Despite lukewarm reviews and low audience turnout, He Said, She Said was illuminating for Bacon.

Despite the symphony's rejection by the Court and the lukewarm reception on its premiere, Smetana did not abandon the work.

Despite the decent ratings for the initial special, the TV series was received with somewhat lukewarm reviews and ratings.

Despite receiving lukewarm reviews and not being as commercially successful as the Lemonheads ' previous two albums, It's a Shame About Ray and Come On Feel the Lemonheads, Car Button Cloth has gained a minor cult following in recent years.

Despite a lukewarm reception, the album became the band's fourth top-ten hit album in a row and the single " Touch Me " was hugely successful.

Despite many critics giving it a lukewarm reception, a number of critics viewed it in a positive light.

Despite its high-profile guest list, the release was met with lukewarm reception, and Muggs later clarified its status as a preview before the release of Soul Assassins III, the next full-fledged installment of his Soul Assassins series.

Despite the album's lukewarm reception, it spawned a significant hit in " Knockin ' on Heaven's Door ," which would be covered by acts such as Eric Clapton and Guns N ' Roses.

Despite the lukewarm response from critics, the film has attained something of a cult status in later years.

Despite strong censure from the United States, and more lukewarm protests from Berlin, the Turks continue the genocide until the Ottoman Empire is mostly devoid of Armenians.

Despite its lukewarm radio play, it remains a fan favorite and is now considered to be a live show staple for the band.

Despite its significant stylistic departure from the band ’ s iconic debut, lukewarm response from critics, and mixed reactions from fans, Paper Money initially sold twice as many copies as Montrose and was the band ’ s highest-charting release, reaching No. 65 on Billboard ’ s Hot 100.

Despite having given 2, 800 concerts during his career, he sometimes received lukewarm reviews in America in later years, as younger critics were becoming accustomed to modernist playing which stripped romantic interpretation of its agogics and essence.

Despite the lukewarm reception from music critics, it was a commercial success.

Despite the lukewarm reception, In God We Trust nevertheless achieved Gold record status, selling over half a million copies.

Despite the lukewarm reception, sales were strong because of an aggressive advertising campaign.

the duo signed up for an Open Mike performance at the downtown Manhattan campus of Pace University, Despite a lukewarm response from a somewhat befuddled audience, Derevlany and Moritz say that the ukulele is the future of music.

Despite the hopelessness of the response, it is explicable in terms of the crisis of tradition itself.

Despite all this, the idea apparently has captured the imagination of countless youths whose parents are probably more surprised by the response than anybody else.

Despite the less than spectacular response to the Chris Gaines project, Brooks gained his first – and only – US Top 40 pop single in " Lost in You ", the first single from the album.

Despite the arguments " in favor of an adaptive immune response in s-IBM, a purely autoimmune hypothesis for s-IBM is untenable because of the disease's resistance to most immunotherapy.

" Despite his later influence, Karl Marx did not view his work as an ethical or ideological response to nineteenth-century capitalism ( as most later commentators have ).

Despite the more favourable critical response, Cradle of Life suffered a disappointing opening weekend, as it debuted in fourth place with a take of $ 21. 7 million, a 55 % drop from the original's opening gross of $ 47. 7 million.

Despite receiving a rather mixed to negative response, the film became a box office success, grossing US $ 180 million internationally.

Despite stating this was a response to consumer demand to improve taste and texture, there was no " new improved recipe " claim placed on New Zealand labels.

Despite the tepid critical response at the time, Duck Soup is now seen as a classic political farce.

Despite a deeply cynical response to the logo and mascots of the London Games, this torch design appears to have been well accepted in the UK and internationally.

Despite such problems, IMF policy in response to crises, which is supposed to be guided by neoliberal ideas such as the Washington Consensus, is to increase liberalization of the economy and decrease barriers, allowing bigger capital flight and the chance for foreign firms to shore up their monopolies.

Despite the enormous box office success, the critical response to Pearl Harbor at the time of its release tended toward mixed to negative, and the film earned only a 25 % approval rating according to review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes based on 166 reviews with an average rating of 4. 4 / 10, making it Bay's second worst reviewed movie to date, next to Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Despite knowing the correct film, Stempel gives the wrong answer, allowing Van Doren to get a question he previously answered while in Enright's offices ; he provides the winning response.

In response, the SSPX announced, " Despite the fact that most newspapers made a link between Mr. Touvier and the Society, there was in fact no connection.

Despite the slam, listener response was swift and positive.

Despite the mixed response from critics, the film was a commercial success, earning $ 532 million worldwide, making it one of the biggest hits of 2005.

Despite the response from some website sources and a few UK tabloid papers the album failed to reignite the chart success of old and the mainstream media generally ignored the album or gave it a number of poor or indifferent reviews.

Despite being embarrassed by the end results, Hellhammer shipped their demo to a number of heavy metal magazines, such as Great Britain's Metal Forces ; critical response toward them was generally favorable.

Despite a somewhat tepid response to the album, Helloween nonetheless completed a successful world tour, highlighted by the return of classic songs such as " Starlight ", " Murderer ", " Keeper of the Seven Keys " and " How Many Tears " to the setlist.

Despite generating mixed reviews upon its initial release, in 2001, The Hired Hand was fully restored and exhibited at a number of festivals to a generally enthusiastic critical response.

John Slezer | Slezer's Edinburgh Castle c. 1693 depicting the Scottish Union Flag. Despite the drawings described in this letter as showing drafts of the two new patterns, together with any royal response to the complaint which may have accompanied them, having been lost in a fire, other evidence exists, at least on paper, of a Scottish variant whereby the Scottish cross appears uppermost.

" Despite this, Mitchum confided to friends and family that he felt Ryan's Daughter was among his best roles and he always regretted the negative response the film received.

Despite a large buzz around Kitano's first English language film, the film was met with tepid response in the US and abroad.

Despite the lower than anticipated sales numbers and an unenthusiastic response by the American public, the new-age GTO has become a " sought after cult-car ," with many loyal owners.

Despite the poor commercial performance of both Surfer Rosa and " Gigantic ", Ivo Watts-Russell has said that the response to the album was " times five " compared with Come On Pilgrim.