# Unthought Known guitar solo > Mike McCready's guitar solo on Unthought Known by Pearl Jam (2009) starts at about 2:30. From the album Backspacer. A alternative classic from the 2000s. Canonical URL: Pearl Jam, 2009, from *Backspacer*. Solo by *Mike McCready*. The song gathers momentum into an uplifting, ringing guitar peak. Unthought Known by Pearl Jam is #17 in our ranking of the best Pearl Jam guitar solos. The solo is played by Mike McCready and the song was released in 2009. ## In our lists - [The Best Pearl Jam Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/pearl-jam-guitar-solos/) — #17 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Unthought Known? Mike McCready played the solo on Pearl Jam's Unthought Known (2009). --- 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/)