diff --git a/core/includes/database.inc b/core/includes/database.inc
index 216c88e..1f9e418 100644
--- a/core/includes/database.inc
+++ b/core/includes/database.inc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ use Drupal\Core\Database\Query\Condition;
  * $result = db_query_range('SELECT n.nid, n.title, n.created
  *   FROM {node} n WHERE n.uid = :uid', 0, 10, array(':uid' => $uid));
  * foreach ($result as $record) {
- *   // Perform operations on $node->title, etc. here.
+ *   // Perform operations on $node->label(), etc. here.
  * }
  * @endcode
  * Curly braces are used around "node" to provide table prefixing via
diff --git a/core/includes/form.inc b/core/includes/form.inc
index c94bc62..c876db8 100644
--- a/core/includes/form.inc
+++ b/core/includes/form.inc
@@ -4585,8 +4585,8 @@ function _form_set_class(&$element, $class = array()) {
  *   //   and the batch processing can continue to the next operation.
  *
  *   $node = node_load(array('uid' => $uid, 'type' => $type));
- *   $context['results'][] = $node->nid . ' : ' . check_plain($node->title);
- *   $context['message'] = check_plain($node->title);
+ *   $context['results'][] = $node->nid . ' : ' . check_plain($node->label());
+ *   $context['message'] = check_plain($node->label());
  * }
  *
  * // More advanced example: multi-step operation - load all nodes, five by five
@@ -4605,10 +4605,10 @@ function _form_set_class(&$element, $class = array()) {
  *     ->execute();
  *   foreach ($result as $row) {
  *     $node = node_load($row->nid, NULL, TRUE);
- *     $context['results'][] = $node->nid . ' : ' . check_plain($node->title);
+ *     $context['results'][] = $node->nid . ' : ' . check_plain($node->label());
  *     $context['sandbox']['progress']++;
  *     $context['sandbox']['current_node'] = $node->nid;
- *     $context['message'] = check_plain($node->title);
+ *     $context['message'] = check_plain($node->label());
  *   }
  *   if ($context['sandbox']['progress'] != $context['sandbox']['max']) {
  *     $context['finished'] = $context['sandbox']['progress'] / $context['sandbox']['max'];
diff --git a/core/modules/book/book.admin.inc b/core/modules/book/book.admin.inc
index 80a0770..740e7c0 100644
--- a/core/modules/book/book.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/book/book.admin.inc
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ function book_admin_settings_validate($form, &$form_state) {
  * @ingroup forms
  */
 function book_admin_edit($form, $form_state, Node $node) {
-  drupal_set_title($node->title);
+  drupal_set_title($node->label());
   $form['#node'] = $node;
   _book_admin_table($node, $form);
   $form['save'] = array(
@@ -135,15 +135,15 @@ function book_admin_edit_submit($form, &$form_state) {
         $node->title = $values['title'];
         $node->book['link_title'] = $values['title'];
         $node->revision = 1;
-        $node->log = t('Title changed from %original to %current.', array('%original' => $node->title, '%current' => $values['title']));
+        $node->log = t('Title changed from %original to %current.', array('%original' => $node->label(), '%current' => $values['title']));
 
         $node->save();
-        watchdog('content', 'book: updated %title.', array('%title' => $node->title), WATCHDOG_NOTICE, l(t('view'), 'node/' . $node->nid));
+        watchdog('content', 'book: updated %title.', array('%title' => $node->label()), WATCHDOG_NOTICE, l(t('view'), 'node/' . $node->nid));
       }
     }
   }
 
-  drupal_set_message(t('Updated book %title.', array('%title' => $form['#node']->title)));
+  drupal_set_message(t('Updated book %title.', array('%title' => $form['#node']->label())));
 }
 
 /**
diff --git a/core/modules/book/book.module b/core/modules/book/book.module
index bbdfab3..a3bcf39 100644
--- a/core/modules/book/book.module
+++ b/core/modules/book/book.module
@@ -571,7 +571,7 @@ function _book_add_form_elements(&$form, &$form_state, Node $node) {
 
   if (isset($node->nid) && ($nid == $node->book['original_bid']) && ($node->book['parent_depth_limit'] == 0)) {
     // This is the top level node in a maximum depth book and thus cannot be moved.
-    $options[$node->nid] = $node->title;
+    $options[$node->nid] = $node->label();
   }
   else {
     foreach (book_get_books() as $book) {
@@ -640,7 +640,7 @@ function _book_update_outline(Node $node) {
   $new = empty($node->book['mlid']);
 
   $node->book['link_path'] = 'node/' . $node->nid;
-  $node->book['link_title'] = $node->title;
+  $node->book['link_title'] = $node->label();
   $node->book['parent_mismatch'] = FALSE; // The normal case.
 
   if ($node->book['bid'] == $node->nid) {
@@ -1045,7 +1045,7 @@ function book_form_node_delete_confirm_alter(&$form, $form_state) {
 
   if (isset($node->book) && $node->book['has_children']) {
     $form['book_warning'] = array(
-      '#markup' => '<p>' . t('%title is part of a book outline, and has associated child pages. If you proceed with deletion, the child pages will be relocated automatically.', array('%title' => $node->title)) . '</p>',
+      '#markup' => '<p>' . t('%title is part of a book outline, and has associated child pages. If you proceed with deletion, the child pages will be relocated automatically.', array('%title' => $node->label())) . '</p>',
       '#weight' => -10,
     );
   }
@@ -1319,7 +1319,7 @@ function book_node_export(Node $node, $children = '') {
  */
 function template_preprocess_book_node_export_html(&$variables) {
   $variables['depth'] = $variables['node']->book['depth'];
-  $variables['title'] = check_plain($variables['node']->title);
+  $variables['title'] = check_plain($variables['node']->label());
   $variables['content'] = $variables['node']->rendered;
 }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/book/book.pages.inc b/core/modules/book/book.pages.inc
index 3ca79bd..90b2192 100644
--- a/core/modules/book/book.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/book/book.pages.inc
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ function book_export_html($nid) {
     if (isset($node->book)) {
       $tree = book_menu_subtree_data($node->book);
       $contents = book_export_traverse($tree, 'book_node_export');
-      return theme('book_export_html', array('title' => $node->title, 'contents' => $contents, 'depth' => $node->book['depth']));
+      return theme('book_export_html', array('title' => $node->label(), 'contents' => $contents, 'depth' => $node->book['depth']));
     }
     else {
       throw new NotFoundHttpException();
@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ function book_export_html($nid) {
  * @see book_menu()
  */
 function book_outline(Node $node) {
-  drupal_set_title($node->title);
+  drupal_set_title($node->label());
   return drupal_get_form('book_outline_form', $node);
 }
 
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@ function book_outline_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  */
 function book_remove_form($form, &$form_state, Node $node) {
   $form['#node'] = $node;
-  $title = array('%title' => $node->title);
+  $title = array('%title' => $node->label());
 
   if ($node->book['has_children']) {
     $description = t('%title has associated child pages, which will be relocated automatically to maintain their connection to the book. To recreate the hierarchy (as it was before removing this page), %title may be added again using the Outline tab, and each of its former child pages will need to be relocated manually.', $title);
diff --git a/core/modules/book/lib/Drupal/book/Tests/BookTest.php b/core/modules/book/lib/Drupal/book/Tests/BookTest.php
index 9431789..7e7aee8 100644
--- a/core/modules/book/lib/Drupal/book/Tests/BookTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/book/lib/Drupal/book/Tests/BookTest.php
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@ class BookTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     // Check previous, up, and next links.
     if ($previous) {
-      $this->assertRaw(l('<b>‹</b> ' . $previous->title, 'node/' . $previous->nid, array('html'=> TRUE, 'attributes' => array('rel' => array('prev'), 'title' => t('Go to previous page')))), t('Previous page link found.'));
+      $this->assertRaw(l('<b>‹</b> ' . $previous->label(), 'node/' . $previous->nid, array('html'=> TRUE, 'attributes' => array('rel' => array('prev'), 'title' => t('Go to previous page')))), t('Previous page link found.'));
     }
 
     if ($up) {
@@ -150,7 +150,7 @@ class BookTest extends WebTestBase {
     }
 
     if ($next) {
-      $this->assertRaw(l($next->title . ' <b>›</b>', 'node/' . $next->nid, array('html'=> TRUE, 'attributes' => array('rel' => array('next'), 'title' => t('Go to next page')))), t('Next page link found.'));
+      $this->assertRaw(l($next->label() . ' <b>›</b>', 'node/' . $next->nid, array('html'=> TRUE, 'attributes' => array('rel' => array('next'), 'title' => t('Go to next page')))), t('Next page link found.'));
     }
 
     // Compute the expected breadcrumb.
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class BookTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     // Check printer friendly version.
     $this->drupalGet('book/export/html/' . $node->nid);
-    $this->assertText($node->title, t('Printer friendly title found.'));
+    $this->assertText($node->label(), t('Printer friendly title found.'));
     $this->assertRaw(check_markup($node->body[LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED][0]['value'], $node->body[LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED][0]['format']), t('Printer friendly body found.'));
 
     $number++;
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ class BookTest extends WebTestBase {
   function generateOutlinePattern($nodes) {
     $outline = '';
     foreach ($nodes as $node) {
-      $outline .= '(node\/' . $node->nid . ')(.*?)(' . $node->title . ')(.*?)';
+      $outline .= '(node\/' . $node->nid . ')(.*?)(' . $node->label() . ')(.*?)';
     }
 
     return '/<nav id="book-navigation-' . $this->book->nid . '"(.*?)<ul(.*?)' . $outline . '<\/ul>/s';
@@ -241,7 +241,7 @@ class BookTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     // Make sure each part of the book is there.
     foreach ($nodes as $node) {
-      $this->assertText($node->title, t('Node title found in printer friendly version.'));
+      $this->assertText($node->label(), t('Node title found in printer friendly version.'));
       $this->assertRaw(check_markup($node->body[LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED][0]['value'], $node->body[LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED][0]['format']), t('Node body found in printer friendly version.'));
     }
 
@@ -292,8 +292,8 @@ class BookTest extends WebTestBase {
     $nodes = $this->createBook();
     $this->drupalGet('<front>');
     $this->assertText($block_title, t('Book navigation block is displayed.'));
-    $this->assertText($this->book->title, t('Link to book root (@title) is displayed.', array('@title' => $nodes[0]->title)));
-    $this->assertNoText($nodes[0]->title, t('No links to individual book pages are displayed.'));
+    $this->assertText($this->book->label(), t('Link to book root (@title) is displayed.', array('@title' => $nodes[0]->label())));
+    $this->assertNoText($nodes[0]->label(), t('No links to individual book pages are displayed.'));
   }
 
   /**
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/comment.pages.inc b/core/modules/comment/comment.pages.inc
index 5176846..3167bd7 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/comment.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/comment/comment.pages.inc
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ use Symfony\Component\HttpKernel\Exception\NotFoundHttpException;
  */
 function comment_reply(Node $node, $pid = NULL) {
   // Set the breadcrumb trail.
-  drupal_set_breadcrumb(array(l(t('Home'), NULL), l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid)));
+  drupal_set_breadcrumb(array(l(t('Home'), NULL), l($node->label(), 'node/' . $node->nid)));
   $op = isset($_POST['op']) ? $_POST['op'] : '';
   $build = array();
 
