# 2112 guitar solo > Alex Lifeson's guitar solo on 2112 by Rush (1976) starts at about 16:48. From the album 2112. Ranked #551 of all time across 80 lists. Canonical URL: Rush, 1976, from *2112*. Solo by *Alex Lifeson*. The side-long title suite contains some of Lifeson's most dramatic early solos, especially in its Discovery and Soliloquy sections. 2112 by Rush is ranked #551 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Alex Lifeson and the song was released in 1976. It appears on 1 lists, placing as high as #181 (Digital Dream Door). ## In our lists - [The Best Alex Lifeson Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/alex-lifeson-guitar-solos/) — #9 - [The Best Rush Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rush-guitar-solos/) — #11 ## Sources - [Digital Dream Door: 250 Greatest Rock Guitar Solos](https://digitaldreamdoor.com/pages/best_guitarsolo.html) — #181 ### Who played the guitar solo on 2112? Alex Lifeson played the solo on Rush's 2112 (1976). ### Where does 2112 rank among the greatest guitar solos? #551 in the GreatestSolos consensus of 80 published lists; it appears on 1 of them. --- 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/)