Post your favorite guitar sounds on albums...

[Chance]

Chunky, rockin' stuff:
The tone on "Reelin' In The Years" is killer, that whole intro before the vocals come in is one of my favorite slices of music.
Clapton on "Hideaway" on the Bluesbreakers album.
Steve Jones always got a great sound out of his guitar, especially on "Bodies" and "Satellite."
Jimmy Page. "How The West Was Won."
Lou Reed on the Velvets live reunion album, fat and ballsy.
The solo in Southside Johnny's "Hearts Of Stone."
ZZ Top in their heyday.
And my favorite guitar noise in the history of the universe: "Like A Hurricane." I can and have listened to this on "repeat" for an hour at a time.

Pretty, beautiful stuff:
The "Anthology 2" version of "Across The Universe". "If I Needed Someone."
Anything by Bruce Langhorn.
Chrissie Hynde (or was it Honeyman-Scott?) on "Kid" and "Talk Of The Town."
Roddy Frame (Aztec Camera) on "Oblivious"
Those glorious opening strums on "My Sweet Lord."
That beautiful "watery" effect they get on "Child Is Father Of The Man"
McGuinn on "Turn! Turn! Turn!"
The crashing wall of acoustic guitars on "Do You Realize??"

[mark goddard]

one word ..Tom Verlaine..... listening to his first solo disc now

[Ron]

I got a good one.

Opening guitar to "Goin' Up Around the Bend" by CCR.  John Fogerty made a whole career out of a killer guitar tone.  "Green River" anybody? "Born On The Bayou" anybody?  "Fortunate Son" anybody?  All killer because the guitar sounds like it's eating your speakers alive... but yet it's still palatable enough that anyone from 5 to 50 likes the sound of it. 

[Chance]

Yes, definately.

Leslie West is another "tone master."

And whoever played on Norman Greenbaum's "Spirit In The Sky."

[GP1138]

The opening guitar to "Helter Skelter".

The opening guitar to "Have You Seen Your Mother, Baby (Standing in the Shadows)" is a unique tone that I like.

The opening and lead to "Star Star" is sweet as well.

As mainstream as it is, Nirvana's guitar on "Smells Like Teen Spirit" is good, as well as "Come As You Are".

[JScott]

Some faves:

EVH on Fair Warning (Meanstreet and Unchained make me wanna chug a beer and smash my head through the wall!)
Jeff Beck on You Know What I Mean & She's a Woman (amazing touch)
Skunk Baxter on My Old School (Jeff Beck student for sure)
Eric Johnson on Cliffs of Dover
Billy Gibbons pre-Eliminator
Ron Wood? on Stay with Me
SRV on Little Wing (He was a God)
Hendrix on Wind Cries Mary
Tom Scholz on Hitch a Ride
David Gilmour on just about every solo (flawless tone, melody and phrasing)
Tom Morello on Killing in the Name Of
Angus Young on Back in Black album
Slash and Izzy on Paradise City
John Frusciante on beginning of Can't Stop
Slash on Slither
Randy Rhoads on Flying High Again
Clapton in the Cream days
Paul's solo on Taxman
whoever played the riff on Dr. Robert
If I Needed Someone
Neil on Rockin in the Free World
Joe Perry on Aerosmith Rocks...

[koeeoaddi there]

Iommi on the solo in Paranoid. pure fuzz!
oh and Into The Void. nasty!

[mark goddard]

Eddie Hazel's sound on Maggot Brain and the early funkadelic albums.

[Joel5001]

I don't think anyone's mentioned "Cowgirl in the Sand".  I'm not a big fan of extended guitar workouts in general, but I could listen to Danny and Neil all day.

[RobtheNobleSurfer]

I may have missed it, but has anyone mentioned

THIS GUY?

[Jeff Mason]

Great player, but Clarence's sound was only something I would have gone nuts for on certain tracks on the Easy Rider album.  Don't get me wrong, I love Clarence, but he was more about what he played than how his amp and gear sounded.

[RONDEMON]

All the White Album guitar and bass sounds. They sound so controlled yet so trashy at once. Queens guitar sounds are always amazing too.  Macca has always had very impressive tones throughout the 70's, and like Aej said, weezer's tones were awesome.

From the Blue album but especially Pinkerton.

Maybe this is lesser known but the Cardigans album "First Band on the Moon" has some great either telecaster or acoustic guitars that sound amazing.  Their latest stuff is not as good but their 90's stuff is fantastic, its like bossa nova/beach boys type arrangements. The song "Choke" especially. Check it out.

[Maybelline]

Always loved the guitar playing on The Cure's A Forest. I know it's not exactly rocket-science guitar playing but it hits the spot! Also I find the recent, live acoustic version of Fleetwood Mac's Big Love stunning.. that flamenco sound. Also think you can't beat the Chic/Sister Sledge/Nile Rogers guitar sound in some of their classics.

[Boxer Monkey]

I love the deep-sea sounds Hendrix evokes at the conclusion of the "Moon, Turn the Tides" (before the swooping space noises come in). Isn't this everything musique concrete should be? Almost anything by Hendrix would get my vote, though; he's simply the most atmospheric player who ever lived.

Otis Rush: "Checking on My Baby." It's like the ground beneath a man's feet being swamped by a rising tide of hellfire. Pure damnation.

And, of course, Alex Chilton's and Chris Bell's strident Strats thoughout "Radio City."