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/comment.tokens.inc b/core/modules/comment/comment.tokens.inc
index 1c6a7ee..f4a401d 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/comment.tokens.inc
+++ b/core/modules/comment/comment.tokens.inc
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ function comment_tokens($type, $tokens, array $data = array(), array $options =
 
         case 'node':
           $node = node_load($comment->nid);
-          $title = $node->title;
+          $title = $node->label();
           $replacements[$original] = $sanitize ? filter_xss($title) : $title;
           break;
       }
diff --git a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/CommentTokenReplaceTest.php b/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/CommentTokenReplaceTest.php
index a658cfb..c975b3c 100644
--- a/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/CommentTokenReplaceTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/comment/lib/Drupal/comment/Tests/CommentTokenReplaceTest.php
@@ -64,7 +64,7 @@ class CommentTokenReplaceTest extends CommentTestBase {
     $tests['[comment:parent:cid]'] = $comment->pid;
     $tests['[comment:parent:title]'] = check_plain($parent_comment->subject);
     $tests['[comment:node:nid]'] = $comment->nid;
-    $tests['[comment:node:title]'] = check_plain($node->title);
+    $tests['[comment:node:title]'] = check_plain($node->label());
     $tests['[comment:author:uid]'] = $comment->uid;
     $tests['[comment:author:name]'] = check_plain($this->admin_user->name);
 
@@ -84,7 +84,7 @@ class CommentTokenReplaceTest extends CommentTestBase {
     $tests['[comment:title]'] = $comment->subject;
     $tests['[comment:body]'] = $comment->comment_body[LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED][0]['value'];
     $tests['[comment:parent:title]'] = $parent_comment->subject;
-    $tests['[comment:node:title]'] = $node->title;
+    $tests['[comment:node:title]'] = $node->label();
     $tests['[comment:author:name]'] = $this->admin_user->name;
 
     foreach ($tests as $input => $expected) {
diff --git a/core/modules/field/field.api.php b/core/modules/field/field.api.php
index a99c275..a7f398a 100644
--- a/core/modules/field/field.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/field/field.api.php
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ function hook_field_storage_pre_insert($entity_type, $entity, &$skip_fields) {
       foreach ($language as $delta) {
         $query->values(array(
           'nid' => $entity->nid,
-          'title' => $entity->title,
+          'title' => $entity->label(),
           'tid' => $delta['value'],
           'sticky' => $entity->sticky,
           'created' => $entity->created,
@@ -2195,7 +2195,7 @@ function hook_field_storage_pre_update($entity_type, $entity, &$skip_fields) {
         foreach ($language as $delta) {
           $query->values(array(
             'nid' => $entity->nid,
-            'title' => $entity->title,
+            'title' => $entity->label(),
             'tid' => $delta['value'],
             'sticky' => $entity->sticky,
             'created' => $entity->created,
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/forum.module b/core/modules/forum/forum.module
index 2f17042..626cd54 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/forum.module
+++ b/core/modules/forum/forum.module
@@ -529,7 +529,7 @@ function forum_field_storage_pre_insert($entity_type, $entity, &$skip_fields) {
       foreach ($language as $item) {
         $query->values(array(
           'nid' => $entity->nid,
-          'title' => $entity->title,
+          'title' => $entity->label(),
           'tid' => $item['tid'],
           'sticky' => $entity->sticky,
           'created' => $entity->created,
@@ -565,7 +565,7 @@ function forum_field_storage_pre_update($entity_type, $entity, &$skip_fields) {
         foreach ($language as $item) {
           $query->values(array(
             'nid' => $entity->nid,
-            'title' => $entity->title,
+            'title' => $entity->label(),
             'tid' => $item['tid'],
             'sticky' => $entity->sticky,
             'created' => $entity->created,
@@ -727,7 +727,7 @@ function forum_form(Node $node, &$form_state) {
   $form['title'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => check_plain($type->title_label),
-    '#default_value' => !empty($node->title) ? $node->title : '',
+    '#default_value' => !empty($node->label()) ? $node->label() : '',
     '#required' => TRUE, '#weight' => -5
   );
 
@@ -1165,12 +1165,12 @@ function template_preprocess_forum_topic_list(&$variables) {
       // them is a shadow copy.
       if ($variables['tid'] != $topic->forum_tid) {
         $variables['topics'][$id]->moved = TRUE;
-        $variables['topics'][$id]->title = check_plain($topic->title);
+        $variables['topics'][$id]->title = check_plain($topic->label());
         $variables['topics'][$id]->message = l(t('This topic has been moved'), "forum/$topic->forum_tid");
       }
       else {
         $variables['topics'][$id]->moved = FALSE;
-        $variables['topics'][$id]->title = l($topic->title, "node/$topic->nid");
+        $variables['topics'][$id]->title = l($topic->label(), "node/$topic->nid");
         $variables['topics'][$id]->message = '';
       }
       $variables['topics'][$id]->created = theme('forum_submitted', array('topic' => $topic));
diff --git a/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php b/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php
index 49f136d..e3fe281 100644
--- a/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/forum/lib/Drupal/forum/Tests/ForumTest.php
@@ -495,7 +495,7 @@ class ForumTest extends WebTestBase {
     // View forum node.
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid);
     $this->assertResponse(200);
-    $this->assertTitle($node->title . ' | Drupal', t('Forum node was displayed'));
+    $this->assertTitle($node->label() . ' | Drupal', t('Forum node was displayed'));
     $breadcrumb = array(
       l(t('Home'), NULL),
       l(t('Forums'), 'forum'),
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ class ForumTest extends WebTestBase {
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid . '/edit');
     $this->assertResponse($response);
     if ($response == 200) {
-      $this->assertTitle('Edit Forum topic ' . $node->title . ' | Drupal', t('Forum edit node was displayed'));
+      $this->assertTitle('Edit Forum topic ' . $node->label() . ' | Drupal', t('Forum edit node was displayed'));
     }
 
     if ($response == 200) {
diff --git a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePathTest.php b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePathTest.php
index 61fd67f..69d925a 100644
--- a/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePathTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/locale/lib/Drupal/locale/Tests/LocalePathTest.php
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ class LocalePathTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     // Confirm English language path alias works.
     $this->drupalGet($english_path);
-    $this->assertText($node->title, t('English alias works.'));
+    $this->assertText($node->label(), t('English alias works.'));
 
     // Confirm custom language path alias works.
     $this->drupalGet($prefix . '/' . $custom_language_path);
-    $this->assertText($node->title, t('Custom language alias works.'));
+    $this->assertText($node->label(), t('Custom language alias works.'));
 
     // Create a custom path.
     $custom_path = $this->randomName(8);
@@ -132,18 +132,18 @@ class LocalePathTest extends WebTestBase {
     // Test that both node titles link to our path alias.
     $this->drupalGet('<front>');
     $custom_path_url = base_path() . $GLOBALS['script_path'] . $custom_path;
-    $elements = $this->xpath('//a[@href=:href and .=:title]', array(':href' => $custom_path_url, ':title' => $first_node->title));
+    $elements = $this->xpath('//a[@href=:href and .=:title]', array(':href' => $custom_path_url, ':title' => $first_node->label()));
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($elements), t('First node links to the path alias.'));
-    $elements = $this->xpath('//a[@href=:href and .=:title]', array(':href' => $custom_path_url, ':title' => $second_node->title));
+    $elements = $this->xpath('//a[@href=:href and .=:title]', array(':href' => $custom_path_url, ':title' => $second_node->label()));
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($elements), t('Second node links to the path alias.'));
 
     // Confirm that the custom path leads to the first node.
     $this->drupalGet($custom_path);
-    $this->assertText($first_node->title, t('Custom alias returns first node.'));
+    $this->assertText($first_node->label(), t('Custom alias returns first node.'));
 
     // Confirm that the custom path with prefix leads to the second node.
     $this->drupalGet($prefix . '/' . $custom_path);
-    $this->assertText($second_node->title, t('Custom alias with prefix returns second node.'));
+    $this->assertText($second_node->label(), t('Custom alias with prefix returns second node.'));
 
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/menu/lib/Drupal/menu/Tests/MenuTest.php b/core/modules/menu/lib/Drupal/menu/Tests/MenuTest.php
index 4cdf809..b34092e 100644
--- a/core/modules/menu/lib/Drupal/menu/Tests/MenuTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/menu/lib/Drupal/menu/Tests/MenuTest.php
@@ -355,7 +355,7 @@ class MenuTest extends WebTestBase {
 
       // Verify menu link link.
       $this->clickLink($title);
-      $title = $parent_node->title;
+      $title = $parent_node->label();
       $this->assertTitle(t("@title | Drupal", array('@title' => $title)), t('Parent menu link link target was correct'));
     }
 
@@ -365,7 +365,7 @@ class MenuTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     // Verify menu link link.
     $this->clickLink($title);
-    $title = $item_node->title;
+    $title = $item_node->label();
     $this->assertTitle(t("@title | Drupal", array('@title' => $title)), t('Menu link link target was correct'));
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessPagerTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessPagerTest.php
index 1d2c588..2506965 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessPagerTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeAccessPagerTest.php
@@ -54,7 +54,7 @@ class NodeAccessPagerTest extends WebTestBase {
     // View the node page. With the default 50 comments per page there should
     // be two pages (0, 1) but no third (2) page.
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid);
-    $this->assertText($node->title, t('Node title found.'));
+    $this->assertText($node->label(), t('Node title found.'));
     $this->assertText(t('Comments'), t('Has a comments section.'));
     $this->assertRaw('page=1', t('Secound page exists.'));
     $this->assertNoRaw('page=2', t('No third page exists.'));
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeBlockFunctionalTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeBlockFunctionalTest.php
index 38ef8b3..36f3040 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeBlockFunctionalTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeBlockFunctionalTest.php
@@ -85,12 +85,12 @@ class NodeBlockFunctionalTest extends NodeTestBase {
 
     // Test that only the 2 latest nodes are shown.
     $this->drupalLogin($this->web_user);
-    $this->assertNoText($node1->title, t('Node not found in block.'));
-    $this->assertText($node2->title, t('Node found in block.'));
-    $this->assertText($node3->title, t('Node found in block.'));
+    $this->assertNoText($node1->label(), t('Node not found in block.'));
+    $this->assertText($node2->label(), t('Node found in block.'));
+    $this->assertText($node3->label(), t('Node found in block.'));
 
     // Check to make sure nodes are in the right order.
-    $this->assertTrue($this->xpath('//div[@id="block-node-recent"]/div/table/tbody/tr[position() = 1]/td/div/a[text() = "' . $node3->title . '"]'), t('Nodes were ordered correctly in block.'));
+    $this->assertTrue($this->xpath('//div[@id="block-node-recent"]/div/table/tbody/tr[position() = 1]/td/div/a[text() = "' . $node3->label() . '"]'), t('Nodes were ordered correctly in block.'));
 
     // Set the number of recent nodes to show to 10.
     $this->drupalLogout();
@@ -109,10 +109,10 @@ class NodeBlockFunctionalTest extends NodeTestBase {
 
