The Best U2 Guitar Solos

The Edge rewrote the idea of a lead guitarist, using delay, texture and chiming harmonics rather than long solos to shape U2's sound. When he does step forward, his solos are sonic events, from war-torn slide to industrial fuzz.

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1. 1
   Bullet the Blue Sky

   U2 · solo by The Edge · 1987
2. 2
   The Fly

   U2 · solo by The Edge · 1991
3. 3
   Mysterious Ways

   U2 · solo by The Edge · 1991
4. 4
   Until the End of the World

   U2 · solo by The Edge · 1991
5. 5
   Love Is Blindness

   U2 · solo by The Edge · 1991
6. 6
   Surrender

   U2 · solo by The Edge · 1983
7. 7
   Sunday Bloody Sunday

   U2 · solo by The Edge · 1983
8. 8
   All Because of You

   U2 · solo by The Edge · 2004
9. 9
   Elevation

   U2 · solo by The Edge · 2000
10. 10
    Vertigo

    U2 · solo by The Edge · 2004
11. 11
    I Will Follow

    U2 · solo by The Edge · 1980
12. 12
    Where the Streets Have No Name

    U2 · solo by The Edge · 1987
13. 13
    Gone

    U2 · solo by The Edge · 1997
14. 14
    Bad

    U2 · solo by The Edge · 1984
15. 15
    Exit

    U2 · solo by The Edge · 1987
16. 16
    Electrical Storm

    U2 · solo by The Edge · 2002
17. 17
    Kite

    U2 · solo by The Edge · 2000
18. 18
    Stuck in a Moment You Can't Get Out Of

    U2 · solo by The Edge · 2000