In reply to Around the way filet.

Bared it all by her 2nd album. With her mystery and mystique gone, what else was left to the public to look forward to? I get her "integruous" refusal to work with hip producers, but songs that revived interest in her were simple sing-along tunes. I believe she naively overestimated the general public's musical appreciation. Add death of anticipation/scarcity with the death of the CD ... voilà.