     // Test that all four nodes are shown.
     $this->drupalGet('');
-    $this->assertText($node1->title, t('Node found in block.'));
-    $this->assertText($node2->title, t('Node found in block.'));
-    $this->assertText($node3->title, t('Node found in block.'));
-    $this->assertText($node4->title, t('Node found in block.'));
+    $this->assertText($node1->label(), t('Node found in block.'));
+    $this->assertText($node2->label(), t('Node found in block.'));
+    $this->assertText($node3->label(), t('Node found in block.'));
+    $this->assertText($node4->label(), t('Node found in block.'));
 
     // Create the custom block.
     $custom_block = array();
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeLoadMultipleTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeLoadMultipleTest.php
index d08553c..dd7f9da 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeLoadMultipleTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeLoadMultipleTest.php
@@ -37,15 +37,15 @@ class NodeLoadMultipleTest extends NodeTestBase {
 
     // Confirm that promoted nodes appear in the default node listing.
     $this->drupalGet('node');
-    $this->assertText($node1->title, t('Node title appears on the default listing.'));
-    $this->assertText($node2->title, t('Node title appears on the default listing.'));
-    $this->assertNoText($node3->title, t('Node title does not appear in the default listing.'));
-    $this->assertNoText($node4->title, t('Node title does not appear in the default listing.'));
+    $this->assertText($node1->label(), t('Node title appears on the default listing.'));
+    $this->assertText($node2->label(), t('Node title appears on the default listing.'));
+    $this->assertNoText($node3->label(), t('Node title does not appear in the default listing.'));
+    $this->assertNoText($node4->label(), t('Node title does not appear in the default listing.'));
 
     // Load nodes with only a condition. Nodes 3 and 4 will be loaded.
     $nodes = node_load_multiple(FALSE, array('promote' => 0));
-    $this->assertEqual($node3->title, $nodes[$node3->nid]->title, t('Node was loaded.'));
-    $this->assertEqual($node4->title, $nodes[$node4->nid]->title, t('Node was loaded.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($node3->label(), $nodes[$node3->nid]->label(), t('Node was loaded.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($node4->label(), $nodes[$node4->nid]->label(), t('Node was loaded.'));
     $count = count($nodes);
     $this->assertTrue($count == 2, t('@count nodes loaded.', array('@count' => $count)));
 
@@ -64,9 +64,9 @@ class NodeLoadMultipleTest extends NodeTestBase {
     $nodes = node_load_multiple(array(1, 2, 3, 4), array('type' => 'article'));
     $count = count($nodes);
     $this->assertTrue($count == 3, t('@count nodes loaded', array('@count' => $count)));
-    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node1->nid]->title, $node1->title, t('Node successfully loaded.'));
-    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node2->nid]->title, $node2->title, t('Node successfully loaded.'));
-    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node3->nid]->title, $node3->title, t('Node successfully loaded.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node1->nid]->label(), $node1->label(), t('Node successfully loaded.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node2->nid]->label(), $node2->label(), t('Node successfully loaded.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node3->nid]->label(), $node3->label(), t('Node successfully loaded.'));
     $this->assertFalse(isset($nodes[$node4->nid]));
 
     // Now that all nodes have been loaded into the static cache, ensure that
@@ -74,15 +74,15 @@ class NodeLoadMultipleTest extends NodeTestBase {
     $nodes = node_load_multiple(array(1, 2, 3, 4), array('type' => 'article'));
     $count = count($nodes);
     $this->assertTrue($count == 3, t('@count nodes loaded.', array('@count' => $count)));
-    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node1->nid]->title, $node1->title, t('Node successfully loaded'));
-    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node2->nid]->title, $node2->title, t('Node successfully loaded'));
-    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node3->nid]->title, $node3->title, t('Node successfully loaded'));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node1->nid]->label(), $node1->label(), t('Node successfully loaded'));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node2->nid]->label(), $node2->label(), t('Node successfully loaded'));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node3->nid]->label(), $node3->label(), t('Node successfully loaded'));
     $this->assertFalse(isset($nodes[$node4->nid]), t('Node was not loaded'));
 
     // Load nodes by nid, where type = article and promote = 0.
     $nodes = node_load_multiple(array(1, 2, 3, 4), array('type' => 'article', 'promote' => 0));
     $count = count($nodes);
     $this->assertTrue($count == 1, t('@count node loaded', array('@count' => $count)));
-    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node3->nid]->title, $node3->title, t('Node successfully loaded.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($nodes[$node3->nid]->label(), $node3->label(), t('Node successfully loaded.'));
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsTest.php
index c7f29fa..4c0f924 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeRevisionsTest.php
@@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ class NodeRevisionsTest extends NodeTestBase {
     // Confirm that revisions revert properly.
     $this->drupalPost("node/$node->nid/revisions/{$nodes[1]->vid}/revert", array(), t('Revert'));
     $this->assertRaw(t('@type %title has been reverted back to the revision from %revision-date.',
-                        array('@type' => 'Basic page', '%title' => $nodes[1]->title,
+                        array('@type' => 'Basic page', '%title' => $nodes[1]->label(),
                               '%revision-date' => format_date($nodes[1]->revision_timestamp))), t('Revision reverted.'));
     $reverted_node = node_load($node->nid);
     $this->assertTrue(($nodes[1]->body[LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED][0]['value'] == $reverted_node->body[LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED][0]['value']), t('Node reverted correctly.'));
@@ -87,7 +87,7 @@ class NodeRevisionsTest extends NodeTestBase {
     $this->drupalPost("node/$node->nid/revisions/{$nodes[1]->vid}/delete", array(), t('Delete'));
     $this->assertRaw(t('Revision from %revision-date of @type %title has been deleted.',
                         array('%revision-date' => format_date($nodes[1]->revision_timestamp),
-                              '@type' => 'Basic page', '%title' => $nodes[1]->title)), t('Revision deleted.'));
+                              '@type' => 'Basic page', '%title' => $nodes[1]->label())), t('Revision deleted.'));
     $this->assertTrue(db_query('SELECT COUNT(vid) FROM {node_revision} WHERE nid = :nid and vid = :vid', array(':nid' => $node->nid, ':vid' => $nodes[1]->vid))->fetchField() == 0, t('Revision not found.'));
 
     // Set the revision timestamp to an older date to make sure that the
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class NodeRevisionsTest extends NodeTestBase {
     $this->drupalPost("node/$node->nid/revisions/{$nodes[2]->vid}/revert", array(), t('Revert'));
     $this->assertRaw(t('@type %title has been reverted back to the revision from %revision-date.', array(
       '@type' => 'Basic page',
-      '%title' => $nodes[2]->title,
+      '%title' => $nodes[2]->label(),
       '%revision-date' => format_date($old_revision_date),
     )));
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeSaveTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeSaveTest.php
index 3bf6a19..9dcebf9 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeSaveTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeSaveTest.php
@@ -134,7 +134,7 @@ class NodeSaveTest extends NodeTestBase {
 
     // Update the node without applying changes.
     $node->save();
-    $this->assertEqual($node->title, 'test_changes', 'No changes have been determined.');
+    $this->assertEqual($node->label(), 'test_changes', 'No changes have been determined.');
 
     // Apply changes.
     $node->title = 'updated';
@@ -142,10 +142,10 @@ class NodeSaveTest extends NodeTestBase {
 
     // The hook implementations node_test_node_presave() and
     // node_test_node_update() determine changes and change the title.
-    $this->assertEqual($node->title, 'updated_presave_update', 'Changes have been determined.');
+    $this->assertEqual($node->label(), 'updated_presave_update', 'Changes have been determined.');
 
     // Test the static node load cache to be cleared.
     $node = node_load($node->nid);
-    $this->assertEqual($node->title, 'updated_presave', 'Static cache has been cleared.');
+    $this->assertEqual($node->label(), 'updated_presave', 'Static cache has been cleared.');
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTitleTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTitleTest.php
index a195731..5ebe6cf 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTitleTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTitleTest.php
@@ -42,18 +42,18 @@ class NodeTitleTest extends NodeTestBase {
     // Test <title> tag.
     $this->drupalGet("node/$node->nid");
     $xpath = '//title';
-    $this->assertEqual(current($this->xpath($xpath)), $node->title .' | Drupal', 'Page title is equal to node title.', 'Node');
+    $this->assertEqual(current($this->xpath($xpath)), $node->label() .' | Drupal', 'Page title is equal to node title.', 'Node');
 
     // Test breadcrumb in comment preview.
     $this->drupalGet("comment/reply/$node->nid");
     $xpath = '//nav[@class="breadcrumb"]/ol/li[last()]/a';
-    $this->assertEqual(current($this->xpath($xpath)), $node->title, 'Node breadcrumb is equal to node title.', 'Node');
+    $this->assertEqual(current($this->xpath($xpath)), $node->label(), 'Node breadcrumb is equal to node title.', 'Node');
 
     // Test node title in comment preview.
-    $this->assertEqual(current($this->xpath('//article[@id=:id]/h2/a', array(':id' => 'node-' . $node->nid))), $node->title, 'Node preview title is equal to node title.', 'Node');
+    $this->assertEqual(current($this->xpath('//article[@id=:id]/h2/a', array(':id' => 'node-' . $node->nid))), $node->label(), 'Node preview title is equal to node title.', 'Node');
 
     // Test node title is clickable on teaser list (/node).
     $this->drupalGet('node');
-    $this->clickLink($node->title);
+    $this->clickLink($node->label());
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTokenReplaceTest.php b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTokenReplaceTest.php
index 9d98550..e407971 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTokenReplaceTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/lib/Drupal/node/Tests/NodeTokenReplaceTest.php
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ class NodeTokenReplaceTest extends NodeTestBase {
     $tests['[node:tnid]'] = $node->tnid;
     $tests['[node:type]'] = 'article';
     $tests['[node:type-name]'] = 'Article';
-    $tests['[node:title]'] = check_plain($node->title);
+    $tests['[node:title]'] = check_plain($node->label());
     $tests['[node:body]'] = _text_sanitize($instance, $node->langcode, $node->body[$node->langcode][0], 'value');
     $tests['[node:summary]'] = _text_sanitize($instance, $node->langcode, $node->body[$node->langcode][0], 'summary');
     $tests['[node:langcode]'] = check_plain($node->langcode);
@@ -71,7 +71,7 @@ class NodeTokenReplaceTest extends NodeTestBase {
     }
 
     // Generate and test unsanitized tokens.
-    $tests['[node:title]'] = $node->title;
+    $tests['[node:title]'] = $node->label();
     $tests['[node:body]'] = $node->body[$node->langcode][0]['value'];
     $tests['[node:summary]'] = $node->body[$node->langcode][0]['summary'];
     $tests['[node:langcode]'] = $node->langcode;
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc b/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
index fc8d98a..0f3b941 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.admin.inc
@@ -341,7 +341,7 @@ function _node_mass_update_batch_process($nodes, $updates, &$context) {
     $node = _node_mass_update_helper($nid, $updates);
 
     // Store result for post-processing in the finished callback.
-    $context['results'][] = l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid);
+    $context['results'][] = l($node->label(), 'node/' . $node->nid);
 
