Marchand de cailloux

Marchand de cailloux is a studio album from French artist Renaud. It was released in 1991 and seen as a return to form after the less positive reviews for the previous album, Putain de camion^[1].

In this album Renaud again takes up socio-political themes. Le Tango des Élus mocks politicians, La ballade nord-irlandaise is a pacifist song evoking the troubles of Northern Ireland (later reprised in 2009's Molly Malone – Balade irlandaise), and 500 connards sur la ligne de départ makes fun of the "morons" who race in the African desert (ie the Paris-Dakar Rally^[2]), oblivious to the misery surrounding them.

Track listing

1. "Marchand de cailloux"
2. "L'aquarium"
3. "P'tit voleur"
4. "Olé"
5. "Les dimanches à la con"
6. "Dans ton sac"
7. "Le tango des élus"
8. "La ballade nord-irlandaise"
9. "500 connards sur la ligne de départ"
10. "Tonton"
11. "Je cruel"
12. "C'est pas du pipeau"
13. "Ma chanson leur a pas plu"
14. "Tant qu'il y aura des ombres"

References