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.

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 ), 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" (Suite)
 * 14) "Tant qu'il y aura des ombres"

Reception
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.