     // Update our progress information.
     $context['sandbox']['progress']++;
@@ -485,7 +485,7 @@ function node_admin_nodes() {
       'title' => array(
         'data' => array(
           '#type' => 'link',
-          '#title' => $node->title,
+          '#title' => $node->label(),
           '#href' => 'node/' . $node->nid,
           '#options' => $l_options,
           '#suffix' => ' ' . theme('mark', array('type' => node_mark($node->nid, $node->changed))),
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.api.php b/core/modules/node/node.api.php
index 55ce86d..2ac6f39 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.api.php
@@ -483,7 +483,7 @@ function hook_node_predelete(Drupal\node\Node $node) {
  * @ingroup node_api_hooks
  */
 function hook_node_delete(Drupal\node\Node $node) {
-  drupal_set_message(t('Node: @title has been deleted', array('@title' => $node->title)));
+  drupal_set_message(t('Node: @title has been deleted', array('@title' => $node->label())));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -1102,7 +1102,7 @@ function hook_form(Drupal\node\Node $node, &$form_state) {
   $form['title'] = array(
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => check_plain($type->title_label),
-    '#default_value' => !empty($node->title) ? $node->title : '',
+    '#default_value' => !empty($node->label()) ? $node->label() : '',
     '#required' => TRUE, '#weight' => -5
   );
 
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.module b/core/modules/node/node.module
index 31b94d3..c237492 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.module
@@ -318,7 +318,7 @@ function node_title_list($result, $title = NULL) {
   $items = array();
   $num_rows = FALSE;
   foreach ($result as $node) {
-    $items[] = l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid, !empty($node->comment_count) ? array('attributes' => array('title' => format_plural($node->comment_count, '1 comment', '@count comments'))) : array());
+    $items[] = l($node->label(), 'node/' . $node->nid, !empty($node->comment_count) ? array('attributes' => array('title' => format_plural($node->comment_count, '1 comment', '@count comments'))) : array());
     $num_rows = TRUE;
   }
 
@@ -1223,7 +1223,7 @@ function node_build_content(Node $node, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
     '#attributes' => array('class' => array('links', 'inline')),
   );
   if ($view_mode == 'teaser') {
-    $node_title_stripped = strip_tags($node->title);
+    $node_title_stripped = strip_tags($node->label());
     $links['node-readmore'] = array(
       'title' => t('Read more<span class="element-invisible"> about @title</span>', array('@title' => $node_title_stripped)),
       'href' => 'node/' . $node->nid,
@@ -1258,7 +1258,7 @@ function node_build_content(Node $node, $view_mode = 'full', $langcode = NULL) {
  */
 function node_show(Node $node, $message = FALSE) {
   if ($message) {
-    drupal_set_title(t('Revision of %title from %date', array('%title' => $node->title, '%date' => format_date($node->revision_timestamp))), PASS_THROUGH);
+    drupal_set_title(t('Revision of %title from %date', array('%title' => $node->label(), '%date' => format_date($node->revision_timestamp))), PASS_THROUGH);
   }
 
   // For markup consistency with other pages, use node_view_multiple() rather than node_view().
@@ -1330,7 +1330,7 @@ function template_preprocess_node(&$variables) {
 
   $uri = entity_uri('node', $node);
   $variables['node_url']  = url($uri['path'], $uri['options']);
-  $variables['title']     = check_plain($node->title);
+  $variables['title']     = check_plain($node->label());
   $variables['page']      = $variables['view_mode'] == 'full' && node_is_page($node);
 
   // Flatten the node entity's member fields.
@@ -1566,7 +1566,7 @@ function node_search_execute($keys = NULL, $conditions = NULL) {
     $results[] = array(
       'link' => url($uri['path'], array_merge($uri['options'], array('absolute' => TRUE))),
       'type' => check_plain(node_type_get_name($node)),
-      'title' => $node->title,
+      'title' => $node->label(),
       'user' => theme('username', array('account' => $node)),
       'date' => $node->changed,
       'node' => $node,
@@ -2010,7 +2010,7 @@ function node_type_page_title($type) {
  * @see node_menu()
  */
 function node_page_title(Node $node) {
-  return $node->title;
+  return $node->label();
 }
 
 /**
@@ -2209,7 +2209,7 @@ function theme_node_recent_content($variables) {
   $node = $variables['node'];
 
   $output = '<div class="node-title">';
-  $output .= l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid);
+  $output .= l($node->label(), 'node/' . $node->nid);
   $output .= theme('mark', array('type' => node_mark($node->nid, $node->changed)));
   $output .= '</div><div class="node-author">';
   $output .= theme('username', array('account' => user_load($node->uid)));
@@ -2431,7 +2431,7 @@ function node_feed($nids = FALSE, $channel = array()) {
       $item_text .= drupal_render($build);
     }
 
-    $items .= format_rss_item($node->title, $node->link, $item_text, $node->rss_elements);
+    $items .= format_rss_item($node->label(), $node->link, $item_text, $node->rss_elements);
   }
 
   $channel_defaults = array(
@@ -2545,7 +2545,7 @@ function node_page_view(Node $node) {
   // If there is a menu link to this node, the link becomes the last part
   // of the active trail, and the link name becomes the page title.
   // Thus, we must explicitly set the page title to be the node title.
-  drupal_set_title($node->title);
+  drupal_set_title($node->label());
   $uri = entity_uri('node', $node);
   // Set the node path as the canonical URL to prevent duplicate content.
   drupal_add_html_head_link(array('rel' => 'canonical', 'href' => url($uri['path'], $uri['options'])), TRUE);
@@ -2588,7 +2588,7 @@ function _node_index_node(Node $node) {
   unset($build['#theme']);
   $node->rendered = drupal_render($build);
 
-  $text = '<h1>' . check_plain($node->title) . '</h1>' . $node->rendered;
+  $text = '<h1>' . check_plain($node->label()) . '</h1>' . $node->rendered;
 
   // Fetch extra data normally not visible
   $extra = module_invoke_all('node_update_index', $node);
@@ -3524,7 +3524,7 @@ function node_content_form(Node $node, $form_state) {
       '#type' => 'textfield',
       '#title' => check_plain($type->title_label),
       '#required' => TRUE,
-      '#default_value' => $node->title,
+      '#default_value' => $node->label(),
       '#maxlength' => 255,
       '#weight' => -5,
     );
@@ -3634,7 +3634,7 @@ function node_action_info() {
  */
 function node_publish_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
   $node->status = NODE_PUBLISHED;
-  watchdog('action', 'Set @type %title to published.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->title));
+  watchdog('action', 'Set @type %title to published.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->label()));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3650,7 +3650,7 @@ function node_publish_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
  */
 function node_unpublish_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
   $node->status = NODE_NOT_PUBLISHED;
-  watchdog('action', 'Set @type %title to unpublished.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->title));
+  watchdog('action', 'Set @type %title to unpublished.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->label()));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3666,7 +3666,7 @@ function node_unpublish_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
  */
 function node_make_sticky_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
   $node->sticky = NODE_STICKY;
-  watchdog('action', 'Set @type %title to sticky.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->title));
+  watchdog('action', 'Set @type %title to sticky.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->label()));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3682,7 +3682,7 @@ function node_make_sticky_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
  */
 function node_make_unsticky_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
   $node->sticky = NODE_NOT_STICKY;
-  watchdog('action', 'Set @type %title to unsticky.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->title));
+  watchdog('action', 'Set @type %title to unsticky.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->label()));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3698,7 +3698,7 @@ function node_make_unsticky_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
  */
 function node_promote_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
   $node->promote = NODE_PROMOTED;
-  watchdog('action', 'Promoted @type %title to front page.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->title));
+  watchdog('action', 'Promoted @type %title to front page.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->label()));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3714,7 +3714,7 @@ function node_promote_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
  */
 function node_unpromote_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
   $node->promote = NODE_NOT_PROMOTED;
-  watchdog('action', 'Removed @type %title from front page.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->title));
+  watchdog('action', 'Removed @type %title from front page.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->label()));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3727,7 +3727,7 @@ function node_unpromote_action(Node $node, $context = array()) {
  */
 function node_save_action(Node $node) {
   $node->save();
-  watchdog('action', 'Saved @type %title', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->title));
+  watchdog('action', 'Saved @type %title', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->label()));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3748,7 +3748,7 @@ function node_save_action(Node $node) {
 function node_assign_owner_action(Node $node, $context) {
   $node->uid = $context['owner_uid'];
   $owner_name = db_query("SELECT name FROM {users} WHERE uid = :uid", array(':uid' => $context['owner_uid']))->fetchField();
-  watchdog('action', 'Changed owner of @type %title to uid %name.', array('@type' =>  node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->title, '%name' => $owner_name));
+  watchdog('action', 'Changed owner of @type %title to uid %name.', array('@type' =>  node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->label(), '%name' => $owner_name));
 }
 
 /**
@@ -3862,9 +3862,9 @@ function node_unpublish_by_keyword_action_submit($form, $form_state) {
 function node_unpublish_by_keyword_action(Node $node, $context) {
   foreach ($context['keywords'] as $keyword) {
     $elements = node_view(clone $node);
-    if (strpos(drupal_render($elements), $keyword) !== FALSE || strpos($node->title, $keyword) !== FALSE) {
+    if (strpos(drupal_render($elements), $keyword) !== FALSE || strpos($node->label(), $keyword) !== FALSE) {
       $node->status = NODE_NOT_PUBLISHED;
-      watchdog('action', 'Set @type %title to unpublished.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->title));
+      watchdog('action', 'Set @type %title to unpublished.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->label()));
       break;
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.pages.inc b/core/modules/node/node.pages.inc
index a43ff62..e0084f9 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.pages.inc
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ use Drupal\node\Node;
  */
 function node_page_edit($node) {
   $type_name = node_type_get_name($node);
-  drupal_set_title(t('<em>Edit @type</em> @title', array('@type' => $type_name, '@title' => $node->title)), PASS_THROUGH);
+  drupal_set_title(t('<em>Edit @type</em> @title', array('@type' => $type_name, '@title' => $node->label())), PASS_THROUGH);
   return drupal_get_form($node->type . '_node_form', $node);
 }
 
@@ -497,8 +497,8 @@ function node_form_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   $insert = empty($node->nid);
   $node->save();
   $node_link = l(t('view'), 'node/' . $node->nid);
-  $watchdog_args = array('@type' => $node->type, '%title' => $node->title);
-  $t_args = array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->title);
+  $watchdog_args = array('@type' => $node->type, '%title' => $node->label());
+  $t_args = array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->label());
 
   if ($insert) {
     watchdog('content', '@type: added %title.', $watchdog_args, WATCHDOG_NOTICE, $node_link);
@@ -570,7 +570,7 @@ function node_delete_confirm($form, &$form_state, $node) {
   // Always provide entity id in the same form key as in the entity edit form.
   $form['nid'] = array('#type' => 'value', '#value' => $node->nid);
   return confirm_form($form,
-    t('Are you sure you want to delete %title?', array('%title' => $node->title)),
+    t('Are you sure you want to delete %title?', array('%title' => $node->label())),
     'node/' . $node->nid,
     t('This action cannot be undone.'),
     t('Delete'),
@@ -585,8 +585,8 @@ function node_delete_confirm_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   if ($form_state['values']['confirm']) {
     $node = node_load($form_state['values']['nid']);
     node_delete($form_state['values']['nid']);
-    watchdog('content', '@type: deleted %title.', array('@type' => $node->type, '%title' => $node->title));
-    drupal_set_message(t('@type %title has been deleted.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->title)));
+    watchdog('content', '@type: deleted %title.', array('@type' => $node->type, '%title' => $node->label()));
+    drupal_set_message(t('@type %title has been deleted.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node), '%title' => $node->label())));
   }
 
