They wrote most of Contraband without Scott, whereas Libertad was a group effort from the start.
So Scott's influence was definitely more apparent.
yeah, i agree. Contraband sounds like it had a Slash/Duff influence. Libertad was the "we've grown as a band" album. But as Faldor says, some of the blame has to be shared. It would be great if they could get a great singer/songwriter but someone that they could also say "shut up and sing" to lol!