestsolos.com/song/coheed-and-cambria-welcome-home/) — Coheed and Cambria · solo by Claudio Sanchez · 2005
12. [Stricken](https://greatestsolos.com/song/disturbed-stricken/) — Disturbed · solo by Dan Donegan · 2005
13. [Flying Whales](https://greatestsolos.com/song/gojira-flying-whales/) — Gojira · solo by Joe Duplantier · 2005
14. [Dondante](https://greatestsolos.com/song/my-morning-jacket-dondante/) — My Morning Jacket · solo by Jim James & Carl Broemel · 2005
15. [Second Life Syndrome](https://greatestsolos.com/song/riverside-second-life-syndrome/) — Riverside · solo by Piotr Grudziński · 2005
16. [The Kill (Bury Me)](https://greatestsolos.com/song/thirty-seconds-to-mars-the-kill-bury-me/) — Thirty Seconds to Mars · solo by Tomo Miličević · 2005
17. [Pull Harder on the Strings of Your Martyr](https://greatestsolos.com/song/trivium-pull-harder-on-the-strings-of-your-martyr/) — Trivium · solo by Matt Heafy and Corey Beaulieu · 2005
18. [In This River](https://greatestsolos.com/song/black-label-society-in-this-river/) — Black Label Society · solo by Zakk Wylde · 2005
19. [Crazy Bitch](https://greatestsolos.com/song/buckcherry-crazy-bitch/) — Buckcherry · solo by Keith Nelson · 2005
20. [The Willing Well IV: The Final Cut](https://greatestsolos.com/song/coheed-and-cambria-the-willing-well-iv-the-final-cut/) — Coheed and Cambria · solo by Claudio Sanchez · 2005

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