VA - Get My Riff, 50 Best Guitar Riffs (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1 + CD2

BEST GUITAR RIFFS

Previously posted April 26, 2019

VA - Get My Riff, 50 Best Guitar Riffs (A Butterboy Compilation) CD1 + CD2

The opening riff is usually the most memorable parts of the song, and although not always difficult to play, it's enough to determine the lasting appeal of these recordings. There’s something about a powerful guitar riff (as opposed to a guitar solos) that creates a sound so cool it leave an impression so strong that when you hear the first strum of the cord that you will instantly recognize the song. Something inside you says Yeah, give me more. It feels like pure magic.

I thought this would be easy to pull together a compilation, but it was harder than I imagined. There are so many great riffs in rock music (of course some are more vivid in your mind than others) that I often felt disappointed to leave one out. You could include hundreds of more songs for that special riff alone. So here I have included the most famous and iconic riffs mixed with a few surprises.
This list is in no particular order. I have also tried to cover a broad spectrum of artists and genres. What are my personal favorites, doesn't really matter, What I have gone for is that instant rush of excitement that you get when the song starts and the need to hear more.
Don't knock the rock riff. Enjoy!

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Track list 1

01    Chuck Berry - Johnny B Goode    :02:42    1958
02    Rolling Stones - (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction    :03:44    2002
03    Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water    :05:42    1972
04    Cream - Sunshine of Your Love    :04:07    1967
05    Budgie - In The Grip Of A Tyrefitter's Hand    :06:30    1973
06    Ted Nugent - Stranglehold    :08:24    1975
07    ACDC - Back in Black    :04:08    1980
08    Beatles - Day Tripper    :02:54    1966
09    Lynyrd Skynyrd - Sweet Home Alabama    :04:45    1973
10    Roy Orbison - Oh Pretty Woman    :02:58    1964
11    Eddie Cochran - Summertime Blues    :01:55    1958
12    J.J. Cale - Cocaine    :02:52    1976
13    Troggs - Wild Thing    :02:27    1966
14    Guess Who - American Woman    :03:47    1970
15    Black Sabbath - Paranoid    :02:49    1970
16    R.E.M. - The One I Love    :03:19    1987
17    George Thorogood & the Destroyers - Bad to the Bone    :04:50    1982
18    Simple Minds - Waterfront    :04:49    1983
19    Jam - Going Underground    :02:55    1979
20    Marc Bolan - 20th Century Boy    :03:37    1973
21    Shadows - Wonderful Land    :02:05    1962
22    Creedence Clearwater Revival - Green River    :02:36    1969
23    Derek and the Dominos - Layla    :07:07    1970
24    Steely Dan - Reelin' in the Years    :04:24    1973
25    White Stripes - Seven Nation Army    :03:50    2003

Track list 2

26    Kinks - You Really Got Me    :02:14    1964
27    Led Zeppelin - Heartbreaker    :04:14    1969
28    Joe Walsh - Rocky Mountain Way    :05:16    1973
29    Lenny Kravitz - Are You Gonna Go My Way-    :03:33    1993
30    Iron Butterfly - In-A-Gadda-Da-Vida    :14:39    1968
31    Guns 'n' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine    :05:56    1987
32    Steppenwolf - Born to Be Wild    :03:30    1968
33    Billy Idol - White Wedding, Pt. 1    :04:12    1982
34    Doors - Roadhouse Blues    :04:06    1970
35    Pink Floyd - Money    :06:34    1973
36    Who - Pinball Wizard    :03:00    1971
37    Robin Trower - Bridge of Sighs    :05:02    1974
38    Status Quo - Pictures Of Matchstick Men    :03:08    1968
39    Free - Free - All Right Now    :05:34    1970
40    Edgar Winter Group - Frankenstein    :03:28    1980
41    Primal Scream - Rocks    :03:36    2003
42    Alice Cooper - I'm Eighteen    :03:01    1971
43    Zz Top - La Grange    :03:55    1973
44    Jimi Hendrix - Voodoo Child (Slight Return)    :05:12    1968
45    Heart - Barracuda    :04:21    1977
46    Savoy Brown - Tell Mama    :05:26    1971
47    Eagles - Life in the Fast Lane    :04:46    1976
48    Modern Lovers - Roadrunner    :04:07    1976
49    Neil Young With Crazy Horse - Cinnamon Girl    :03:00    1969
50    Rolling Stones - Brown Sugar    :03:50    1971

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