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Track listing

# "La Fleur" # "Le Baptême" # "L'Amour ma thématique" # "Nostalgic du cool" # "Manque de Q" # "Je suis une cigarette" # "La Mort de l'âme" # "Pick pocket" # "Les Acariens" # "Le Rose pourpre du cœur" # "Coup de vent" # "Le temps mue" # "Matchistador" # "Souviens-toi" # "Souvenir du futur" # "Machistador" (extended) # "Céline attendue"

References

1997 debut albums EMI Music France albums Matthieu Chedid albums {{1990s-rock-album-stub