Marchand de cailloux | ||||
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Studio album by | ||||
Released | 1 October 1991 | |||
Recorded | 1991 | |||
Genre | Rock/Chanson | |||
Length | 52:52 | |||
Label | Virgin Music | |||
Producer | Pete Briquette | |||
Renaud chronology | ||||
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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 (i.e. the Paris-Dakar Rally[2]), oblivious to the misery surrounding them.
Track listing
- "Marchand de cailloux"
- "L'aquarium"
- "P'tit voleur"
- "Olé"
- "Les dimanches à la con"
- "Dans ton sac"
- "Le tango des élus"
- "La ballade nord-irlandaise"
- "500 connards sur la ligne de départ"
- "Tonton"
- "Je cruel"
- "C'est pas du pipeau"
- "Ma chanson leur a pas plu" (Suite)
- "Tant qu'il y aura des ombres"
Reception
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Allmusic | [3] |
The album received positive reviews.
"Ma chanson leur a pas plu" (suite) is a sequel to the song on Morgane de toi. Tracks 1 and 3 were included on the 2007 compilation The Meilleur Of Renaud. Track 8 was covered for the tribute album La Bande à Renaud.