''Le Retour de Gérard Lambert'' is the fifth studio album by French singer-songwriter

Renaud Renaud Pierre Manuel Séchan (), known as Renaud (), born 11 May 1952, is a French singer, songwriter and actor. His characteristically 'broken' voice makes for a very distinctive vocal style. Several of his songs are popular classics in F ...

. It was released in 1981 by

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. In Renaud's overall discography the album was released between two live albums, ''Un Olympia pour moi tout seul'' (1982) and ''Le P'tit Bal du samedi soir et autres chansons réalistes'' (1981). The album title refers to Gérard Lambert, a character from a song on Renaud's previous studio album '' Marche à l'ombre'', who by this stage has improved his lot from riding a mobylette to driving a Simca 1000.

Songs

"Le Père Noël noir" (French for "Black Father Christmas") tells the story of a black burglar that Renaud mistakes for Santa Claus. "Oscar" pays homage to Renaud's grandfather who had been a communist trade-unionist and "La Blanche" was a widely acclaimed anti-drug anthem.iTunes biography
/ref> "Soleil immonde" was written by a close friend of Renaud, the French humorist Coluche whose 1986 death would provide the inspiration for Renaud's later album '' Putain de camion''.

Track listing

All songs were written by

Séchan except where noted.

Side one

# "Banlieue rouge" – 4:01 # "Manu" – 2:42 # "Le Retour de Gérard Lambert" (lyrics: Renaud Séchan; music:

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) – 4:11 # "Le Père Noël noir" – 3:26 # "J'ai raté Télé-Foot" – 3:05 # "Oscar" – 4:10

Side two

# "Mon beauf'" (lyrics: Renaud Séchan; music: Alain Ranval) – 4:00 # "La Blanche" – 4:22 # "Soleil immonde" ( Michel Colucci) – 3:49 # "Étudiant-poils aux dents" – 4:28 # "À quelle heure on arrive?" – 4:40 "Manu" was used on the live album ''Visage pâle rencontrer public''. Tracks 1, 2 and 7 were included on the compilation ''The Meilleur of Renaud (75–85)''. Tracks 2, 3, 7 and 8 were also included on the CD ''Ma Compil''. Tracks 2 and 8 were covered for the tribute album ''

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Personnel

* Renaud – vocals * Alain Ranval – guitar * Jean-Michel Kadjan – guitar * Patrice Meyer – guitar * Jean-Pierre "Rolling" Azoulay – guitar *

– keyboards * Bob Boisadan – keyboards * Jean-Louis Roques –

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* Gérard Prévost – bass * Amaury Blanchard – drums * Klaus Blasquiz – percussion, background vocals * Vincent Barres – percussion, background vocals * Bertrand Auger –

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* Pierre Rigaud – horns * Dominic Derasse – horns * Patrick Bourgoin – horns * Jean-Marc Welsh – horns * Carole Rowley – background vocals * "Wino" – background vocals * Coluche – background vocals *

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– background vocals

References

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