# Slide Away guitar solo > Noel Gallagher's guitar solo on Slide Away by Oasis (1994) starts at about 3:46. From the album Definitely Maybe. A britpop classic from the 1990s. Canonical URL: Oasis, 1994, from *Definitely Maybe*. Solo by *Noel Gallagher*. The lead in the closing section plays off Liam's vocal, loud and emotionally direct. Slide Away is one of the rawest emotional moments on Definitely Maybe, and the guitar in the closing section is a large part of why. Noel Gallagher's lead plays off Liam's vocal, answering and overlapping it with loud, sustained phrases that feel spontaneous and direct. The tone is thick and saturated, and the playing is about feeling rather than precision. Many fans rank it among the band's finest songs, and the guitar's role in carrying that emotion is a big reason. Listen for the interplay between voice and guitar near the end, where the two seem to push each other higher instead of politely taking turns. Slide Away by Oasis is featured in our Britpop (#15) list. The solo is played by Noel Gallagher and the song was released in 1994. ## In our lists - [The 25 Greatest Britpop Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/britpop/) — #15 - [The Best Oasis Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/oasis-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 1994](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-1994/) — #16 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Slide Away? Noel Gallagher played the solo on Oasis's Slide Away (1994). --- 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/)