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Night of the Corn People

album by The Bags

Manuscripts, fine bindings, an engraving plate and preserved performance ephemera
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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionDec 10, 2025
Entity authorityQ7033685 ↗
Source-derived summary

Night of the Corn People is the fourth album by The Bags. It was released in 1991 on CD by the Stanton Park music label, the first CD release by the band. A yellow and green vinyl double-LP edition was released the following year by the Italian Helter Skelter Records. Its first disc comprises 12 tracks. The second disc includes the seven-track rock opera "Waiting for Maloney" and bonus tracks.

The album was re-released in 2006 on the Oaf Records label.

In 2007, "The Mole" was featured on the film Air Guitar Nation. "I Smell a Rat" has been covered by Sebadoh.

Editorial summary

This brief starts where responsible research should: with the source description of “Night of the Corn People” as album by The Bags. Everything that follows is an evidence route, not borrowed authority.

Editorial reviewA useful identification and reception guide that helps separate the work itself from editions, performances, ownership and later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1991, 2006, 2007—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1991. The account is most persuasive where Night, Corn and People can be independently traced.
Editorial analysis

Why this record matters

The subject matters to the arts & letters register because the source frames it as album by The Bags. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.

Evidence profile

Attribution, date and provenance are strongest when supported by the original work, a catalogue record and documented transmission. The source revision retrieved here is dated Dec 10, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q7033685. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1991, 2006 and 2007.

Critical limits

Later fame can flatten the distinction between original context, subsequent adaptation and institutional collecting history. The lead is largely declarative, so disagreement and counter-evidence require a deliberate search beyond the opening account. Authority statements aid reconciliation but still require their own references, qualifiers and ranks to be checked.

How to read it

Separate the work, its editions or performances, and its later reception. Catalogue records, publication histories and object files often preserve different parts of that story.

Best used for
  • Identifying works and editions
  • Tracing reception history
  • Finding collection records
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The original object or edition, catalogue raisonné, performance record, rights file and holding institution.

Three-step research path

  1. Establish the record: confirm the title “Night of the Corn People”, its source revision and the description used here.
  2. Expand the search: follow Night of the Corn People primary sources, Night of the Corn People archive and Night research across catalogues and specialist indexes.
  3. Test the account: compare the strongest cited source with the responsible institution’s current record and note any disagreement.

Questions for further research

  1. Which source most directly establishes the central claim about “Night of the Corn People”?
  2. Which edition, object, performance or recording is being described?
  3. Where is authorship, date or provenance documented?
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This entry incorporates text from “Night of the Corn People” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.