L'Imprudence (The Imprudence) is the eleventh studio album by French singer-songwriter Alain Bashung, issued in October 2002 on Barclay Records.

Bashung composed the music, collaborating with Ludovic Bource, Jean Lamoot, Arnaud Devos and the Swiss band Mobile in Motion.

For instance, Bashung said he composed the song "Dans la foulée" ("Following") after the "media backlash against Marie-José Pérec in Australia" during the Sydney Olympics when the athlete, because of pressure and a surge of paranoia, fled the competition.

[3] The album is often spoken more than sung, like in the music of Serge Gainsbourg or Léo Ferré like for the singing of Desnos' poem or "Faisons envie" by Miossec.

Critical reception was highly positive,[4] with the album variously being called "a landmark"[3] and "sublime",[5] while the music was qualified as "dark" and "crepuscular".