''Du rire aux larmes'' ( French for 'from laughter to tears') was the 2001 debut

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. It was published on the Desh Musique

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. The album contained the track '' La France'', which was later fiercely attacked by the French interior minister

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Track listing

#"Intro" – (1:32) #"Sniper processus" – (4:18) #"Pris pour cible" – (4:04) #"Faut de tout pour faire un monde" – (4:48) #"Intro Le crew est de sortie" – (0:29) #"Le crew est de sortie" – (4:31) #"Intro Tribal poursuite" – (0:41) #"Tribal poursuite" – (4:41) #" La France" – (6:18) #"Intro Du rire aux larmes" – (1:04) #"Du rire aux larmes" – (5:01) #"Aketo vs Tunisiano" – (4:04) #"La sentence" – (4:01) #"Quand on te dit" featuring J-Mi Sissoko - (3:56) #"Aketo solo" – (4:15) #"Fait divers" – (5:01) #"La rumba" – (4:19) #"On s'en sort bien" – (4:05) {{DEFAULTSORT:Du Rire Aux Larmes 2001 debut albums Sniper (group) albums