# Xanadu guitar solo > Alex Lifeson's guitar solo on Xanadu by Rush (1977) starts at about 7:33. From the album A Farewell to Kings. Played on a Gibson EDS-1275. Canonical URL: Rush, 1977, from *A Farewell to Kings*. Solo by *Alex Lifeson*. An 11-minute epic full of soaring leads, with Lifeson reaching for the double-neck in concert. Xanadu by Rush is #3 in our ranking of the best Alex Lifeson guitar solos. The solo is played by Alex Lifeson and the song was released in 1977. ## In our lists - [The Best Alex Lifeson Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/alex-lifeson-guitar-solos/) — #3 - [The Best Rush Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/rush-guitar-solos/) — #6 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Xanadu? Alex Lifeson played the solo on Rush's Xanadu (1977). ### What guitar was used on the Xanadu solo? A gibson eds-1275, according to widely reported accounts. --- 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/)