   $form_state['redirect'] = '<front>';
@@ -598,7 +598,7 @@ function node_delete_confirm_submit($form, &$form_state) {
  * @see node_menu()
  */
 function node_revision_overview($node) {
-  drupal_set_title(t('Revisions for %title', array('%title' => $node->title)), PASS_THROUGH);
+  drupal_set_title(t('Revisions for %title', array('%title' => $node->label())), PASS_THROUGH);
 
   $header = array(t('Revision'), array('data' => t('Operations'), 'colspan' => 2));
 
@@ -676,8 +676,8 @@ function node_revision_revert_confirm_submit($form, &$form_state) {
 
   $node_revision->save();
 
-  watchdog('content', '@type: reverted %title revision %revision.', array('@type' => $node_revision->type, '%title' => $node_revision->title, '%revision' => $node_revision->vid));
-  drupal_set_message(t('@type %title has been reverted back to the revision from %revision-date.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node_revision), '%title' => $node_revision->title, '%revision-date' => format_date($original_revision_timestamp))));
+  watchdog('content', '@type: reverted %title revision %revision.', array('@type' => $node_revision->type, '%title' => $node_revision->label(), '%revision' => $node_revision->vid));
+  drupal_set_message(t('@type %title has been reverted back to the revision from %revision-date.', array('@type' => node_type_get_name($node_revision), '%title' => $node_revision->label(), '%revision-date' => format_date($original_revision_timestamp))));
   $form_state['redirect'] = 'node/' . $node_revision->nid . '/revisions';
 }
 
@@ -701,8 +701,8 @@ function node_revision_delete_confirm_submit($form, &$form_state) {
   $node_revision = $form['#node_revision'];
   node_revision_delete($node_revision->vid);
 
-  watchdog('content', '@type: deleted %title revision %revision.', array('@type' => $node_revision->type, '%title' => $node_revision->title, '%revision' => $node_revision->vid));
-  drupal_set_message(t('Revision from %revision-date of @type %title has been deleted.', array('%revision-date' => format_date($node_revision->revision_timestamp), '@type' => node_type_get_name($node_revision), '%title' => $node_revision->title)));
+  watchdog('content', '@type: deleted %title revision %revision.', array('@type' => $node_revision->type, '%title' => $node_revision->label(), '%revision' => $node_revision->vid));
+  drupal_set_message(t('Revision from %revision-date of @type %title has been deleted.', array('%revision-date' => format_date($node_revision->revision_timestamp), '@type' => node_type_get_name($node_revision), '%title' => $node_revision->label())));
   $form_state['redirect'] = 'node/' . $node_revision->nid;
   if (db_query('SELECT COUNT(vid) FROM {node_revision} WHERE nid = :nid', array(':nid' => $node_revision->nid))->fetchField() > 1) {
     $form_state['redirect'] .= '/revisions';
diff --git a/core/modules/node/node.tokens.inc b/core/modules/node/node.tokens.inc
index 1b37fc8..bda0cc9 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/node.tokens.inc
+++ b/core/modules/node/node.tokens.inc
@@ -130,7 +130,7 @@ function node_tokens($type, $tokens, array $data = array(), array $options = arr
           break;
 
         case 'title':
-          $replacements[$original] = $sanitize ? check_plain($node->title) : $node->title;
+          $replacements[$original] = $sanitize ? check_plain($node->label()) : $node->label();
           break;
 
         case 'body':
diff --git a/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_test/node_test.module b/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_test/node_test.module
index f541d10..63e9f8f 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_test/node_test.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_test/node_test.module
@@ -126,15 +126,15 @@ function node_test_node_grants_alter(&$grants, $account, $op) {
  * Implements hook_node_presave().
  */
 function node_test_node_presave(Node $node) {
-  if ($node->title == 'testing_node_presave') {
+  if ($node->label() == 'testing_node_presave') {
     // Sun, 19 Nov 1978 05:00:00 GMT
     $node->created = 280299600;
     // Drupal 1.0 release.
     $node->changed = 979534800;
   }
   // Determine changes.
-  if (!empty($node->original) && $node->original->title == 'test_changes') {
-    if ($node->original->title != $node->title) {
+  if (!empty($node->original) && $node->original->label() == 'test_changes') {
+    if ($node->original->label() != $node->label()) {
       $node->title .= '_presave';
     }
   }
@@ -145,8 +145,8 @@ function node_test_node_presave(Node $node) {
  */
 function node_test_node_update(Node $node) {
   // Determine changes on update.
-  if (!empty($node->original) && $node->original->title == 'test_changes') {
-    if ($node->original->title != $node->title) {
+  if (!empty($node->original) && $node->original->label() == 'test_changes') {
+    if ($node->original->label() != $node->label()) {
       $node->title .= '_update';
     }
   }
diff --git a/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_test_exception/node_test_exception.module b/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_test_exception/node_test_exception.module
index 570236b..cf08543 100644
--- a/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_test_exception/node_test_exception.module
+++ b/core/modules/node/tests/modules/node_test_exception/node_test_exception.module
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ use Drupal\node\Node;
  * Implements hook_node_insert().
  */
 function node_test_exception_node_insert(Node $node) {
-  if ($node->title == 'testing_transaction_exception') {
+  if ($node->label() == 'testing_transaction_exception') {
     throw new Exception('Test exception for rollback.');
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathAliasTest.php b/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathAliasTest.php
index af8b0c7..e0d7e7c 100644
--- a/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathAliasTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathAliasTest.php
@@ -67,7 +67,7 @@ class PathAliasTest extends PathTestBase {
 
     // Confirm that the alias works.
     $this->drupalGet($edit['alias']);
-    $this->assertText($node1->title, 'Alias works.');
+    $this->assertText($node1->label(), 'Alias works.');
     $this->assertResponse(200);
 
     // Change alias to one containing "exotic" characters.
@@ -81,13 +81,13 @@ class PathAliasTest extends PathTestBase {
 
     // Confirm that the alias works.
     $this->drupalGet($edit['alias']);
-    $this->assertText($node1->title, 'Changed alias works.');
+    $this->assertText($node1->label(), 'Changed alias works.');
     $this->assertResponse(200);
 
     drupal_static_reset('drupal_lookup_path');
     // Confirm that previous alias no longer works.
     $this->drupalGet($previous);
-    $this->assertNoText($node1->title, 'Previous alias no longer works.');
+    $this->assertNoText($node1->label(), 'Previous alias no longer works.');
     $this->assertResponse(404);
 
     // Create second test node.
@@ -107,7 +107,7 @@ class PathAliasTest extends PathTestBase {
 
     // Confirm that the alias no longer works.
     $this->drupalGet($edit['alias']);
-    $this->assertNoText($node1->title, 'Alias was successfully deleted.');
+    $this->assertNoText($node1->label(), 'Alias was successfully deleted.');
     $this->assertResponse(404);
 
     // Create a really long alias.
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ class PathAliasTest extends PathTestBase {
 
     // Confirm that the alias works.
     $this->drupalGet($edit['path[alias]']);
-    $this->assertText($node1->title, 'Alias works.');
+    $this->assertText($node1->label(), 'Alias works.');
     $this->assertResponse(200);
 
     // Change alias to one containing "exotic" characters.
@@ -149,12 +149,12 @@ class PathAliasTest extends PathTestBase {
 
     // Confirm that the alias works.
     $this->drupalGet($edit['path[alias]']);
-    $this->assertText($node1->title, 'Changed alias works.');
+    $this->assertText($node1->label(), 'Changed alias works.');
     $this->assertResponse(200);
 
     // Make sure that previous alias no longer works.
     $this->drupalGet($previous);
-    $this->assertNoText($node1->title, 'Previous alias no longer works.');
+    $this->assertNoText($node1->label(), 'Previous alias no longer works.');
     $this->assertResponse(404);
 
     // Create second test node.
@@ -172,7 +172,7 @@ class PathAliasTest extends PathTestBase {
 
     // Confirm that the alias no longer works.
     $this->drupalGet($edit['path[alias]']);
-    $this->assertNoText($node1->title, 'Alias was successfully deleted.');
+    $this->assertNoText($node1->label(), 'Alias was successfully deleted.');
     $this->assertResponse(404);
   }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathLanguageTest.php b/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathLanguageTest.php
index 096729f..23c275f 100644
--- a/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathLanguageTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/path/lib/Drupal/path/Tests/PathLanguageTest.php
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@ class PathLanguageTest extends PathTestBase {
 
     // Confirm that the alias works.
     $this->drupalGet($english_alias);
-    $this->assertText($english_node->title, 'Alias works.');
+    $this->assertText($english_node->label(), 'Alias works.');
 
     // Translate the node into French.
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $english_node->nid . '/translate');
@@ -77,7 +77,7 @@ class PathLanguageTest extends PathTestBase {
 
     // Confirm that the alias works.
     $this->drupalGet('fr/' . $edit['path[alias]']);
-    $this->assertText($french_node->title, 'Alias for French translation works.');
+    $this->assertText($french_node->label(), 'Alias for French translation works.');
 
     // Confirm that the alias is returned by url(). Languages are cached on
     // many levels, and we need to clear those caches.
@@ -111,11 +111,11 @@ class PathLanguageTest extends PathTestBase {
     // path alias for French matching the english alias. So drupal_lookup_path()
     // needs to use the URL language to check whether the alias is valid.
     $this->drupalGet($english_alias);
-    $this->assertText($english_node->title, 'Alias for English translation works.');
+    $this->assertText($english_node->label(), 'Alias for English translation works.');
 
     // Check that the French alias works.
     $this->drupalGet("fr/$french_alias");
-    $this->assertText($french_node->title, 'Alias for French translation works.');
+    $this->assertText($french_node->label(), 'Alias for French translation works.');
 
     // Disable URL language negotiation.
     $edit = array('language_interface[enabled][language-url]' => FALSE);
@@ -123,7 +123,7 @@ class PathLanguageTest extends PathTestBase {
 
     // Check that the English alias still works.
     $this->drupalGet($english_alias);
-    $this->assertText($english_node->title, 'Alias for English translation works.');
+    $this->assertText($english_node->label(), 'Alias for English translation works.');
 
     // Check that the French alias is not available. We check the unprefixed
     // alias because we disabled URL language negotiation above. In this
diff --git a/core/modules/php/lib/Drupal/php/Tests/PhpFilterTest.php b/core/modules/php/lib/Drupal/php/Tests/PhpFilterTest.php
index 71ee5be..81879e8 100644
--- a/core/modules/php/lib/Drupal/php/Tests/PhpFilterTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/php/lib/Drupal/php/Tests/PhpFilterTest.php
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ class PhpFilterTest extends PhpTestBase {
     $langcode = LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED;
     $edit["body[$langcode][0][format]"] = $this->php_code_format->format;
     $this->drupalPost('node/' . $node->nid . '/edit', $edit, t('Save'));
-    $this->assertRaw(t('Basic page %title has been updated.', array('%title' => $node->title)), t('PHP code filter turned on.'));
+    $this->assertRaw(t('Basic page %title has been updated.', array('%title' => $node->label())), t('PHP code filter turned on.'));
 
