# The Best Lou Reed Guitar Solos > The 14 best Lou Reed guitar solos, ranked. #1 is I Heard Her Call My Name (1968), then Sister Ray and What Goes On. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Lou Reed rejected clean virtuosity for raw noise, feedback and droning repetition, and his guitar work with the Velvet Underground laid the groundwork for punk, noise rock and indie. His later records with Robert Quine and Mike Rathke showed a leaner, sharper side of his playing. Informed by: [Wikipedia - White Light/White Heat](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White_Light/White_Heat), [Wikipedia - The Blue Mask](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Blue_Mask), [Wikipedia - Lou Reed](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lou_Reed) 1. [I Heard Her Call My Name](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-velvet-underground-i-heard-her-call-my-name/) — The Velvet Underground · solo by Lou Reed · 1968 2. [Sister Ray](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-velvet-underground-sister-ray/) — The Velvet Underground · solo by Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison · 1968 3. [What Goes On](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-velvet-underground-what-goes-on/) — The Velvet Underground · solo by Lou Reed · 1969 4. [Run Run Run](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-velvet-underground-run-run-run/) — The Velvet Underground · solo by Lou Reed · 1967 5. [European Son](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-velvet-underground-european-son/) — The Velvet Underground · solo by Lou Reed and Sterling Morrison · 1967 6. [White Light/White Heat](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-velvet-underground-white-light-white-heat/) — The Velvet Underground · solo by Lou Reed · 1968 7. [Foggy Notion](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-velvet-underground-foggy-notion/) — The Velvet Underground · solo by Lou Reed · 1985 8. [Waves of Fear](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lou-reed-waves-of-fear/) — Lou Reed · solo by Lou Reed and Robert Quine · 1982 9. [The Blue Mask](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lou-reed-the-blue-mask/) — Lou Reed · solo by Lou Reed and Robert Quine · 1982 10. [Dirty Blvd.](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lou-reed-dirty-blvd/) — Lou Reed · solo by Lou Reed and Mike Rathke · 1989 11. [There Is No Time](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lou-reed-there-is-no-time/) — Lou Reed · solo by Lou Reed and Mike Rathke · 1989 12. [Beginning to See the Light](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-velvet-underground-beginning-to-see-the-light/) — The Velvet Underground · solo by Lou Reed · 1969 13. [Rock & Roll](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-velvet-underground-rock-and-roll/) — The Velvet Underground · solo by Lou Reed · 1970 14. [Sweet Jane](https://greatestsolos.com/song/lou-reed-sweet-jane/) — Lou Reed · solo by Steve Hunter and Dick Wagner · 1974 --- 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/)