# Island in the Sun guitar solo > Rivers Cuomo's guitar solo on Island in the Sun by Weezer (2001) starts at about 2:05. From the album Weezer (Green Album). Canonical URL: Weezer, 2001, from *Weezer (Green Album)*. Solo by *Rivers Cuomo*. A breezy solo that simply restates the vocal melody, a trademark Green Album move that is disarmingly effective. Island in the Sun by Weezer is ranked #527 in our consensus of 80 guitar-solo lists. The solo is played by Rivers Cuomo and the song was released in 2001. ## In our lists - [The Best Weezer Guitar Solos](https://greatestsolos.com/list/weezer-guitar-solos/) — #9 - [Top 20 Guitar Solos of 2001](https://greatestsolos.com/list/best-guitar-solos-2001/) — #4 ## Sources - [Musician Tuts: The 51 Best Guitar Solos Of All Time](https://musiciantuts.com/best-guitar-solos/) ### Who played the guitar solo on Island in the Sun? Rivers Cuomo played the solo on Weezer's Island in the Sun (2001). ### Where does Island in the Sun rank among the greatest guitar solos? #527 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/)