     // Make sure that the PHP code shows up as text.
     $this->assertNoText('print "SimpleTest PHP was executed!"', t("PHP code isn't displayed."));
diff --git a/core/modules/poll/poll.module b/core/modules/poll/poll.module
index 2e36e0b..fdf2a38 100644
--- a/core/modules/poll/poll.module
+++ b/core/modules/poll/poll.module
@@ -233,7 +233,7 @@ function poll_form(Node $node, &$form_state) {
     '#type' => 'textfield',
     '#title' => check_plain($type->title_label),
     '#required' => TRUE,
-    '#default_value' => $node->title,
+    '#default_value' => $node->label(),
     '#weight' => -5,
   );
 
@@ -434,7 +434,7 @@ function poll_node_form_submit(&$form, &$form_state) {
  * Implements hook_validate().
  */
 function poll_validate($node, $form) {
-  if (isset($node->title)) {
+  if (isset($node->label())) {
     // Check for at least two options and validate amount of votes.
     $realchoices = 0;
     foreach ($node->choice as $i => $choice) {
@@ -789,7 +789,7 @@ function poll_preprocess_block(&$variables) {
 function template_preprocess_poll_vote(&$variables) {
   $form = $variables['form'];
   $variables['choice'] = drupal_render($form['choice']);
-  $variables['title'] = check_plain($form['#node']->title);
+  $variables['title'] = check_plain($form['#node']->label());
   $variables['vote'] = drupal_render($form['vote']);
   $variables['rest'] = drupal_render_children($form);
   $variables['block'] = $form['#block'];
@@ -834,7 +834,7 @@ function poll_view_results($node, $view_mode, $block = FALSE) {
     );
   }
 
-  return theme('poll_results', array('raw_title' => $node->title, 'results' => drupal_render($poll_results), 'votes' => $total_votes, 'raw_links' => isset($node->links) ? $node->links : array(), 'block' => $block, 'nid' => $node->nid, 'vote' => isset($node->vote) ? $node->vote : NULL));
+  return theme('poll_results', array('raw_title' => $node->label(), 'results' => drupal_render($poll_results), 'votes' => $total_votes, 'raw_links' => isset($node->links) ? $node->links : array(), 'block' => $block, 'nid' => $node->nid, 'vote' => isset($node->vote) ? $node->vote : NULL));
 }
 
 
diff --git a/core/modules/poll/poll.pages.inc b/core/modules/poll/poll.pages.inc
index 732355d..09aaa29 100644
--- a/core/modules/poll/poll.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/poll/poll.pages.inc
@@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ function poll_page() {
 
   $output = '<ul>';
   foreach ($queried_nodes as $node) {
-    $output .= '<li>' . l($node->title, "node/$node->nid") . ' - ' . format_plural($node->votes, '1 vote', '@count votes') . ' - ' . ($node->active ? t('open') : t('closed')) . '</li>';
+    $output .= '<li>' . l($node->label(), "node/$node->nid") . ' - ' . format_plural($node->votes, '1 vote', '@count votes') . ' - ' . ($node->active ? t('open') : t('closed')) . '</li>';
   }
   $output .= '</ul>';
   $output .= theme('pager');
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function poll_page() {
  */
 function poll_votes($node) {
   $votes_per_page = 20;
-  drupal_set_title($node->title);
+  drupal_set_title($node->label());
 
   $header[] = array('data' => t('Visitor'), 'field' => 'u.name');
   $header[] = array('data' => t('Vote'), 'field' => 'pc.chtext');
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ function poll_votes($node) {
  * Callback for the 'results' tab for polls you can vote on
  */
 function poll_results($node) {
-  drupal_set_title($node->title);
+  drupal_set_title($node->label());
   $node->show_results = TRUE;
   return node_show($node);
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/rdf/rdf.test b/core/modules/rdf/rdf.test
index 564408e..501ba0f 100644
--- a/core/modules/rdf/rdf.test
+++ b/core/modules/rdf/rdf.test
@@ -309,7 +309,7 @@ class RdfMappingDefinitionTestCase extends TaxonomyWebTestCase {
 
     // Ensure the default bundle mapping for node is used. These attributes come
     // from the node default bundle definition.
-    $node_title = $this->xpath("//meta[@property='dc:title' and @content='$node->title']");
+    $node_title = $this->xpath("//meta[@property='dc:title' and @content='$node->label()']");
     $node_meta = $this->xpath("//div[(@about='$url')]//span[contains(@property, 'dc:date') and contains(@property, 'dc:created') and @datatype='xsd:dateTime' and @content='$isoDate']");
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($node_title), t('Property dc:title is present in meta tag.'));
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($node_meta), t('RDF type is present on post. Properties dc:date and dc:created are present on post date.'));
@@ -327,7 +327,7 @@ class RdfMappingDefinitionTestCase extends TaxonomyWebTestCase {
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid);
 
     // Ensure the mapping defined in rdf_module.test is used.
-    $test_bundle_title = $this->xpath("//meta[@property='dc:title' and @content='$node->title']");
+    $test_bundle_title = $this->xpath("//meta[@property='dc:title' and @content='$node->label()']");
     $test_bundle_meta = $this->xpath("//div[(@about='$url') and contains(@typeof, 'foo:mapping_install1') and contains(@typeof, 'bar:mapping_install2')]//span[contains(@property, 'dc:date') and contains(@property, 'dc:created') and @datatype='xsd:dateTime' and @content='$isoDate']");
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($test_bundle_title), t('Property dc:title is present in meta tag.'));
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($test_bundle_meta), t('RDF type is present on post. Properties dc:date and dc:created are present on post date.'));
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class RdfMappingDefinitionTestCase extends TaxonomyWebTestCase {
 
     // Ensure the default bundle mapping for node is used. These attributes come
     // from the node default bundle definition.
-    $random_bundle_title = $this->xpath("//meta[@property='dc:title' and @content='$node->title']");
+    $random_bundle_title = $this->xpath("//meta[@property='dc:title' and @content='$node->label()']");
     $random_bundle_meta = $this->xpath("//div[(@about='$url') and contains(@typeof, 'sioc:Item') and contains(@typeof, 'foaf:Document')]//span[contains(@property, 'dc:date') and contains(@property, 'dc:created') and @datatype='xsd:dateTime' and @content='$isoDate']");
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($random_bundle_title), t('Property dc:title is present in meta tag.'));
     $this->assertTrue(!empty($random_bundle_meta), t('RDF type is present on post. Properties dc:date and dc:created are present on post date.'));
diff --git a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchAdvancedSearchFormTest.php b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchAdvancedSearchFormTest.php
index 633238d..db55981 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchAdvancedSearchFormTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchAdvancedSearchFormTest.php
@@ -46,24 +46,24 @@ class SearchAdvancedSearchFormTest extends SearchTestBase {
 
     // Assert that the dummy title doesn't equal the real title.
     $dummy_title = 'Lorem ipsum';
-    $this->assertNotEqual($dummy_title, $this->node->title, t("Dummy title doesn't equal node title"));
+    $this->assertNotEqual($dummy_title, $this->node->label(), t("Dummy title doesn't equal node title"));
 
     // Search for the dummy title with a GET query.
     $this->drupalGet('search/node/' . $dummy_title);
-    $this->assertNoText($this->node->title, t('Basic page node is not found with dummy title.'));
+    $this->assertNoText($this->node->label(), t('Basic page node is not found with dummy title.'));
 
     // Search for the title of the node with a GET query.
-    $this->drupalGet('search/node/' . $this->node->title);
-    $this->assertText($this->node->title, t('Basic page node is found with GET query.'));
+    $this->drupalGet('search/node/' . $this->node->label());
+    $this->assertText($this->node->label(), t('Basic page node is found with GET query.'));
 
     // Search for the title of the node with a POST query.
-    $edit = array('or' => $this->node->title);
+    $edit = array('or' => $this->node->label());
     $this->drupalPost('search/node', $edit, t('Advanced search'));
-    $this->assertText($this->node->title, t('Basic page node is found with POST query.'));
+    $this->assertText($this->node->label(), t('Basic page node is found with POST query.'));
 
     // Advanced search type option.
     $this->drupalPost('search/node', array_merge($edit, array('type[page]' => 'page')), t('Advanced search'));
-    $this->assertText($this->node->title, t('Basic page node is found with POST query and type:page.'));
+    $this->assertText($this->node->label(), t('Basic page node is found with POST query and type:page.'));
 
     $this->drupalPost('search/node', array_merge($edit, array('type[article]' => 'article')), t('Advanced search'));
     $this->assertText('bike shed', t('Article node is not found with POST query and type:article.'));
diff --git a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchCommentTest.php b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchCommentTest.php
index 415cba8..bdbb69b 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchCommentTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchCommentTest.php
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ class SearchCommentTest extends SearchTestBase {
       'search_block_form' => "'" . $edit_comment['subject'] . "'",
     );
     $this->drupalPost('', $edit, t('Search'));
-    $this->assertText($node->title, t('Node found in search results.'));
+    $this->assertText($node->label(), t('Node found in search results.'));
     $this->assertText($edit_comment['subject'], t('Comment subject found in search results.'));
 
     // Search for the comment body.
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class SearchCommentTest extends SearchTestBase {
       'search_block_form' => "'" . $comment_body . "'",
     );
     $this->drupalPost('', $edit, t('Search'));
-    $this->assertText($node->title, t('Node found in search results.'));
+    $this->assertText($node->label(), t('Node found in search results.'));
 
     // Verify that comment is rendered using proper format.
     $this->assertText($comment_body, t('Comment body text found in search results.'));
@@ -195,7 +195,7 @@ class SearchCommentTest extends SearchTestBase {
     $this->drupalPost('', $edit, t('Search'));
     $method = $assume_access ? 'assertText' : 'assertNoText';
     $verb = $assume_access ? 'found' : 'not found';
-    $this->{$method}($this->node->title, "Node $verb in search results: " . $message);
+    $this->{$method}($this->node->label(), "Node $verb in search results: " . $message);
     $this->{$method}($this->comment_subject, "Comment subject $verb in search results: " . $message);
   }
 
@@ -231,7 +231,7 @@ class SearchCommentTest extends SearchTestBase {
     // Search for the node title. Should be found, and 'Add new comment' should
     // not be part of the search snippet.
     $this->drupalPost('search/node', array('keys' => 'short'), t('Search'));
-    $this->assertText($node->title, t('Search for keyword worked'));
+    $this->assertText($node->label(), t('Search for keyword worked'));
     $this->assertNoText(t('Add new comment'), t('Add new comment does not appear on search results page'));
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchConfigSettingsFormTest.php b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchConfigSettingsFormTest.php
index fe9ef10..aa14cc2 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchConfigSettingsFormTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchConfigSettingsFormTest.php
@@ -36,7 +36,7 @@ class SearchConfigSettingsFormTest extends SearchTestBase {
     // also needs the word "pizza" so we can use it as the search keyword.
     $langcode = LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED;
     $body_key = "body[$langcode][0][value]";
-    $edit[$body_key] = l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid) . ' pizza sandwich';
+    $edit[$body_key] = l($node->label(), 'node/' . $node->nid) . ' pizza sandwich';
     $this->drupalPost('node/' . $node->nid . '/edit', $edit, t('Save'));
 
     node_update_index();
@@ -89,7 +89,7 @@ class SearchConfigSettingsFormTest extends SearchTestBase {
         'path' => 'node',
         'title' => 'Content',
         'keys' => 'pizza',
-        'text' => $this->search_node->title,
+        'text' => $this->search_node->label(),
       ),
       'user' => array(
         'path' => 'user',
diff --git a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchEmbedFormTest.php b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchEmbedFormTest.php
index 9e7f134..83c7501 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchEmbedFormTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchEmbedFormTest.php
@@ -61,9 +61,9 @@ class SearchEmbedFormTest extends SearchTestBase {
     $this->submit_count = $count;
 
