# The Best Vernon Reid Guitar Solos > The 13 best Vernon Reid guitar solos, ranked. #1 is Cult of Personality (1988), then Type and Desperate People. Every video starts at the solo. Canonical URL: Vernon Reid fused free jazz, funk, punk and metal into a chaotic, virtuosic lead style that made Living Colour one of the most exciting bands of the late 1980s. His Cult of Personality solo is a fixture on greatest-solo lists, and he co-founded the Black Rock Coalition. Informed by: [Wikipedia - Vernon Reid](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vernon_Reid), [Guitar World - Vernon Reid shows how to play Cult of Personality](https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/living-colours-vernon-reid-shows-how-play-cult-personality-and-more), [Guitar World - Vernon Reid looks back on the 90s](https://www.guitarworld.com/features/vernon-reid-living-colour-looks-back-on-the-90s), [Wikipedia - Living Colour](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Living_Colour) 1. [Cult of Personality](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-color-cult-of-personality/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1988 2. [Type](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-colour-type/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1990 3. [Desperate People](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-colour-desperate-people/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1988 4. [Time's Up](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-colour-time-s-up/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1990 5. [Leave It Alone](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-colour-leave-it-alone/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1993 6. [Middle Man](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-colour-middle-man/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1988 7. [Love Rears Its Ugly Head](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-colour-love-rears-its-ugly-head/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1990 8. [Elvis Is Dead](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-colour-elvis-is-dead/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1990 9. [Glamour Boys](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-colour-glamour-boys/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1988 10. [Funny Vibe](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-colour-funny-vibe/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1988 11. [Ignorance Is Bliss](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-colour-ignorance-is-bliss/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1993 12. [Nothingness](https://greatestsolos.com/song/living-colour-nothingness/) — Living Colour · solo by Vernon Reid · 1993 13. [Mistaken Identity](https://greatestsolos.com/song/vernon-reid-mistaken-identity/) — Vernon Reid · solo by Vernon Reid · 1996 --- 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/)