{{Short description|American record label}} {{about|a record label|groups of experts working together|Working group|dog breeds classified together|Working Group (dogs)}} {{More citations needed|date=September 2014}} {{Infobox record label | bgcolor = #000000 | name = {{color|white|The Work Label}} | image_name = Work Group.png | image_size = 220px | parent = Sony Music Entertainment | founded = 1995 | founder = {{hlist|Jeff Ayeroff|Jordan Harris}} | defunct = 2000 | status = Defunct | distributor = Epic Records | genre = {{hlist|Alternative rock|R&B|pop|hip hop}} | country = United States | location = New York City, New York | url = }}
The '''Work Label''' (stylized as '''The WORK Group''') was an American record label. Its major album releases included ''Tidal'' (1996) by Fiona Apple and ''On the 6'' (1999) by Jennifer Lopez.
== History == In July 1999, founders Jeff Ayeroff and Jordan Harris left the label.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bzN6AY_LLbwC&q=The+Work+Group+Sony+Music&pg=PA4|work=CMJ New Music Report|date=12 July 1999|title=Work Founders Exit Label}}</ref> It was discontinued in 2000 when all the label's artists were moved to Epic Records.
== Catalog == {| class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align: left" |- ! scope="col" | Year ! scope="col" | Artist ! scope="col" | Title |-
| 1993 | Jamiroquai | ''Emergency on Planet Earth'' |- | 1994 | Sponge | ''Rotting Piñata'' |- | 1995 | Jamiroquai | ''The Return of the Space Cowboy'' |- | 1995 | Schtum | ''Grow'' |- | 1995 | Ned's Atomic Dustbin | ''Brainbloodvolume'' |- | 1995 | Mercury Rev | ''See You on the Other Side'' |- | 1995 | Diana King | ''Tougher Than Love'' |- | 1995 | Count Bass D | ''Pre-Life Crisis'' |- | 1996 | Elephant Ride | ''Forget'' |- | 1996 | Imperial Drag | ''Imperial Drag'' |- | 1996 | Fiona Apple | ''Tidal'' |- | 1996 | Midnight Oil | ''Breathe'' |- | 1996 | Puff Johnson | ''Miracle'' |- | 1997 | Pond | ''Rock Collection'' |- | 1997 | Jamiroquai | ''Travelling Without Moving'' |- | 1997 | Geneva | ''Further'' |- | 1997 | Brownstone | ''Still Climbing'' |- | 1997 | Diana King | ''Think Like a Girl'' |- | 1997 | No Authority | ''Keep On'' |- | 1998 | Mary Lou Lord | ''Got No Shadow'' |- | 1998 | Rebbie Jackson | ''Yours Faithfully'' |- | 1998 | Esthero | ''Breath from Another'' |- | 1998 | Various | ''The Planet Sleeps'' |- | 1998 | Eagle-Eye Cherry | ''Desireless'' |- |1998 | Tatyana Ali | ''Kiss the Sky'' |- | 1999 | Cree Summer | ''Street Faërie'' |- | 1999 | Len | ''You Can't Stop the Bum Rush'' |- | 1999 | Jennifer Lopez | ''On the 6'' |- | 1999 |Men of Vizion | ''MOV'' |- | 1999 | Jamiroquai | ''Synkronized'' |}
==Artists== {{more citations needed section|date=August 2018}}
* Amanda Marshall * Tatyana Ali (MJJ Music/Work) * Fiona Apple (Clean Slate/Work) * Elephant Ride * Dan Bern * Eagle-Eye Cherry * Esthero * Neil Finn (US/Canada) * Imperial Drag * Rebbie Jackson (MJJ Music/Work) * Jamiroquai * Puff Johnson * Diana King * Len * Jennifer Lopez *Mary Lou Lord * Men of Vizion (MJJ Music/Work) * Mercury Rev * Midnight Oil * Morley * Ned's Atomic Dustbin * Heather Nova * Pond * Pressure Drop * Sabelle * Schtum<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/grow-mw0000180720|title=Schtum - Grow Album Reviews, Songs & More | AllMusic|via=www.allmusic.com}}</ref> * Sponge * Cree Summer * Chris Whitley * Count Bass D
== See also == * List of record labels
== References == {{reflist}}
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Category:American record labels Category:Sony Music Category:Defunct record labels of the United States Category:Epic Records Category:Record labels established in 1992 Category:Record labels disestablished in 1999
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