Some Girls Wander by Mistake is a compilation album consisting of the four early independent vinyl EP sides and every early independent vinyl single side released by the British band The Sisters of Mercy from 1980 to 1983, with tracks 14 to 16 being the Damage Done EP and tracks 5 to 10 being the Reptile House EP, which have been released originally in 1980 and 1983, respectively. In the UK this CD was been released in April 1992 on the band's own label Merciful Release under distribution to Eastwest/Warner Music UK.
SOME GIRLS WANDER BY MISTAKE gathers 19 of Sister of Mercy's early goth/dark wave single into one album.
For over a decade, the early singles of Andrew Eldritch's goth crew, the Sisters of Mercy, existed only in a limited-edition vinyl format. They also went for fairly high prices, something that led to extensive bootlegging. Thankfully, in 1992 head honcho Eldritch decided to release all of the Sisters' pre-major-label material on a single compilation CD. He was rewarded with a U.K. number one album, and the opportunity to buy himself a new Porsche. The title comes from a Leonard Cohen song,