Putain de camion is a studio album from French artist Renaud, released in 1988 by Virgin France.

The first song, Jonathan, refers to white South African musician Johnny Clegg who became a friend of Renaud.

Rouge-gorge was dedicated to Robert Doisneau and Allongés sous les vagues is a song deriding commercial music.

[1] Words by Renaud, music by Renaud where not otherwise mentioned Allongés sous les vagues (Lying under the waves) is a piece about cheap songs with lamentable lyrics (samples included), which sell nonetheless due to the mass-marketing of lesser quality art.

In the end, his manager (voiced by Renaud himself) suggests that he buy all his albums himself to get to number 1 of the record charts, then use the resulting sales to pay off the outlay.