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1. COMFORTABLY NUMB

Pink Floyd

GUITARIST: DAVID GILMOUR (1979)

Gilmour’s greatness comes through in waves.

It’s easy to see why our readers made “Comfortably Numb” the number-one pick in our poll. But the real question is, which of the song’s solos qualifies for inclusion? The fact that Gilmour came up with both on the same track

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