# The Best Queensrÿche Guitar Solos

> The 20 best Queensrÿche guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Eyes of a Stranger (1988), then Silent Lucidity and Take Hold of the Flame.

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Queensrÿche's Chris DeGarmo and Michael Wilton built one of metal's most sophisticated twin-guitar partnerships, trading melodic, carefully composed solos and harmony lines. Their work on The Warning, Operation: Mindcrime and Empire helped define progressive metal.

Informed by: [Louder](https://www.loudersound.com/features/the-best-early-queensryche-tracks-by-michael-wilton), [Loudwire](https://loudwire.com/best-queensryche-songs/), [Wikipedia: Empire](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Empire_(Queensr%C3%BFche_album))

1. [Eyes of a Stranger](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-eyes-of-a-stranger/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1988
2. [Silent Lucidity](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-silent-lucidity/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo · 1990
3. [Take Hold of the Flame](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-take-hold-of-the-flame/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1984
4. [Queen of the Reich](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-queen-of-the-reich/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1983
5. [Suite Sister Mary](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-suite-sister-mary/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1988
6. [Jet City Woman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-jet-city-woman/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1990
7. [Revolution Calling](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-revolution-calling/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1988
8. [Operation: Mindcrime](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-operation-mindcrime/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1988
9. [Roads to Madness](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-roads-to-madness/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1984
10. [Anybody Listening?](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-anybody-listening/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1990
11. [Empire](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-empire/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1990
12. [I Don't Believe in Love](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-i-don-t-believe-in-love/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1988
13. [Breaking the Silence](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-breaking-the-silence/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1988
14. [Spreading the Disease](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-spreading-the-disease/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1988
15. [En Force](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-en-force/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1984
16. [Screaming in Digital](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-screaming-in-digital/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1986
17. [The Lady Wore Black](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-the-lady-wore-black/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1983
18. [NM 156](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-nm-156/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1984
19. [Walk in the Shadows](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-walk-in-the-shadows/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1986
20. [Best I Can](https://greatestsolos.com/song/queensryche-best-i-can/) — Queensrÿche · solo by Chris DeGarmo & Michael Wilton · 1990

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