Question: To which numbered album in his series of albums does Garth Brooks' song "The River" belong?

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The Garth Brooks World Tour (1996–98): The Garth Brooks World Tour(1996–98) was a concert tour by American country pop artist Garth Brooks.  Launching in support of Brooks' albums, "Fresh Horses", and later "Sevens", the tour followed Brooks' 1993–94 tour and also featured appearances by Trisha Yearwood.  Even though this was Brooks' final concert tour before his retirement in 2001, it drew record-breaking crowds in North America, 2 places in Ireland, and one place in South America, becoming the third-most attended concert tour of all time, as well as one of the decade's highest-grossing concert tours.

Greatest Hits (Chris Gaines album): Greatest Hits, also titled Garth Brooks in... The Life of Chris Gaines, is an album by American country music artist Garth Brooks, in which Brooks assumes the fictitious persona of Australian rock artist Chris Gaines.  Originally, this album was intended to be the soundtrack for a movie called "The Lamb" that would star Brooks as a rock star recalling the different periods of his life.  This album was purposely released a year in advance from the scheduled film release date to pique interest in Brooks performing rock instead of country.  "The Lamb", however, was never filmed due to financial and management problems.

Not Counting You: "Not Counting You" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks.  It was released in January 1990 as the third single from his album "Garth Brooks".  It peaked at #2 in the United States, while it was a number-one in Canada.  According to "The Garth Brooks Story" T.V. special, this was the first song Garth Brooks ever recorded.

The River (Garth Brooks song): "The River" is a song co-written and recorded by American country music singer Garth Brooks.  It was released in April 1992 as the fifth and final single from his album "Ropin' the Wind", and in late 1991 it became his ninth Number One hit on the "Billboard" country charts.  The song was written by Brooks and Victoria Shaw.  It has appeared on three albums that have sold more than ten million copies each in the US alone, these being Ropin' The Wind, The Hits and Double Live.

If Tomorrow Never Comes: "If Tomorrow Never Comes" is a song recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks.  Written by Brooks and Kent Blazy, it was released in August 1989 as the second single from his album "Garth Brooks" and also appears on "The Hits", "The Limited Series" and "Double Live".  This was his first #1 single on the Billboard Country Singles chart.  It is also sometimes referred to as his signature song.  "If Tomorrow Never Comes" was named Favorite Country Single in the American Music Awards of 1991.  It has subsequently become one of Brooks' most popular songs for other artists to perform.  The song has been covered by several artists, including Ronan Keating, who took it to Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart in May 2002.

Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old): "Much Too Young (To Feel This Damn Old)" is a debut single recorded by American country music artist Garth Brooks.  It was released in March 1989 as the first single from his self-titled debut album.  It was also featured on "The Garth Brooks Collection", "The Hits" and "The Ultimate Hits".  It was co-written by Garth Brooks and Randy Taylor.  In the U.S., the song peaked at #8 on the "Billboard" Hot Country Songs chart.

The Hits (Garth Brooks album): The Hits is the second compilation album and first wide-released greatest hits album from American country music artist Garth Brooks.  Brooks first greatest hits album, "The Garth Brooks Collection", was released three months earlier exclusively at McDonald's restaurants for a limited time to raise money for the Ronald McDonald Children's Charities.  "The Hits" was released on December 13, 1994 and is now out of print.  This was due to Brooks' views for whole record sales, instead of albums of singles.  He insisted it only be available for a limited time, but not before it sold well over ten million copies (which at that time became his first album to achieve Diamond Series).  "The Hits" debuted at #1 on the "Billboard" 200, and Top Country Albums.  A CD Zoom containing 20-second sound bites of 61 songs accompanied "The Hits".  In June 1995, the master was buried under Brooks’ star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.

Ropin' the Wind: Ropin' the Wind is the third studio album by American country music artist Garth Brooks.  It was released on September 2, 1991 and was his first studio album to debut at No. 1 the "Billboard" 200 chart and the Top Country Albums chart.  It was the first album by a country singer to top both of these charts since Kenny Rogers did just over a decade earlier.  It enjoyed four runs at No. 1 between September 28, 1991 – April 3, 1992, spending a combined 18 weeks at the top, eventually being certified 14x Platinum by the RIAA in 1998.  In the UK it reached the Top 50 pop albums list and went to No. 1 for several months on the country charts.  It has gone to sell 17 million copies worldwide.

Garth Brooks (album): Garth Brooks is the debut studio album of American country music artist Garth Brooks, released on April 12, 1989 through Capitol Nashville.  It was both a critical and chart success, peaking at #13 on the "Billboard" 200 and at #2 on the Top Country Albums chart.  The album has been certified diamond by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) for shipments over ten million copies.  This is Garth's only album to have a neotraditional country sound before developing a more crossover-friendly country-pop sound.

Billy Ray Cyrus discography: Billy Ray Cyrus is an American country music singer, songwriter, actor and philanthropist, who helped make country music a worldwide phenomenon.  He has released 12 studio albums and 44 singles since 1992, and is best known for his number one single "Achy Breaky Heart", which became the first single ever to achieve triple Platinum status in Australia and was the best-selling single of 1992 in the same country.  Thanks to the video of the song, the linedance entered the mainstream, becoming a worldwide craze.  Cyrus, a multi-platinum selling recording artist, has scored a total of eight top-ten singles on the Billboard Country Songs chart.  His most successful album to date is the debut of "Some Gave All", which has been certified 9× multi-platinum in the United States and is the longest time spent by a debut artist at number one on the "Billboard" 200 (17 consecutive weeks) and most consecutive chart-topping weeks in the SoundScan era.  It is the only album (from any genre) in the SoundScan era to log 17 consecutive weeks at number one and is also the second-highest selling debut album by a male country artist after Garth Brooks'.  It ranked 43 weeks in the top 10, a total topped by only one country album in history, "Ropin' the Wind" by Garth Brooks.  "Some Gave All" was also the first debut album to enter at the number 1 in the Billboard Country Albums.  The album has also sold more than 20 million copies worldwide and is the best-selling debut album of all time for a solo male artist. " Some Gave All" was also the best-selling album of 1992 in the US with 4,832,000 copies.  In his career, he has released 35 charted singles, of which 16 have charted in the top 40.

Supporting paragraphs: The River (Garth Brooks song) Ropin' the Wind
Answer: third