# The Best Chris Cornell Guitar Solos

> The 19 best Chris Cornell guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Reach Down (1991), then Black Hole Sun and Like A Stone. Every video starts at the solo.

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Chris Cornell's voice anchored three bands whose lead guitarists each forged a distinct language: Kim Thayil's droning, psychedelic sludge in Soundgarden, Tom Morello's sci-fi noise in Audioslave, and Mike McCready's Hendrix-inspired fire in Temple of the Dog. Cornell also played rhythm guitar and wrote the odd-metered riffs that framed many of those solos.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: Chris Cornell discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chris_Cornell_discography), [Wikipedia: Soundgarden discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soundgarden_discography), [Wikipedia: Temple of the Dog (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Temple_of_the_Dog_(album)), [Wikipedia: Audioslave (album)](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Audioslave_(album))

1. [Reach Down](https://greatestsolos.com/song/temple-of-the-dog-reach-down/) — Temple of the Dog · solo by Mike McCready · 1991
2. [Black Hole Sun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-black-hole-sun/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1994
3. [Like A Stone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/audioslave-like-a-stone/) — Audioslave · solo by Tom Morello · 2002
4. [Outshined](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-outshined/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1991
5. [Rusty Cage](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-rusty-cage/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1991
6. [Jesus Christ Pose](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-jesus-christ-pose/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1991
7. [Cochise](https://greatestsolos.com/song/audioslave-cochise/) — Audioslave · solo by Tom Morello · 2002
8. [Say Hello 2 Heaven](https://greatestsolos.com/song/temple-of-the-dog-say-hello-2-heaven/) — Temple of the Dog · solo by Mike McCready · 1991
9. [Show Me How to Live](https://greatestsolos.com/song/audioslave-show-me-how-to-live/) — Audioslave · solo by Tom Morello · 2002
10. [Spoonman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-spoonman/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1994
11. [Fell on Black Days](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-fell-on-black-days/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1994
12. [Searching with My Good Eye Closed](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-searching-with-my-good-eye-closed/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1991
13. [Slaves & Bulldozers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-slaves-and-bulldozers/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1991
14. [Beyond the Wheel](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-beyond-the-wheel/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1988
15. [Hands All Over](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-hands-all-over/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1989
16. [Burden in My Hand](https://greatestsolos.com/song/soundgarden-burden-in-my-hand/) — Soundgarden · solo by Kim Thayil · 1996
17. [Gasoline](https://greatestsolos.com/song/audioslave-gasoline/) — Audioslave · solo by Tom Morello · 2002
18. [Your Time Has Come](https://greatestsolos.com/song/audioslave-your-time-has-come/) — Audioslave · solo by Tom Morello · 2005
19. [Original Fire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/audioslave-original-fire/) — Audioslave · solo by Tom Morello · 2006

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