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{{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 = 1999
| status = Defunct
| distributor = [[Epic Records]]
| genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[contemporary R&B|R&B]]|[[pop music|pop]]|[[hip hop music|hip hop]]}}
| country = United States
| location = [[New York City]], [[New York (state)|New York]]
| url =
}}

The '''Work Label''' (stylized as '''The WORK Group''') was an American [[record label]]. Its major album releases included ''[[Tidal (album)|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 (band)|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 (Mercury Rev album)|See You on the Other Side]]''
|-
| 1995
| [[Diana King]]
| ''[[Tougher Than Love]]''
|-
| 1995
| [[Count Bass D]]
| ''[[Pre-Life Crisis]]''
|-
| 1996
| [[Elephant Ride]]
| ''[[Forget (Elephant Ride album)|Forget]]''
|-
| 1996
| [[Imperial Drag]]
| ''[[Imperial Drag (album)|Imperial Drag]]''
|-
| 1996
| [[Fiona Apple]]
| ''[[Tidal (album)|Tidal]]''
|-
| 1996
| [[Midnight Oil]]
| ''[[Breathe (Midnight Oil album)|Breathe]]''
|-
| 1996
| [[Puff Johnson]]
| ''[[Miracle (Puff Johnson album)|Miracle]]''
|-
| 1997
| [[Pond (American band)|Pond]]
| ''Rock Collection''
|-
| 1997
| [[Jamiroquai]]
| ''[[Travelling Without Moving]]''
|-
| 1997
| [[Geneva (band)|Geneva]]
| ''[[Further (Geneva album)|Further]]''
|-
| 1997
| [[Brownstone (group)|Brownstone]]
| ''[[Still Climbing (Brownstone album)|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 (album)|Desireless]]''
|-
|1998
| [[Tatyana Ali]]
| ''[[Kiss the Sky (Tatyana Ali album)|Kiss the Sky]]''
|-
| 1999
| [[Cree Summer]]
| ''[[Street Faërie]]''
|-
| 1999
| [[Len (band)|Len]]
| ''[[You Can't Stop the Bum Rush]]''
|-
| 1999
| [[Jennifer Lopez]]
| ''[[On the 6]]''
|-
| 1999
|[[Men of Vizion]]
| ''[[MOV (album)|MOV]]''
|-
| 1999
| [[Jamiroquai]]
| ''[[Synkronized]]''
|}

==Artists==
{{more citations needed section|date=August 2018}}

*[[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 (band)|Len]]
*[[Jennifer Lopez]]
*[[Mary Lou Lord]]
*[[Men of Vizion]] (MJJ Music/Work)
*[[Mercury Rev]]
*[[Midnight Oil]]
*[[Morley (band)|Morley]]
*[[Ned's Atomic Dustbin]]
*[[Heather Nova]]
*[[Pond (American band)|Pond]]
*[[Pressure Drop (band)|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 (band)|Sponge]]
*[[Cree Summer]]
*[[Chris Whitley]]
*[[Count Bass D]]

== See also ==
* [[List of record labels]]

== References ==
{{reflist}}

{{Authority control}}

[[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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