# The Verve: The Best Guitar Solos

> The 13 best The Verve guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Slide Away (1993), then Gravity Grave and History. Every video starts at the solo.

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The Verve's Nick McCabe treated the guitar as a source of texture, using effects and valve amps to make it sound more like a synthesizer than a lead instrument. His improvised, swirling soundscapes were the psychedelic heart of the band.

Informed by: [Wikipedia: The Verve discography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Verve_discography), [Wikipedia: Nick McCabe](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nick_McCabe)

1. [Slide Away](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-slide-away/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1993
2. [Gravity Grave](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-gravity-grave/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1992
3. [History](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-history/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1995
4. [Catching the Butterfly](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-catching-the-butterfly/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1997
5. [A New Decade](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-a-new-decade/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1995
6. [The Rolling People](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-the-rolling-people/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1997
7. [Come On](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-come-on/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1997
8. [Star Sail](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-star-sail/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1993
9. [Blue](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-blue/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1993
10. [This Is Music](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-this-is-music/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1995
11. [Love Is Noise](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-love-is-noise/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 2008
12. [Sit and Wonder](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-sit-and-wonder/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 2008
13. [A Man Called Sun](https://greatestsolos.com/song/the-verve-a-man-called-sun/) — The Verve · solo by Nick McCabe · 1992

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