     // Now verify that we can see and submit the form from the search results.
-    $this->drupalGet('search/node/' . $this->node->title);
+    $this->drupalGet('search/node/' . $this->node->label());
     $this->assertText(t('Your name'), 'Form is visible');
-    $this->drupalPost('search/node/' . $this->node->title,
+    $this->drupalPost('search/node/' . $this->node->label(),
       array('name' => 'John'),
       t('Send away'));
     $this->assertText(t('Test form was submitted'), 'Form message appears');
diff --git a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNodeAccessTest.php b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNodeAccessTest.php
index 618ed5e..955c358 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNodeAccessTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNodeAccessTest.php
@@ -46,6 +46,6 @@ class SearchNodeAccessTest extends SearchTestBase {
     // Submit a phrase wrapped in double quotes to include the punctuation.
     $edit = array('keys' => '"bunny\'s"');
     $this->drupalPost('search/node', $edit, t('Search'));
-    $this->assertText($node->title);
+    $this->assertText($node->label());
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNumberMatchingTest.php b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNumberMatchingTest.php
index 89756c4..39cf650 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNumberMatchingTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNumberMatchingTest.php
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ class SearchNumberMatchingTest extends SearchTestBase {
       $this->drupalPost('search/node',
         array('keys' => 'foo'),
         t('Search'));
-      $this->assertNoText($node->title, $i . ': node title not shown in dummy search');
+      $this->assertNoText($node->label(), $i . ': node title not shown in dummy search');
 
       // Now verify that we can find node i by searching for any of the
       // numbers.
@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ class SearchNumberMatchingTest extends SearchTestBase {
         $this->drupalPost('search/node',
           array('keys' => $number),
           t('Search'));
-        $this->assertText($node->title, $i . ': node title shown (search found the node) in search for number ' . $number);
+        $this->assertText($node->label(), $i . ': node title shown (search found the node) in search for number ' . $number);
       }
     }
 
diff --git a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNumbersTest.php b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNumbersTest.php
index a60db70..dd119b9 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNumbersTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/lib/Drupal/search/Tests/SearchNumbersTest.php
@@ -83,14 +83,14 @@ class SearchNumbersTest extends SearchTestBase {
       $this->drupalPost('search/node',
         array('keys' => 'foo'),
         t('Search'));
-      $this->assertNoText($node->title, $type . ': node title not shown in dummy search');
+      $this->assertNoText($node->label(), $type . ': node title not shown in dummy search');
 
       // Verify that the node title does appear as a link on the search page
       // when searching for the number.
       $this->drupalPost('search/node',
         array('keys' => $number),
         t('Search'));
-      $this->assertText($node->title, $type . ': node title shown (search found the node) in search for number ' . $number);
+      $this->assertText($node->label(), $type . ': node title shown (search found the node) in search for number ' . $number);
     }
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/search/search.api.php b/core/modules/search/search.api.php
index 0f43460..fbccabd 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/search.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/search/search.api.php
@@ -239,7 +239,7 @@ function hook_search_execute($keys = NULL, $conditions = NULL) {
     $results[] = array(
       'link' => url('node/' . $item->sid, array('absolute' => TRUE)),
       'type' => check_plain(node_type_get_name($node)),
-      'title' => $node->title,
+      'title' => $node->label(),
       'user' => theme('username', array('account' => $node)),
       'date' => $node->changed,
       'node' => $node,
@@ -351,7 +351,7 @@ function hook_update_index() {
     node_build_content($node, 'search_index');
     $node->rendered = drupal_render($node->content);
 
-    $text = '<h1>' . check_plain($node->title) . '</h1>' . $node->rendered;
+    $text = '<h1>' . check_plain($node->label()) . '</h1>' . $node->rendered;
 
     // Fetch extra data normally not visible
     $extra = module_invoke_all('node_update_index', $node);
diff --git a/core/modules/search/search.module b/core/modules/search/search.module
index f567dae..b14a1e2 100644
--- a/core/modules/search/search.module
+++ b/core/modules/search/search.module
@@ -646,7 +646,7 @@ function search_index($sid, $module, $text) {
               if ($linknid > 0) {
                 $node = db_query('SELECT title, nid, vid FROM {node} WHERE nid = :nid', array(':nid' => $linknid), array('target' => 'slave'))->fetchObject();
                 $link = TRUE;
-                $linktitle = $node->title;
+                $linktitle = $node->label();
               }
             }
           }
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsLoggingTest.php b/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
index e0a25f9..d895564 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsLoggingTest.php
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ class StatisticsLoggingTest extends WebTestBase {
   function testLogging() {
     $path = 'node/' . $this->node->nid;
     $expected = array(
-      'title' => $this->node->title,
+      'title' => $this->node->label(),
       'path' => $path,
     );
 
@@ -104,7 +104,7 @@ class StatisticsLoggingTest extends WebTestBase {
     // Visit edit page to generate a title greater than 255.
     $path = 'node/' . $this->node->nid . '/edit';
     $expected = array(
-      'title' => truncate_utf8(t('Edit Basic page') . ' ' . $this->node->title, 255),
+      'title' => truncate_utf8(t('Edit Basic page') . ' ' . $this->node->label(), 255),
       'path' => $path,
     );
     $this->drupalGet($path);
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsReportsTest.php b/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsReportsTest.php
index 7c0007a..3df7347 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsReportsTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/lib/Drupal/statistics/Tests/StatisticsReportsTest.php
@@ -100,6 +100,6 @@ class StatisticsReportsTest extends StatisticsTestBase {
     $this->assertText('All time', t('Found the alll time popular content.'));
     $this->assertText('Last viewed', t('Found the last viewed popular content.'));
 
-    $this->assertRaw(l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid), t('Found link to visited node.'));
+    $this->assertRaw(l($node->label(), 'node/' . $node->nid), t('Found link to visited node.'));
   }
 }
diff --git a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.pages.inc b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.pages.inc
index 90383bb..38cd69d 100644
--- a/core/modules/statistics/statistics.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/statistics/statistics.pages.inc
@@ -50,7 +50,7 @@ function statistics_node_tracker() {
       );
     }
 
-    drupal_set_title($node->title);
+    drupal_set_title($node->label());
     $build['statistics_table'] = array(
       '#theme' => 'table',
       '#header' => $header,
diff --git a/core/modules/system/system.api.php b/core/modules/system/system.api.php
index ed5b7a0..9095e89 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/system.api.php
+++ b/core/modules/system/system.api.php
@@ -2080,7 +2080,7 @@ function hook_mail($key, &$message, $params) {
       '%uid' => $node->uid,
       '%node_url' => url('node/' . $node->nid, array('absolute' => TRUE)),
       '%node_type' => node_type_get_name($node),
-      '%title' => $node->title,
+      '%title' => $node->label(),
       '%teaser' => $node->teaser,
       '%body' => $node->body,
     );
@@ -3894,7 +3894,7 @@ function hook_tokens($type, $tokens, array $data = array(), array $options = arr
           break;
 
         case 'title':
-          $replacements[$original] = $sanitize ? check_plain($node->title) : $node->title;
+          $replacements[$original] = $sanitize ? check_plain($node->label()) : $node->label();
           break;
 
         case 'edit-url':
diff --git a/core/modules/system/system.test b/core/modules/system/system.test
index 17b96c8..9a8bb3f 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/system.test
+++ b/core/modules/system/system.test
@@ -1964,7 +1964,7 @@ class TokenReplaceTestCase extends WebTestBase {
     $source .= '[user:name]';          // No user passed in, should be untouched
     $source .= '[bogus:token]';        // Non-existent token
 
-    $target  = check_plain($node->title);
+    $target  = check_plain($node->label());
     $target .= check_plain($account->name);
     $target .= format_interval(REQUEST_TIME - $node->created, 2, $language_interface->langcode);
     $target .= check_plain($user->name);
@@ -1986,10 +1986,10 @@ class TokenReplaceTestCase extends WebTestBase {
     // token, [node:title].
     $raw_tokens = array('title' => '[node:title]');
     $generated = token_generate('node', $raw_tokens, array('node' => $node));
-    $this->assertEqual($generated['[node:title]'], check_plain($node->title), t('Token sanitized.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($generated['[node:title]'], check_plain($node->label()), t('Token sanitized.'));
 
     $generated = token_generate('node', $raw_tokens, array('node' => $node), array('sanitize' => FALSE));
-    $this->assertEqual($generated['[node:title]'], $node->title, t('Unsanitized token generated properly.'));
+    $this->assertEqual($generated['[node:title]'], $node->label(), t('Unsanitized token generated properly.'));
 
     // Test token replacement when the string contains no tokens.
     $this->assertEqual(token_replace('No tokens here.'), 'No tokens here.');
diff --git a/core/modules/system/tests/menu.test b/core/modules/system/tests/menu.test
index dbd94a1..ad2b633 100644
--- a/core/modules/system/tests/menu.test
+++ b/core/modules/system/tests/menu.test
@@ -1186,15 +1186,15 @@ class MenuBreadcrumbTestCase extends MenuWebTestCase {
     $trail = $home;
     $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/$nid1", $trail);
     // Also verify that the node does not appear elsewhere (e.g., menu trees).
-    $this->assertNoLink($node1->title);
+    $this->assertNoLink($node1->label());
     // The node itself should not be contained in the breadcrumb on the default
     // local task, since there is no difference between both pages.
     $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/$nid1/view", $trail);
     // Also verify that the node does not appear elsewhere (e.g., menu trees).
-    $this->assertNoLink($node1->title);
+    $this->assertNoLink($node1->label());
 
     $trail += array(
-      "node/$nid1" => $node1->title,
+      "node/$nid1" => $node1->label(),
     );
     $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/$nid1/edit", $trail);
 
@@ -1232,10 +1232,10 @@ class MenuBreadcrumbTestCase extends MenuWebTestCase {
       $tree = array(
         "node/$nid2" => $node2->menu['link_title'],
       );
-      $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/$nid2", $trail, $node2->title, $tree);
+      $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/$nid2", $trail, $node2->label(), $tree);
       // The node itself should not be contained in the breadcrumb on the
       // default local task, since there is no difference between both pages.
-      $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/$nid2/view", $trail, $node2->title, $tree);
+      $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/$nid2/view", $trail, $node2->label(), $tree);
       $trail += array(
         "node/$nid2" => $node2->menu['link_title'],
       );
@@ -1256,10 +1256,10 @@ class MenuBreadcrumbTestCase extends MenuWebTestCase {
       ));
       $nid3 = $node3->nid;
 
