I suppose your opinion on what counts and what doesn't count depends on why you're a fan, or what you're a fan
of. Are you a fan of
one or two of her many
sounds and hope she'll keep making songs with that sound? Or are you an all-accepting fan of
Shiina Ringo because she's really talented and generally makes music you like? Or are you a fan of an
album and think everything else she's generated is a disappointment? Or do you worship her as an idiosyncratic rock star goddess and think her every action is hottttt? Let's get to the root of the discussion here.
Personally, I revere her for possessing inhuman quantities of Songwriting Mastery, delivered in eclectic and insanely varied styles and sounds. So, I absolutely love all her albums. They all count. Some may accuse me of being non-critical, but I prefer to see it as having expansive tastes.