Despite significant accolades – and decent sales in France and Japan – it was a sales failure ( moving less than 120, 000 copies ) in the United States.

Despite its size the town is home to some decent eateries, which include Daddio's pizza parlor, Subway, and McDonald's.

Despite his alcoholism, Garganta de Lata is a very loyal pal and a more than decent father.

Despite his bigotry, he is portrayed as loveable and decent, as well as a man who is simply struggling to adapt to the changes in the world, rather than someone motivated by hateful racism or prejudice.

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

Despite a decent winning percentage, Nashville failed to secure a spot in the playoffs.

Despite winning their first ever game in the PDL, 3-1 over West Virginia Chaos, the Royals suffered spotty form for most of the season thereafter, never quite building up enough of a head of steam to put together a decent run of victories.

Despite one or two decent performances for the Parkhead outift, Dublin was released by manager Gordon Strachan.

Despite these limitations, TSX-Plus is actually able to service up to about 30 simultaneous users while still maintaining decent response times.

Despite this, observers felt that Siegelman did a decent job of managing the limited revenue produced by this system during a national economic downturn.

Despite his start to the season, Andújar had a decent year in 1986, going 12 – 7 with a 3. 82 ERA.

Despite a decent enough start to his Stoke career he went on to have poor performances against Sunderland, Newcastle and Bolton and he was dropped by Pulis and Woodgate admitted that he needs to up his game.

Despite his low average in the minors, Quiroz is a patient hitter who receives a significant number of walks and can hit with decent power.

Despite rumors to the contrary, the film did receive some decent reviews and grossed $ 1, 000, 000 in its initial release, more than sixty times its original investment.

Despite a decent season during which he managed to score six goals, he felt like he could not fully express his potential and returned to France after just one year, to Nîmes and then Saint Étienne, where again he not only imposed himself as one of the best defenders in the league, but also scored 13 goals in his last season with the latter club.

Despite competing against notable and established foreigners Aldair, Thomas Häßler, and Claudio Caniggia for three foreign matchday spots, Mihajlović managed to achieve a first team spot in the left midfield as well as to turn in a decent season with a single goal in 29 league appearances.

" Despite stating Dirge of Cerberus is not " the best use of the Final Fantasy VII universe ," IGN called it " a decent game with a strong story and occasionally-engaging rifle blasting.

Despite his. 234 average, he showed some decent power, working in 24 doubles, five triples and five home runs among his 106 hits.

Despite a 35-21 loss, McCown had a somewhat decent game, throwing for a touchdown and 2 interceptions, with a quarterback rating of 78. 5.

Despite " consistent issues due to weak AI ," they said the AI was decent, and " not awful.

Despite finishing with decent figures of 1 – 19 in 3 overs, England were beaten soundly.

Despite the fact that Black seems a very decent young man, Tam callously manipulates his sister into breaking the engagement.

Despite another decent domestic season in 1973, Birkenshaw was omitted from the England side for both series that summer ( against New Zealand and West Indies ), the 41-year-old Illingworth again being the barrier to his selection.

Despite a decent 39 in difficult conditions at Lords he failed with the bat only scoring 45 runs in 3 matches.

Despite its widespread acclaim, it was not nominated for an Oscar, which created a small scandal regarding the nomination practices of the Academy.

Despite wide critical acclaim for its acts and a dedicated fanbase, Jeepster nevertheless found itself financially troubled by 2002, largely due to increasing recording and marketing costs, and difficulty cultivating the images of their acts in the eye of the general public.

Despite the high sales and critical acclaim of the Lee-Kirby titles, however, Kirby felt treated unfairly, and left the company in 1970 for rival DC.

Despite critical acclaim, Gattaca was not a box office success but it is said to have crystallized the debate over tampering with human genetics.

Despite concerns over his character, Titus ruled to great acclaim following the death of Vespasian in 79, and was considered a good emperor by Suetonius and other contemporary historians.

Despite receiving the greatest critical acclaim of any album in Prince's career, including being named the top album of the year by the Pazz & Jop critics ' poll, and eventually selling 3. 2 million copies, album sales steadily declined.

* Despite critical acclaim, the 1958 Australian musical " Lola Montez " was short-lived.

Despite the unanimous critical acclaim, The Wild Bunch was not a financial success.

Despite some critical acclaim, and a successful UK tour supporting Babes in Toyland and Trumans Water, they failed to achieve mainstream popularity.

Despite considerable critical acclaim, their early releases never gave Mercury Rev more than cult popularity, though they appeared on the smaller second stage at some 1993 Lollapalooza stops.

Despite critical acclaim, the album sold poorly ( or " went lead ", as Lauper says ) and the band broke up.

Despite critical acclaim NBC changed the show's time slot 11 times.

Despite some controversy, the movie received critical acclaim and the award at the movie festival in Sochi, a Special Jury Award and the FIPRESCI Award at an international festival in Turin, the awards in Cottbus, and the Grand Prix in Trieste.

Despite this popular regional acclaim, by mid 1955 Sam Phillips's studio experienced financial difficulties, and he sold Presley's contract in November of that year ; RCA Records ' offer of $ 35, 000 beat out Atlantic Records ' offer of $ 25, 000.

Despite the acclaim, Merman lost the Tony Award to her close friend Mary Martin in The Sound of Music and jokingly quipped, " How are you going to buck a nun?

Despite earning critical acclaim and a sizable fanbase, commercial success eluded the group.

Despite its acclaim, actor-director Roberto Benigni received criticism for its comedic elements incorporated into the backdrop of the Holocaust.

Despite the acclaim they received, Durey did not participate in the group's 1921 collaborative work Les mariés de la tour Eiffel, a decision which was a source of great irritation to Jean Cocteau.

Despite artistic acclaim throughout its history, financial difficulties and funding withdrawals led to its sudden closure in November 1999.

Despite his initial reluctance, like several former gospel singers Aretha Franklin, and Wilson Pickett, Burke was " molded into a more secular direction when he signed with Atlantic in the ' 60s ," and became one of " the " backsliders ," artists who " preferred a secular acclaim to the gospel obscurity ", after deciding eventually that " secular music was not the anithesis of the church but, rather, ' a new avenue, a new dimension to spread the gospel.

Despite this heavy acclaim, he lost the Academy Award for Best Actor to Paul Newman in The Color of Money ; a sequel to The Hustler.

Despite critical acclaim and a cult fanbase, the Boo Radleys were still largely unknown to the general public by the time the Britpop phenomenon broke into the mainstream in 1995.

Despite receiving critical acclaim, they never achieved widespread popularity.

Despite critical acclaim, the show remained dead last in the ratings, and CBS was under more pressure from affiliates to present a more viable morning competitor.