-      $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/$nid3", $trail, $node3->title, $tree, FALSE);
+      $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/$nid3", $trail, $node3->label(), $tree, FALSE);
       // The node itself should not be contained in the breadcrumb on the
       // default local task, since there is no difference between both pages.
-      $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/$nid3/view", $trail, $node3->title, $tree, FALSE);
+      $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/$nid3/view", $trail, $node3->label(), $tree, FALSE);
       $trail += array(
         "node/$nid3" => $node3->menu['link_title'],
       );
@@ -1299,14 +1299,14 @@ class MenuBreadcrumbTestCase extends MenuWebTestCase {
     $tree = $expected + array(
       "node/{$parent->nid}" => $parent->menu['link_title'],
     );
-    $this->assertBreadcrumb(NULL, $trail, $parent->title, $tree);
+    $this->assertBreadcrumb(NULL, $trail, $parent->label(), $tree);
     $trail += array(
       "node/{$parent->nid}" => $parent->menu['link_title'],
     );
     $tree += array(
       "node/{$child->nid}" => $child->menu['link_title'],
     );
-    $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/{$child->nid}", $trail, $child->title, $tree);
+    $this->assertBreadcrumb("node/{$child->nid}", $trail, $child->label(), $tree);
 
     // Add a taxonomy term/tag to last node, and add a link for that term to the
     // Navigation menu.
@@ -1363,7 +1363,7 @@ class MenuBreadcrumbTestCase extends MenuWebTestCase {
         $link['link_path'] => $link['link_title'],
       );
       $this->assertBreadcrumb($link['link_path'], $trail, $term->name, $tree);
-      $this->assertRaw(check_plain($parent->title), 'Tagged node found.');
+      $this->assertRaw(check_plain($parent->label()), 'Tagged node found.');
 
       // Additionally make sure that this link appears only once; i.e., the
       // untranslated menu links automatically generated from menu router items
diff --git a/core/modules/tracker/lib/Drupal/tracker/Tests/TrackerTest.php b/core/modules/tracker/lib/Drupal/tracker/Tests/TrackerTest.php
index 2706d3b..168755e 100644
--- a/core/modules/tracker/lib/Drupal/tracker/Tests/TrackerTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/tracker/lib/Drupal/tracker/Tests/TrackerTest.php
@@ -65,14 +65,14 @@ class TrackerTest extends WebTestBase {
     ));
 
     $this->drupalGet('tracker');
-    $this->assertNoText($unpublished->title, t('Unpublished node do not show up in the tracker listing.'));
-    $this->assertText($published->title, t('Published node show up in the tracker listing.'));
+    $this->assertNoText($unpublished->label(), t('Unpublished node do not show up in the tracker listing.'));
+    $this->assertText($published->label(), t('Published node show up in the tracker listing.'));
     $this->assertLink(t('My recent content'), 0, t('User tab shows up on the global tracker page.'));
 
     // Delete a node and ensure it no longer appears on the tracker.
     node_delete($published->nid);
     $this->drupalGet('tracker');
-    $this->assertNoText($published->title, t('Deleted node do not show up in the tracker listing.'));
+    $this->assertNoText($published->label(), t('Deleted node do not show up in the tracker listing.'));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -108,17 +108,17 @@ class TrackerTest extends WebTestBase {
     $this->drupalPost('comment/reply/' . $other_published_my_comment->nid, $comment, t('Save'));
 
     $this->drupalGet('user/' . $this->user->uid . '/track');
-    $this->assertNoText($unpublished->title, t("Unpublished nodes do not show up in the users's tracker listing."));
-    $this->assertText($my_published->title, t("Published nodes show up in the user's tracker listing."));
-    $this->assertNoText($other_published_no_comment->title, t("Other user's nodes do not show up in the user's tracker listing."));
-    $this->assertText($other_published_my_comment->title, t("Nodes that the user has commented on appear in the user's tracker listing."));
+    $this->assertNoText($unpublished->label(), t("Unpublished nodes do not show up in the users's tracker listing."));
+    $this->assertText($my_published->label(), t("Published nodes show up in the user's tracker listing."));
+    $this->assertNoText($other_published_no_comment->label(), t("Other user's nodes do not show up in the user's tracker listing."));
+    $this->assertText($other_published_my_comment->label(), t("Nodes that the user has commented on appear in the user's tracker listing."));
 
     // Verify that unpublished comments are removed from the tracker.
     $admin_user = $this->drupalCreateUser(array('post comments', 'administer comments', 'access user profiles'));
     $this->drupalLogin($admin_user);
     $this->drupalPost('comment/1/edit', array('status' => COMMENT_NOT_PUBLISHED), t('Save'));
     $this->drupalGet('user/' . $this->user->uid . '/track');
-    $this->assertNoText($other_published_my_comment->title, 'Unpublished comments are not counted on the tracker listing.');
+    $this->assertNoText($other_published_my_comment->label(), 'Unpublished comments are not counted on the tracker listing.');
   }
 
   /**
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ class TrackerTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     // Assert that all node titles are displayed.
     foreach ($nodes as $i => $node) {
-      $this->assertText($node->title, t('Node @i is displayed on the tracker listing pages.', array('@i' => $i)));
+      $this->assertText($node->label(), t('Node @i is displayed on the tracker listing pages.', array('@i' => $i)));
     }
     $this->assertText('1 new', t('New comment is counted on the tracker listing pages.'));
     $this->assertText('updated', t('Node is listed as updated'));
@@ -240,7 +240,7 @@ class TrackerTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     // Assert that all node titles are displayed.
     foreach ($nodes as $i => $node) {
-      $this->assertText($node->title, t('Node @i is displayed on the tracker listing pages.', array('@i' => $i)));
+      $this->assertText($node->label(), t('Node @i is displayed on the tracker listing pages.', array('@i' => $i)));
     }
     $this->assertText('1 new', t('New comment is counted on the tracker listing pages.'));
   }
@@ -259,7 +259,7 @@ class TrackerTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     // Assert that the node is displayed.
     $this->drupalGet('tracker');
-    $this->assertText($node->title, t('Node is displayed on the tracker listing pages.'));
+    $this->assertText($node->label(), t('Node is displayed on the tracker listing pages.'));
 
     // Unpublish the node and ensure that it's no longer displayed.
     $edit = array(
diff --git a/core/modules/tracker/tracker.pages.inc b/core/modules/tracker/tracker.pages.inc
index 3f9728d..c88432e 100644
--- a/core/modules/tracker/tracker.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/tracker/tracker.pages.inc
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ function tracker_page($account = NULL, $set_title = FALSE) {
 
       $row = array(
         'type' => check_plain(node_type_get_name($node->type)),
-        'title' => array('data' => l($node->title, 'node/' . $node->nid) . ' ' . theme('mark', array('type' => node_mark($node->nid, $node->changed)))),
+        'title' => array('data' => l($node->label(), 'node/' . $node->nid) . ' ' . theme('mark', array('type' => node_mark($node->nid, $node->changed)))),
         'author' => array('data' => theme('username', array('account' => $node))),
         'replies' => array('class' => array('replies'), 'data' => $comments),
         'last updated' => array('data' => t('!time ago', array('!time' => format_interval(REQUEST_TIME - $node->last_activity)))),
diff --git a/core/modules/translation/lib/Drupal/translation/Tests/TranslationTest.php b/core/modules/translation/lib/Drupal/translation/Tests/TranslationTest.php
index e09c8b0..2e6ad3b 100644
--- a/core/modules/translation/lib/Drupal/translation/Tests/TranslationTest.php
+++ b/core/modules/translation/lib/Drupal/translation/Tests/TranslationTest.php
@@ -139,7 +139,7 @@ class TranslationTest extends WebTestBase {
     $this->drupalPost('admin/config/regional/language/delete/es', array(), t('Delete'));
     $this->drupalLogin($this->translator);
     $this->drupalGet('node/' . $node->nid . '/translate');
-    $this->assertRaw(t('Translations of %title', array('%title' => $node->title)), t('Translation overview page available with only one language enabled.'));
+    $this->assertRaw(t('Translations of %title', array('%title' => $node->label())), t('Translation overview page available with only one language enabled.'));
   }
 
   /**
@@ -346,7 +346,7 @@ class TranslationTest extends WebTestBase {
 
     $field_langcode = LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED;
     $body_key = "body[$field_langcode][0][value]";
-    $this->assertFieldByXPath('//input[@id="edit-title"]', $node->title, "Original title value correctly populated.");
+    $this->assertFieldByXPath('//input[@id="edit-title"]', $node->label(), "Original title value correctly populated.");
     $this->assertFieldByXPath("//textarea[@name='$body_key']", $node->body[LANGUAGE_NOT_SPECIFIED][0]['value'], "Original body value correctly populated.");
 
     $edit = array();
diff --git a/core/modules/translation/translation.module b/core/modules/translation/translation.module
index b2c0635..2c866ec 100644
--- a/core/modules/translation/translation.module
+++ b/core/modules/translation/translation.module
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ function translation_node_view(Node $node, $view_mode) {
         // hence we override existing attributes with the ones below.
         $links[$key] += array('attributes' => array());
         $attributes = array(
-          'title' => $translation->title,
+          'title' => $translation->label(),
           'class' => array('translation-link'),
         );
         $links[$key]['attributes'] = $attributes + $links[$key]['attributes'];
@@ -279,7 +279,7 @@ function translation_node_prepare(Node $node) {
     if (!empty($source_node->tnid)) {
       $translations = translation_node_get_translations($source_node->tnid);
       if (isset($translations[$langcode])) {
-        drupal_set_message(t('A translation of %title in %language already exists, a new %type will be created instead of a translation.', array('%title' => $source_node->title, '%language' => $language_list[$langcode]->name, '%type' => $node->type)), 'error');
+        drupal_set_message(t('A translation of %title in %language already exists, a new %type will be created instead of a translation.', array('%title' => $source_node->label(), '%language' => $language_list[$langcode]->name, '%type' => $node->type)), 'error');
         return;
       }
     }
@@ -287,7 +287,7 @@ function translation_node_prepare(Node $node) {
     // Populate fields based on source node.
     $node->langcode = $langcode;
     $node->translation_source = $source_node;
-    $node->title = $source_node->title;
+    $node->title = $source_node->label();
 
     // Add field translations and let other modules module add custom translated
     // fields.
diff --git a/core/modules/translation/translation.pages.inc b/core/modules/translation/translation.pages.inc
index a6e8b3c..a501870 100644
--- a/core/modules/translation/translation.pages.inc
+++ b/core/modules/translation/translation.pages.inc
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ function translation_node_overview(Node $node) {
       $translation_node = node_load($translations[$langcode]->nid);
       $path = 'node/' . $translation_node->nid;
       $links = language_negotiation_get_switch_links($type, $path);
-      $title = empty($links->links[$langcode]['href']) ? l($translation_node->title, $path) : l($translation_node->title, $links->links[$langcode]['href'], $links->links[$langcode]);
+      $title = empty($links->links[$langcode]['href']) ? l($translation_node->label(), $path) : l($translation_node->label(), $links->links[$langcode]['href'], $links->links[$langcode]);
       if (node_access('update', $translation_node)) {
         $text = t('edit');
         $path = 'node/' . $translation_node->nid . '/edit';
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ function translation_node_overview(Node $node) {
     $rows[] = array($language_name, $title, $status, implode(" | ", $options));
   }
 
-  drupal_set_title(t('Translations of %title', array('%title' => $node->title)), PASS_THROUGH);
+  drupal_set_title(t('Translations of %title', array('%title' => $node->label())), PASS_THROUGH);
 
   $build['translation_node_overview'] = array(
     '#theme' => 'table',