Hatsukoi is so grand and majestic, the melody is so melancholy and contagious, and the orchestra strings really exaggerate the whole emotion of the song. Unfortunately, putting the song on the third track is kinda overshadowed by the other. I feel it should be put on the last with an interlude in front of it (just like how eclipse and passion).
PS: and the fake orchestra in Play a love song's chorus, is... urrggh i hate it so much
why can they let a real orchestra do the part? I'm sure it will sound much deeper with real strings.
The album track on the other hand has not grow on me yet, I feel they are kinda bland and too much murmuring, just exactly like Fantome, which I agree with the other that it is more like a funeral music. I hope she will make some dreamy and catchy songs like in ULTRA BLUE and STAY GOLD.