# The Police: The Best Guitar Solos

> The 17 best The Police guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Driven to Tears (1980), then Can't Stand Losing You and Bring On the Night. Every video starts at the solo.

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Andy Summers rewrote the role of the rock guitarist in a trio, favouring jazz chord voicings, echo and chorus over conventional blues soloing. His spacious, effects-painted parts are among the most influential textures of the new wave era.

Informed by: [Wikipedia - Andy Summers](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Andy_Summers), [Wikipedia - The Police](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Police)

1. [Driven to Tears](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-driven-to-tears/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1980
2. [Can't Stand Losing You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-can-t-stand-losing-you/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1978
3. [Bring On the Night](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-bring-on-the-night/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1979
4. [Message in a Bottle](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-message-in-a-bottle/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1979
5. [Synchronicity II](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-synchronicity-ii/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1983
6. [Walking on the Moon](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-walking-on-the-moon/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1979
7. [Roxanne](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-roxanne/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1978
8. [Next to You](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-next-to-you/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1978
9. [Every Breath You Take](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-every-breath-you-take/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1983
10. [Behind My Camel](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-behind-my-camel/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1980
11. [Reggatta de Blanc](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-reggatta-de-blanc/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1979
12. [Omegaman](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-omegaman/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1981
13. [So Lonely](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-so-lonely/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1978
14. [Peanuts](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-peanuts/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1978
15. [Invisible Sun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-invisible-sun/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1981
16. [Murder by Numbers](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-murder-by-numbers/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1983
17. [Canary in a Coalmine](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-police-canary-in-a-coalmine/) — The Police · solo by Andy Summers · 1980

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