# The Best Rush Guitar Solos > The 18 best Rush guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Limelight (1981), then La Villa Strangiato and Freewill. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Alex Lifeson's solos are a big part of why Rush remains a touchstone for prog and hard rock guitarists. He mixed Page-style blues fire with exotic, atmospheric note choices and textures. His leads always served the song's architecture, and several of them are among the most admired in rock. Informed by: [Guitar World - Alex Lifeson's 20 greatest guitar moments in Rush](https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/alex-lifeson-rush-top-20-guitar-moments), [MusicRadar - Alex Lifeson: My 3 best solos](https://www.musicradar.com/news/guitars/rushs-alex-lifeson-my-3-best-solos-194741), [Far Out - Alex Lifeson's six best Rush guitar solos](https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/alex-lifeson-six-best-rush-guitar-solos/) 1. [Limelight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-limelight/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1981 2. [La Villa Strangiato](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-la-villa-strangiato/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1978 3. [Freewill](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-freewill/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1980 4. [Working Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-working-man/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1974 5. [The Spirit of Radio](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-the-spirit-of-radio/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1980 6. [Xanadu](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-xanadu/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1977 7. [YYZ](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-yyz/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1981 8. [Tom Sawyer](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-tom-sawyer/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1981 9. [Red Barchetta](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-red-barchetta/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1981 10. [Natural Science](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-natural-science/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1980 11. [2112](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-2112/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1976 12. [Bastille Day](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-bastille-day/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1975 13. [Anthem](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-anthem/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1975 14. [Distant Early Warning](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-distant-early-warning/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1984 15. [Kid Gloves](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-kid-gloves/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1984 16. [Jacob's Ladder](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-jacob-s-ladder/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1980 17. [Closer to the Heart](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-closer-to-the-heart/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 1977 18. [Headlong Flight](https://greatestsolos.com/song/rush-headlong-flight/) — Rush · solo by Alex Lifeson · 2012 --- 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/)