Draft:The Working Hour: An Introduction to Tears for Fears

"The Working Hour: An Introduction to Tears for Fears" is a compilation album by the English pop rock band Tears for Fears. Released by Mercury Records on 26 March 2001.

Release
The album was released in Europe, Japan and France (as a promo cd).

Reception
James Christopher Monger of Allmusic states "Universal/Mercury's Working Hour: An Introduction to Tears for Fears collects 15 tracks from the mercurial English pop group, culled from all of their albums up to 1994's Elemental. While there are a number of radio hits here ("Pale Shelter," "Shout," "Head Over Heels," "Sowing the Seeds of Love") the omission of key tracks like "Mad World" and "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" keeps the collection relegated to the shadows behind far better overviews like Shout: The Very Best of Tears for Fears and 2006's Gold."