# Loving the Alien guitar solo > Slash's guitar solo on Loving the Alien by Velvet Revolver (2004) starts at about 3:30. From the album Contraband. A hard rock classic from the 2000s. Canonical URL: Velvet Revolver, 2004, from *Contraband*. Solo by *Slash*. A dreamy, spacious ballad whose extended solo is one of Slash's most emotive of the era. Loving the Alien by Velvet Revolver is #6 in our ranking of the best Velvet Revolver guitar solos. The solo is played by Slash and the song was released in 2004. ## In our lists - [The Best Velvet Revolver Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/velvet-revolver-guitar-solos/) — #6 ## Sources ### Who played the guitar solo on Loving the Alien? Slash played the solo on Velvet Revolver's Loving the Alien (2004). ### What guitar was used on the Loving the Alien solo? A gibson les paul through a Marshall amp, 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/)