--- description: The record was released on Feb. 28, 1995 title: Jewel and Pieces of You: What TIME Said About the 1995 Album image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7c76297f2ef0faa/698780d0a988ca38766aca2d/1101970721_400.jpg?branch=production&width=828&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [History](/section/history/) ## History Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jewel's _Pieces of You_ at 20: What TIME Said About the Album  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Feb 27, 2015 5:00 PM CUT  The July 21, 1997, cover of TIME The July 21, 1997, cover of TIMECover Credit: HERB RITTS  by [Lily Rothman](/author/lily-rothman/)  ## Lily Rothman Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Rothman is managing editor at TIME. Feb 27, 2015 5:00 PM CUT Twenty years after its release, Jewel’s album _Pieces of You_—featuring hits like “Who Will Save Your Soul” and “Foolish Games”—seems like a key piece of 1995-iana. But, in 1995, when the album dropped, what TIME had to say about it was…nothing. As the magazine noted when the singer-songwriter made the cover a few years later, the record that had by then sold more than 5 million copies had at first gone nowhere. It took years of touring for word of mouth to make the difference. By that time, she wasn’t just a star in her own right. She was the face of a trend, as female singers caught the attention of the country. As TIME put it: --- > “” --- **_Read the full 1997 Jewel cover story, here in the TIME Vault:_** [Jewel and the Gang](http://time.com/vault/issue/1997-07-21/page/1/ "undefined") ### '90s Boy Band Members Then and Now  Kevin Richardson (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Nick Carter (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  A. J. McLean (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Howie Dorough (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Brian Littrell (Backstreet Boys) Getty Images (2)  Justin Timberlake (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  JC Chasez (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Joey Fatone (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Lance Bass (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Chris Kirkpatrick (NSYNC) Getty Images (2)  Nick Lachey (98°) Getty Images (2)  Drew Lachey (98°) Getty Images (2)  Jordan Knight (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Jonathan Knight (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Joey McIntyre (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Donnie Wahlberg (New Kids on the Block) Getty Images (2)  Isaac, Taylor and Zac Hanson (Hanson) Getty Images (2) ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3721124/jewel-pieces-of-you/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3721124/jewel-pieces-of-you/"},"headline":"Jewel's Pieces of You at 20: What TIME Said About the Album","datePublished":"2015-02-27T17:00:54.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T05:05:25.425Z","description":"The record was released on Feb. 28, 1995","url":"https://time.com/3721124/jewel-pieces-of-you/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7c76297f2ef0faa/698780d0a988ca38766aca2d/1101970721_400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"History","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltf7c76297f2ef0faa/698780d0a988ca38766aca2d/1101970721_400.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"July 21, 1997, cover of TIME","caption":"July 21, 1997, cover of TIME","creditText":"Cover Credit: HERB RITTS","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/history/","name":"History"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3721124/jewel-pieces-of-you/","name":"Jewel's Pieces of You at 20: What TIME Said About the Album"}}]}] ```