| Marchand de cailloux | |
| Type: | Studio album |
| Artist: | Renaud |
| Cover: | Marchand de cailloux.jpg |
| Released: | 1 October 1991 |
| Recorded: | 1991 |
| Genre: | Rock/Chanson |
| Length: | 52:52 |
| Label: | Virgin Music |
| Producer: | Pete Briquette |
| Prev Title: | Putain de camion |
| Prev Year: | 1989 |
| Next Title: | Renaud cante el' Nord |
| Next Year: | 1993 |
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.
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.