Despite the concerns about the album's uncommercial sound, Pornography became the band's first UK Top 10 album, charting at number eight.

Despite her declining success on the Hot 100, Francis remained a top concert draw, and her singles – now following a more mature style – were charting on the top quarter of Billboard's Adult Contemporary ( AC ) Charts and sometimes even reached Billboard's Country Charts.

Despite being backed by their second-highest charting single " Electricity ", Suede's fourth album, Head Music divided both fans and critics, though it once again took the band to number one on the UK Albums Chart.

Despite a well reviewed 1976 eponymous début on Island Records and a lone charting single, 1977's " My Pearl ", which reached No. 97 on the Billboard Hot 100., the line-up of Automatic Man was not cohesive.

In the same month, the first single " Catch Me Up " entered the UK top 40 at number 36 while " Silence " and " Sweet Virginia " failed to hit top 40. Despite not seeing great success in the UK ( it was their last album to chart in the top 40 ) it was the band's first success in the US, charting at the lower end of the billboard 200.

Despite considerable success in continental Europe – particularly in France, the Netherlands and Germany where they played some of those countries ' most prestigious venues and enjoyed healthy record sales – the band's chart performance in the UK and US was minimal, charting one album, Cunning Stunts at US No. 124.

Despite the song's success at AC radio, it would be Wright's last charting single in the United States.

Despite not being as successful as their past albums, Disciplined Breakdown earned Collective Soul a million-selling album ( charting at # 16 ), and produced a couple of hits, in the form of " Precious Declaration " (# 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks for four weeks ) and " Listen " (# 1 on the Mainstream Rock Tracks for five weeks ), which also charted on the Billboard Hot 100, at # 65 and # 72, respectively.

Despite this, it became one of the best-known and biggest-selling jazz albums, charting highly on the popular albums chart when 50, 000 units sold for a jazz album was impressive.

Despite the strong charting debut, the album failed to return the band to the level of critical and commercial success that had been hoped for with the reunion, and according to Nielsen SoundScan the album has sold about 306, 000 copies in the U. S. to date.

Despite not charting within the top twenty in Australia, it was certified gold by the Australian Recording Industry Association ( ARIA ) for shipments of more than 35, 000 copies within the country.

Despite his own desperate struggle, the Imperial Prince at once complied, demonstrating the high degree of confidence and mutual co-operation between the two generals.

Despite the party's weaknesses, Sinclair gained a high profile as he sought to recall the Midlothian Campaign and once more revitalise the Liberals as the party of a strong foreign policy.

Despite the honey bee's painful sting and the stereotype of insects as pests, bees are generally held in high regard.

Despite this however, the fatality rate per head of population is moderately high, comparable to the United States.

Despite his high profile as one of the world's most popular and recognizable superheroes, Rogers also has a broad understanding of the espionage community, largely through his ongoing relationship with S. H. I. E. L. D.

Despite high ticket prices, the exhibition lost money, with only one recorded sale.

Despite his initial high profile after the end of the Monkees, Jones struggled to establish himself as a solo artist.

Despite proclaiming high clinical standards for himself to gather information ' by means of expert analysis of individual cases ', he would also draw on the reported observations of officials not trained in psychiatry.

Despite these disadvantages, a high operating temperature provides an advantage by removing the need for a precious metal catalyst like platinum, thereby reducing cost.

Despite the efforts of the growers, coffee prices plunged on the international market from a high of more than US $ 2. 25 per kilogram in the mid-1970s to less than US $ 0. 45 per kilogram in the early 1990s.

Despite high expectations, 1975 was among the Astros ' worst in franchise history.

Despite a slowing global economy, Indonesia ’ s economic growth accelerated to a ten-year high of 6. 3 % in 2007.

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 Japan's high standing in the League, the subsequent Lytton Report declared Japan to be the aggressor and demanded Manchuria be returned to the Chinese.

Despite making few forays beyond the arts, his versatility in the disciplines he took up was of such a high order that he is often considered a contender for the title of the archetypal Renaissance man, along with fellow Italian Leonardo da Vinci.

Despite the high priority given by the Dutch government to fighting illegal drug trafficking, the Netherlands continue to be an important transit point for drugs entering Europe.

Despite the estimations held by Hitler and others in the German high command, the Soviet Union was by no means weak.

Despite the high content of chemicals that are noxious to herbivores, some have evolved the ability to withstand the chemical defences of pepper plants, for example the sematurine moth Homidiana subpicta or some flea beetles of the genus Lanka.

Despite the South Korean economy's high growth potential and apparent structural stability, South Korea suffers perpetual damage to its credit rating in the stock market due to the belligerence of North Korea in times of deep military crises, which has an adverse effect on the financial markets of the South Korean economy.

Despite a high emigration rate, the population is growing rapidly, about 1. 2 % per year.

Despite the high population of gays and lesbians who called Greenwich Village home, very few places existed, other than bars, where they were able to congregate openly without being harassed or arrested.

Despite the high level of integration with word processing in general personal computing.

Despite its high price and rarity, thulium is used as the radiation source in portable X-ray devices and in solid-state lasers.

Despite its high cost, portable X-ray devices use thulium that has been bombarded in a nuclear reactor as a radiation source.

Despite high speed play and rapid exchanges, a player can see clearly what side of the racket was used to hit the ball.

Despite the term's humorous intent, CNN, the BBC, and National Public Radio's programs Morning Edition, Day To Day, and All Things Considered have used it several times to discuss public opinion.

Despite converting to Christianity himself, Achebe wrote Things Fall Apart not only in response to the then-common bastardizations of his native people, but to show his fellow citizens that the Igbo were dignified.

Despite promising first-year foot traffic of six million, one million ahead of pre-launch projections, by the summer of 2001 " The Way Things Work " was closed and a major tenant, the Microsoft store, exited in late 2001.

Despite having given " All Things Must Pass " to Billy Preston for his forthcoming album ( released in September 1970 ), Harrison chose to record it himself for what would turn out to be the title song of his post-Beatle " masterpiece ", All Things Must Pass.

Despite its standing as one of his best-known songs, " All Things Must Pass " was not a track that Harrison ever played in concert, although it was included on a preliminary setlist for the 1971 Concert for Bangladesh shows.

Despite the initial rejections, Collective Soul independently released Hints, Allegations & Things Left Unsaid in 1993 on a label called Rising Storm.