The 25 Greatest Britpop Guitar Solos

Britpop's guitarists mostly served the song, so the best solos here are melodic and short enough to sing back. The list also includes the Stone Roses and Manic Street Preachers, whose solos shaped the scene, and ranks songs by how often they appear in published lists.

Informed by: NME – 50 Greatest Guitar Solos of All Time (2017), Digital Dream Door – 250 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos, Magazyn Gitarzysta – 100 solos of all time, Guitar Tricks – 200 Best Guitar Solos of All Time, NME – 10 Brilliantly Shambolic Guitar Solos (2012), Classic Rock – The 100 greatest guitar solos in rock (2018), Guitarist / MusicRadar – The 20 Greatest Guitar Solos Of All Time, Far Out – The 10 greatest guitar solos of the 1990s

1. 1
   I Am The Resurrection

   The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1989
2. 2
   Coffee And TV

   Blur · solo by Graham Coxon · 1999
3. 3
   Animal Nitrate

   Suede · solo by Bernard Butler · 1993
4. 4
   Motorcycle Emptiness

   Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1992
5. 5
   Live Forever

   Oasis · solo by Noel Gallagher · 1994
6. 6
   La Tristesse Durera

   Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1993
7. 7
   Love Spreads

   The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1994
8. 8
   Supersonic

   Oasis · solo by Noel Gallagher · 1994
9. 9
   Some Might Say

   Oasis · solo by Noel Gallagher · 1995
10. 10
    We Are the Pigs

    Suede · solo by Bernard Butler · 1994
11. 11
    Champagne Supernova

    Oasis · solo by Noel Gallagher, Paul Weller · 1995
12. 12
    Don't Look Back in Anger

    Oasis · solo by Noel Gallagher · 1995
13. 13
    Breaking Into Heaven

    The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1994
14. 14
    The Asphalt World

    Suede · solo by Bernard Butler · 1994
15. 15
    Slide Away

    Oasis · solo by Noel Gallagher · 1994
16. 16
    You Love Us

    Manic Street Preachers · solo by James Dean Bradfield · 1992
17. 17
    Fools Gold

    The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1989
18. 18
    This Is a Low

    Blur · solo by Graham Coxon · 1994
19. 19
    The Importance of Being Idle

    Oasis · solo by Noel Gallagher · 2005
20. 20
    The Day We Caught the Train

    Ocean Colour Scene · solo by Steve Cradock · 1996
21. 21
    Hey Dude

    Kula Shaker · solo by Crispian Mills · 1996
22. 22
    The Rolling People

    The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1997
23. 23
    Waterfall

    The Stone Roses · solo by John Squire · 1989
24. 24
    Cigarettes & Alcohol

    Oasis · solo by Noel Gallagher · 1994
25. 25
    Girl from Mars

    Ash · solo by Tim Wheeler · 1995