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EuroSceptic is the second album of British singer Jack Lucien
Jack Lucien
Lucien Jack is an Andorran singer who has had success in Continental Europe under the names Hun, Lucien, and Jack Lucien. He is best known for his 2009 single I'm Not Afraid...

. It was released in October 2009.

Due to being an album influenced by Europop
Europop
Europop refers to a style of pop music that first developed in today's form in Europe, throughout the late 1970s. Europop topped the charts throughout the 1980s and ’90s...

, it features songs with parts in different languages. Whilst 8 of the songs are predominantly in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...

, "Give Me Your Love" is mostly sung in Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...

 and "Sentiments" is sung in Catalan
Catalan language
Catalan is a Romance language, the national and only official language of Andorra and a co-official language in the Spanish autonomous communities of Catalonia, the Balearic Islands and Valencian Community, where it is known as Valencian , as well as in the city of Alghero, on the Italian island...

, Spanish and Portuguese
Portuguese language
Portuguese is a Romance language that arose in the medieval Kingdom of Galicia, nowadays Galicia and Northern Portugal. The southern part of the Kingdom of Galicia became independent as the County of Portugal in 1095...

. The middle 8 of "My Intervention" is in Spanish, "Je Suis Un Superstar" features various lyrics in French
French language
French is a Romance language spoken as a first language in France, the Romandy region in Switzerland, Wallonia and Brussels in Belgium, Monaco, the regions of Quebec and Acadia in Canada, and by various communities elsewhere. Second-language speakers of French are distributed throughout many parts...

 and the album version of "I'm Not Afraid" has parts sung in Catalan.

After releasing the album, Jack Lucien gave 4 free addition songs sung in both Russian
Russian language
Russian is a Slavic language used primarily in Russia, Belarus, Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan and Kyrgyzstan. It is an unofficial but widely spoken language in Ukraine, Moldova, Latvia, Turkmenistan and Estonia and, to a lesser extent, the other countries that were once constituent republics...

 and English on his myspace: Kreshatik, Moscow
Moscow
Moscow is the capital, the most populous city, and the most populous federal subject of Russia. The city is a major political, economic, cultural, scientific, religious, financial, educational, and transportation centre of Russia and the continent...

, Bez Tebya (Without You) and Shto S Taboj? (What's Up?).

Due to little promotion, the album did not manage to chart in any country's albums chart.

The verses of the song "Closure" are heard on "Wait for You", a track on the Sugababes
Sugababes
The Sugababes are an English pop girl group based in London, consisting of members Heidi Range, Amelle Berrabah and Jade Ewen. The Sugababes were formed in 1998 with founding members Siobhán Donaghy, Mutya Buena and Keisha Buchanan. Their debut album, One Touch, was released in 2000 under London...

 album Sweet 7
Sweet 7
Sweet 7 is the seventh studio album by British girl group the Sugababes. It was released on 15 March 2010 in the United Kingdom through Island Records. Sweet 7 is the first release since the controversial departure of the longest-serving member, Keisha Buchanan, who was replaced by 2009 Eurovision...

.

Track listing

  1. Saturday (Do I Care) (Album Version) [4:10]
  2. Je Suis Un Superstar [4:09]
  3. My Intervention [4:02]
  4. It's Unconditional (2009 Version) [3:33]
  5. Closure [3:14]
  6. Ballad of Cheryl Cole
    Cheryl Cole
    Cheryl Ann Cole is an English pop and R&B recording artist, songwriter, dancer, actress and model. She rose to fame in late 2002 when she auditioned for the reality television show Popstars: The Rivals on ITV. The programme announced that Cole had won a place as a member of the girl group, Girls...

     [4:06]
  7. I'm Not Afraid (Album Version) [5:54]
  8. Let Me Go (English Version of Marxaré) [3:29]
  9. Give Me Your Love [4:15]
  10. Sentiments [4:39]
  11. I'm Not Afraid (Original Version) [5:36] (iTunes Bonus Track)

Singles

  1. I'm Not Afraid [3:30] [Released: 19 January 2009] (Charted: Russian Airplay Chart #7)
  2. Marxaré [2:57] [Released: 4 May 2009]
  3. Saturday (Do I Care) [3:50] [Released 28 September 2009]
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