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

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.

"Oscar" pays homage to Renaud's grandfather who had been a communist trade-unionist and "La Blanche" was a widely acclaimed anti-drug anthem.

Tracks 2 and 8 were covered for the tribute album La Bande à Renaud.