A new Wilco album titled "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" was tentatively set for release this fall, but Reprise Records, the band's longtime label, rejected the recording that the band turned in, according to published reports.

David Kahne, the executive vice president of A&R at Warner Brothers, "said that the record was so bad it would kill Wilco's career," one unnamed "source close to the band" reportedly told the Chicago Tribune.

The band, led by ex-Uncle Tupelo member Jeff Tweedy, reportedly thought that "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" did not need the changes suggested by Reprise executives, and has since negotiated its release from the label and bought back the rights to the album. More than 30 labels reportedly are interested in releasing the album.

Wilco's first album, "A.M.," was a fairly straightforward roots-rock album, but the band's subsequent releases have been more adventurous and critically acclaimed. "Summer Teeth," the band's last release, sold about 200,000 copies in the U.S. "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" is said to be more experimental than the bands previous two releases.

"Career-ending this record may be," Tweedy told the Tribune, "in which case I've never had a career [in the conventional sense]. But we've booked a tour and we're going to play in front of a bunch of people, and I can't wait for them to hear the songs on this record."