[Big Bri]

Steve Hackett,when he was in Genesis,and on his incredible solo records.
His use of the Roland Space Echo.
Hackett's guitar sound has ALWAYS been perfect......and his technique.After all,how many Classical Guitar writers do we know of in this day and age?
Hackett and the late great Randy Rhoads have/had great guitar sounds.
Bri

[wind chime]

Great player, but Clarence's sound was only something I would have gone nuts for on certain tracks on the Easy Rider album.  Don't get me wrong, I love Clarence, but he was more about what he played than how his amp and gear sounded.

For me it's Roger McGuinn and the trademark 12 string-Byrds sound...

The Bells of Rhymney
I See You
Eight Miles High (guitar solo)
5D (solo at the end)

[scooter]

Had to go thru all 5 pages (whew)

1)The big Em7 between two solos near the end of
Down by the River-Neil Young
2)PT-live at leeds
3) Andy Summers- Message in a Bottle
4) Fripp-Hammond song(the Roches)
5) McGuinn-eight miles high
6) Bob Weir-Playin in the band (Ace)
7) Neil again-Drive Back (Zuma) he nearly "out-whistles" Gibbons (La Grange)
eight IS enough I guess--nice feedback blast from Carl on Knebworth...

[scooter]

forgot to mention TWO major tone kings--Zappa and Steve Stills...

[scooter]

and Lennon (third solo, THE END)

[artie]

Love the sound Lindsey Buckingham got on"Out of the Cradle".

Amen. One of THE best albums of the nineties. Great stuff. Lindsay is one of the great original guitarists of our generation. A master.

I don't really know either of you, but for your comments above , I love you both 

It's just the truth! Love your Mac avatar, Maybelline.

[Maybelline]

Love the sound Lindsey Buckingham got on"Out of the Cradle".

Amen. One of THE best albums of the nineties. Great stuff. Lindsay is one of the great original guitarists of our generation. A master.

I don't really know either of you, but for your comments above , I love you both 

It's just the truth! Love your Mac avatar, Maybelline.

Thanks. Happy to talk Mac any time    (have you looked at 'The Ledge' forum? Pretty good stuff on there).

[no]

Hmm.

New York Dolls -- "Trash" ---------  Thunders' lead-breaks sound cute. Wh--Wha?

Shudder to Think -- "Hit Liquor" ---------  The most brutally harmonized guitars ever, courtesy of Wedren & Larson.

Townes Van Zandt -- "Rex's Blues"
Fleetwood Mac -- "Save Me A Place"
Brent Mason -- "First Rule Of Thumb"
Stooges -- "Gimme Danger"
Michael Hedges -- "Layover"
Statler Brothers -- "Flowers On The Wall"
Pantera -- "Suicide Note Pt.I"
Van Morrison -- "Fair Play"
Those Stones -- "Wild Horses" or insert your favorite ballad here* ----------------------- Great acoustic sounds on all of these.

Flipper -- "Life Is Cheap"
Flamin' Groovies -- "Louie Louie" -------------------- These guitars sound like a variety of whale farts.

Jeff Buckley -- "Yard Of Blonde Girls"
Johnny Rivers -- "Poor Side Of Town"
Love -- "7 And 7 Is"
Chuck Berry -- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
Elvis Presley -- "Gentle On My Mind"
Beach Boys -- "Sloop John B" -------------------------- Perfect sounds.

Acid Bath -- "Locust Spawing"
Cynic -- "Uroboric Forms"
Pantera -- "Slaughtered"
Steve Vai -- "Erotic Nightmares"
Black Sabbath -- "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" ---------------------- Obligatory Metal picks.

[Maybelline]

Hmm.

New York Dolls -- "Trash" ---------  Thunders' lead-breaks sound cute. Wh--Wha?

Shudder to Think -- "Hit Liquor" ---------  The most brutally harmonized guitars ever, courtesy of Wedren & Larson.

Townes Van Zandt -- "Rex's Blues"
Fleetwood Mac -- "Save Me A Place"
Brent Mason -- "First Rule Of Thumb"
Stooges -- "Gimme Danger"
Michael Hedges -- "Layover"
Statler Brothers -- "Flowers On The Wall"
Pantera -- "Suicide Note Pt.I"
Van Morrison -- "Fair Play"
Those Stones -- "Wild Horses" or insert your favorite ballad here* ----------------------- Great acoustic sounds on all of these.

Flipper -- "Life Is Cheap"
Flamin' Groovies -- "Louie Louie" -------------------- These guitars sound like a variety of whale farts.

Jeff Buckley -- "Yard Of Blonde Girls"
Johnny Rivers -- "Poor Side Of Town"
Love -- "7 And 7 Is"
Chuck Berry -- "Brown Eyed Handsome Man"
Elvis Presley -- "Gentle On My Mind"
Beach Boys -- "Sloop John B" -------------------------- Perfect sounds.

Acid Bath -- "Locust Spawing"
Cynic -- "Uroboric Forms"
Pantera -- "Slaughtered"
Steve Vai -- "Erotic Nightmares"
Black Sabbath -- "Sabbath Bloody Sabbath" ---------------------- Obligatory Metal picks.

Good call on number 4, that's one of my favourites. A sublime track.

[Sheriff John Stone]

New York Dolls -- "Trash" ---------  Thunders' lead-breaks sound cute. Wh--Wha?

Thank you for remembering the amazing sound of the late, great Johnny Thunders...

[Joshilyn Hoisington]

Beach Boys -- "Sloop John B" -------------------------- Perfect sounds.

I'm tellin' you, you plug a 12-string guitar through Western's echo chamber...perfection.  Doesn't matter who or when.